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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

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The main access will be between Buenaventura and Puerto Lopez on the Meta River, from where there will be improved access to Puerto Ordaz in Venezuela. "We are delighted with the many…

1st March 2007

Bromma boosts South America business

1st March 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

As Antwerp looks to cash in on a regional capacity deficit, Rotterdam gets the all-important go-ahead for its long term expansion

1st January 2007

Europes port powerhouse

1st January 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The recent brilliant spotlight shining on the international ports business from an investment standpoint has turned the sector into a very attractive one from the standpoint of debt provision by the international…

1st January 2007

Boom time for banks

1st January 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Sharjah-based Gulftainer has agreed a joint-venture with the Pak Shaheen Group of Karachi to bid for logistics and transport contracts in Pakistan.

1st January 2007

GULFTAINER IN PAKISTANI JV

1st January 2007

ASIA

ASIA

The government of the Indian state of Gujarat has identified Cambay,Mahuva and Sutrapada as new port development sites, as throughput at existing local ports grew by 11.2% to 108m tonnes in 2005-06. 

1st January 2007

Gujarat identifies new port sites

1st January 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Gdynias Baltic Container Terminal has taken delivery of two new post-panamax gantry cranes, supplied by Konecranes. The cranes mark the first of their kind to be introduced into service at BCT, with…

1st January 2007

BCT BUILDS HANDLING MUSCLE

1st January 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Belgiums Katoen Natie group, which already owns the box handling facility Terminal Cuenca del Plata in the port of Montevideo, is considering further investment in Uruguays inland ports.

1st January 2007

BELGIANS EYE URUGUAY

1st January 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The country has 16 ports on the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts.In future, activities at these will be overseen by a new organisation, the Ports Exploitation Company (Sodep). Gulftainer, which manages container handling…

1st January 2007

GULFTAINER LOOKS OVERSEAS

1st January 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Israels port of Haifa reported a 9% drop in cargo traffic in the first three quarters of 2006, as well as a 4% drop in container traffic.This compares with a forecast for…

1st January 2007

HAIFA BOTTOM LINE HIT

1st January 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port of Antwerp has commissioned Barco and Fabricom GTI to install a Vessel Traffic Services system.The system, including new radars, was commissioned by the Flemish Agency for Maritime Services and Coast,…

1st December 2006

ANTWERP VTS FIRST

1st December 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK-based ports and engineering consultant Halcrow has launched an independent charity to tackle poverty and suffering around the world.The company has pledged 0.5% of its annual profits, as well as staff time…

1st December 2006

HALCROW CHARITY LAUNCH

1st December 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals has purchased a majority 61% share in the Dunkirk container terminal operation Nord France Terminal International. When the tender for operation of the terminal was released last year Dubai Ports…

1st December 2006

APM seals Dunkirk majority

1st December 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The establishment of networked port community IT is going to be a key tool in how port users talk to one another in the future, said David Wignall, managing director of BMTs…

1st December 2006

BMT blueprint for global IT community

1st December 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

One organisation that does not receive enough credit for the valuable work it does for the ports industry is the SMDG group, a non-profit foundation, which aims to further the development of…

1st December 2006

Behind the scenes standardisation success

1st December 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Consultant Halcrow has completed trials of its Port Finance Model, and is offering it as an aid for assisting with increasing private sector investment in port developments. Said the consultant:

1st December 2006

Halcrow adds to port finance tools

1st December 2006