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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

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A Federal programme aimed at improving maritime security in the US may well result in up to one million port personnel having to undergo additional background checks and obtain biometric identification cards.

1st May 2007

Biometrics question safety at US ports

1st May 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Cemex UKs new cement grinding and blending facility at Tilbury will be located right in the middle of the dock area and receive at least 50% of its raw materials by water. 

1st April 2007

Environmental considerations

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Barcelona-based Tercat moved 1m teu last year, of which around 42% was in the form of transhipped boxes. However, the terminal was never built with transhipment in mind. In fact, according to…

1st April 2007

Barcelona trawls in transhipment business in defiance of nearby competing terminals

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Argentinas leading port is sitting pretty on strong volumes, but will capacity come on stream quick enough to cater for increased demand? Rob Ward investigates

1st April 2007

Buena vista

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports (ABP) has committed £ 3.26m to the construction of a dedicated agribulks storage facility at its Port of Immingham.The pledge comes on the back of a new 20- year…

1st April 2007

ABP AGRIBULK COMMITMENT

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Stockholm-based Bromma Group received orders for more than 900 telescopic crane spreaders last year,more than all of Brommas competitors combined, the manufacturer claims.

1st April 2007

BROMMA BOOSTS SPREADER SALES

1st April 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

CMA CGM has opted for Gulftainers Khorfakkan Container Terminal as a Middle East call on its Vasco service, covering Brazilian ports to and from the Middle East and South Asia.

1st April 2007

Brazilian for Khorfakkan terminal

1st April 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port Everglades has launched an International Sister Seaports program to encourage information-sharing relationships. The port reports that it has already registered interest from the Port of Olbia, located on the Italian island…

1st April 2007

Everglades sister act

1st April 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Colombian government has allocated $450m to the port of Buenaventura.

1st April 2007

BUENAVENTURA WINDFALL

1st April 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Port officials from Asia-Pacific stressed the importance of cooperation at a pivotal International Association of Ports and Harbours meeting in Vietnam in February. Representatives met to discuss port development and management and…

1st March 2007

ASIA-PACIFIC COOPERATION

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

International Container Terminal Services Incs (ICTSI) flagship terminal is gunning for full automation at its central gate with the introduction of truck portals with imaging cameras and automated driver transaction kiosks.

1st March 2007

Automatic kick for Manila

1st March 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Increasing demand has seen the New Zealand Customs Service expand its sea container x-raying service at Ports of Auckland from a five-day to a six-day-aweek operation.

1st March 2007

Customs extends x-raying hours

1st March 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Finance is being jointly provided by the national government and Dersko Marine Limited as part of a public-private partnership.

1st March 2007

APM TO INVEST IN APAPA

1st March 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Dredging company Royal Boskalis has secured a contract for the construction of an export terminal for liquefied natural gas in Soyo, Angola.The contract, worth $390m, involves creating new land at sea as…

1st March 2007

BOSKALIS WINS LNG CONTRACT

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Colombian port of Barranquilla needs to invest $60m in improving facilities in order to handle 10m tonnes of cargo in 2007.However, concessionaire SPRB has only six years left to run on…

1st March 2007

BARRANQUILLA TO INVEST

1st March 2007