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ASIA

ASIA

Its first project will be to test the automation and control systems developed for HHLA’ s conversion of Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) from straddle carriers to automatic stacking cranes (ASC), pictured here. 

1st June 2007

Auto-pilot for Kalmar facility

1st June 2007

ASIA

ASIA

The association of Sri Lanka’ s Clearing and Forwarding Agents is lobbying the government with a view to moving all domestic containers away from Colombo port as a means of easing congestion. 

1st June 2007

Death of domestic for Colombo

1st June 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

AP Moller-Maersk subsidiary APM Terminals has denied recent New Zealand media speculation it is actively planning to buy port terminals in either that country or Australia.

1st June 2007

APM not eyeing Australian ports

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Bejaïa Mediterranean Terminal, a joint-venture between Enterprise Portuaire de Bejaïa and Singapore’ s Portek International, will invest $20.2m in upgrading the container terminal it manages in the port of Bejaïa.

1st June 2007

BEJAÏA INVESTS

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Specialist consultant Royal Haskoning has purchased UK transport consultant Denis Wilson Partnership in a bid to take its operations “ beyond the waters’ edge” .The marriage will bring Denis Wilson’ s expertise…

1st June 2007

HASKONING STRENGTHENS SERVICES

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ex-Associated British Ports’ executive David Herod has joined the London team of consultant Moffat & Nichol.

1st June 2007

HEROD FOR MOFFATT

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Andrew Penfold, director of Ocean Shipping Consultants, anticipates that total container traffic will hit 1bn teu by 2020, building on last year’ s total of 426m teu and 2015 estimates of 600m…

1st June 2007

Box traffic to hit 1bn by 2020

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

ECT Euromax Terminal, currently under construction at Rotterdam, has taken delivery of 12 automated rail mounted gantry (ARTGs) cranes to work the stacking lanes at the terminal. 

1st June 2007

Automation the key for Euromax

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Australian finance group Babcock & Brown is reported to be seeking to raise up to € 2bn ($2.7bn) to feather  a new European investment fund for the future financing of ports and…

1st June 2007

Babcock & Brown plans investment fund

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Online Telematics Service Provider Cybit has launched Cybit Positioning Solutions (CPS) to provide specialist telematicsbased solutions to industries requiring precision location and positioning information.The technology can be used to manage busy operations…

1st June 2007

CYBIT LOCATOR LAUNCH

1st June 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Tanzania Port Authority is to go ahead with the privatisation of operations at the Dar es Salaam’ s general cargo terminal. An outside operator is expected to be in place by June. 

1st June 2007

Dar es Salaam terminal offer

1st June 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

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Chile’ s Antofagasta Port Company is considering offering so-called “ Area C” to companies wishing to establish terminal operations in the port.

1st June 2007

ANTOFAGASTA AREA AVAILABLE

1st June 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A record orderbook and increasing pressure to produce more green tugs proves there’ s a future for these waterborne powerhouses, as Jack Gaston explains

1st May 2007

Building Frenzy

1st May 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Alex Hughes looks at the workings of the hard-fought El Prat terminal concession, asking who really benefited from the award

1st May 2007

Battles in Barcelona

1st May 2007

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

In the news of late has been the congestion at Australian loadports like Newcastle where higher demand and seasonal disruption have produced queues of ships waiting to load. Delay as a risk…

1st May 2007

Australian delays turn spotlight on marine risk

1st May 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Dalian Port Company and Modern Terminals Ltd are to build a deepwater container terminal at the Port of Dalian. This will be located at Dayaowan North Harbour.

1st May 2007

DALIAN IN BED WITH MODERN TERMINALS

1st May 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB) has signed a loan agreement, securing ¢ 118.5m ($160.4m) to expand its Muelle Sur terminal to a 870,000 sq m facility capable of handling 2.2m teu.

1st May 2007

Barcelonas TCB borrows to expand

1st May 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Tanzanias prime minister recently made a surprise visit to Dar es Salaam port following increasing problems with congestion. He met with officials  and private terminal operators, after which he instructed both the…

1st May 2007

Dar es Salaam told to clean up its act

1st May 2007