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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Guatemala has set up an interparliamentary commission to look into the modernisation of its ports. Santo Tomás de Castilla, Quetzál and San José all need to be expanded to be able to…

1st September 2007

Guatemala to upgrade ports

1st September 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Credit-card sized data-loggers that monitor the temperature and humidity of shipments such as perishable goods and pharmaceuticals during transportation and storage could put an end to unnecessary wastage of perishable goods. 

1st September 2007

Guardian angle for perishable goods

1st September 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

In recent weeks, TTS Liftec Oy has secured a substantial contract from UPM-Kymmene Seaways, one of the world’ s leading forest products groups, for the supply of 200 cassettes that will be…

1st July 2007

Handling success for innovative TTS cassettes

1st July 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Ports are taking up the green challenge, seeking out various ways of reducing both fuel consumption and engine emissions. Alex Hughes reports

1st July 2007

Energy boost

1st July 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Viewed by many on the US west coast as the driver in greener solutions for powering ships in dock, Cavotec has developed three different types of its branded Alternative Maritime Supply (AMP)…

1st July 2007

AMPd up, Cavotec style

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

In late April this year, King Mohammed VI announced that yet another mega-port is planned in the Strait of Gibraltar. It will be situated between Tangier and Tangier Med and completion is…

1st July 2007

Another beast in the offing

1st July 2007

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

The music has not stopped yet. But even though interest rates have risen, the infrastructure deal business has not been slowing down – “ there’ s more money out there than there…

1st July 2007

Dancing out-of-step with the Greenback

1st July 2007

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Back in the May issue of PS you may recall that there appeared to be some strange things going on with the concessioning of the Dakar container terminal in Senegal. Remember one…

1st July 2007

Dakar dealings

1st July 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The port of Bundaberg is to merge with the Port of Brisbane Corporation, the Queensland Government has announced. Bundaberg will function as a wholly-owned subsidiary but will continue to trade under its…

1st July 2007

Brisbane ties with Bundaberg

1st July 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ballast water practices in bulk carriers may come in for special investigation after unseasonal storms led to the grounding of the panamax bulk carrier Pasha Bulker near the entrance to Newcastle on…

1st July 2007

Ballast water rules under scrutiny

1st July 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals is currently reviewing plans to expand its activities in the port of Algeciras. 

1st July 2007

APM considers Isla Verde take-up

1st July 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dragados-SPL is believed to be in the final stages of acquiring Bilbao-based box terminal TMB, despite the fact that the company is already the majority shareholder at the rival ATM terminal in…

1st July 2007

Bilbao box terminals consolidation mooted

1st July 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals is currently reviewing plans to expand its activities in the port of Algeciras. This would involve the partial take-up of new land on the expanded Isla Verde Quay. However, this…

1st July 2007

APM considers Isla Verde take-up

1st July 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Boluda group has ordered two super-post-panamax gantry cranes from Paceco at a cost of € 10m ($13.5m). These will be deployed at its recently acquired La Luz container terminal on the…

1st July 2007

Boluda La Luz investment

1st July 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Israel' s State Comptroller is investigating reports of nepotism at Ashdod Port Company Limited. Of concern is the fact that most employees being hired already have family members working for the company.…

1st July 2007

Ashdod investigated for nepotism

1st July 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Colombian government has extended the concession to operate the port of Buenaventura conditional on investment of $54m being made by March 2008. In addition, incumbent SPRBUN must present a territorial reorganisation…

1st July 2007

Buenaventura concession extended

1st July 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Uruguay' s National Ports Authority is to offer a concession to operate a dry port to serve the capital to be operational in 2008. 

1st July 2007

ANP approves dry port

1st July 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Bolivian government is to build a port terminal at Puerto Quijarro on the border with Brazil at a cost of $25.6m. This will enable Bolivian soya to access coastal ports via…

1st July 2007

Bolivian border port

1st July 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A Brazilian engineer attached to Santos Port Authority (Codesp) is to visit 20 ports in Europe over the next four months to identify strategies that Brazil needs to adopt to develop major…

1st June 2007

BRAZIL EYES EUROPEAN HUBS

1st June 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazil has passed a federal law limiting the amount of time a truck driver has to wait before being attended to at the port of Rio Grande in a bid to prevent…

1st June 2007

Brazil offers trucker incentives

1st June 2007