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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

United Arab Emirates container terminal manager and operator Gulftainer has agreed a 15-year contract to operate, manage and upgrade the Comoros Islands ports of Moroni and Mutsamudu.

1st October 2006

Gulftainer lands Comoros Islands contract

1st October 2006

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

APM Terminals and Aqaba Development Corporation have signed a joint venture agreement to manage Aqaba Container Terminal for a period of 25 years.The two companies are to develop the terminal to handle…

1st October 2006

APM signs Aqaba agreement

1st October 2006

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

International consultant BMT has stepped up its commitments in Abu Dhabi, assisting with a concession for Mina Zayed Port and completing a business plan for a major new offshore port development near…

1st October 2006

BMTs Middle Eastern promise

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Bahía Blanca port has issued a tender for a 20-year concession of a new container terminal, which will also have to be able to handle both dry and liquid bulk. The terminal…

1st October 2006

Bahía Blanca box terminal to go ahead

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Tecondi container terminal in the Brazilian port of Santos has announced a plan to expand Stacking Yard 1 at a cost of ¢ 21m.This will involve lengthening the quay to 320 metres,…

1st October 2006

ADDITIONAL STACKING AREA IN SANTOS

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Hamilton Port Authority has snapped up Stelcos Inc Rod Mill, in a deal that includes 103 acres of waterfront property.

1st October 2006

HAMILTON SECURES LAND

1st October 2006

ASIA

ASIA

Karachi Port Trust has asked for companies to submit pre-qualification applications to finance, build and operate the first four-berth container terminal at its new Deep Water Container Port.

1st October 2006

Box terminal concession for new Karachi port

1st October 2006

ASIA

ASIA

To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected…

1st October 2006

Bangladesh Seeks Japanese Investment

1st October 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Global risk management consultancy HART Security has developed the first corporate security management system to gain the new security standard for supply chains ISO/PAS 28000:2005, which was introduced last year.  

1st October 2006

HART beats competition to meet security standards

1st October 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Polands Baltic Container Terminal has contracted Tideworks Technology to provide professional IT services and terminal operations systems for managing cargo activities at the facility.

1st October 2006

BCT opts for Tideworks technology

1st October 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused unprecedented human and financial damage along the Gulf coast of the US last year. As this years season gets underway, Michael King examines how the grain ports…

1st September 2006

Beating hurricane hangovers

1st September 2006

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Industry experts say the focus on container security has sharpened following the furore surrounding the DP World port ownership in the US. Felicity Landon reports on the latest developments in container seals…

1st September 2006

Beating security blackspots

1st September 2006

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Introducing a larger measure of common sense into container terminal concessioning should be a priority, according to Mike Mundy

1st September 2006

Back to basics

1st September 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

New tracking and identification regulations mean that ships can be monitored from port to port. Alex Hughes investigates

1st September 2006

Big brothers watching

1st September 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Water proved a vital element in serving the Heathrow Terminal 5 construction site. Aggregates were transported to the site via the waterways and this was a project in which the River Medway…

1st September 2006

H20 vital for Heathrow

1st September 2006

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

A new chapter in container operations has opened with the launch of the Emma Maersk, the first of a new series of vessels from Maersk with a nominal capacity of 11,000 teu…

1st September 2006

Breaking box barriers

1st September 2006

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

The thirst for ever larger containerships is seemingly never quenched. Last month, the gleaming Emma Maersk sashayed on to the market with its declared 11,000 teu capacity - and whispers of a…

1st September 2006

Big spin-offs

1st September 2006

ASIA

ASIA

Haldia Dock in India is seeking to lease a Mobile Harbour Crane for deployment on berth 4B.

1st September 2006

Haldia seeks MHC

1st September 2006

ASIA

ASIA

APM Terminals, together with Saigon Port Co, has reached an agreement to build a new container terminal at Cai Mep some 15 miles south of Ho Chi Minh City. Construction of the…

1st September 2006

APM inks Vietnam and Jordan agreements

1st September 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports (ABP), one of the first port companies to be floated on the stock exchange, has delisted. The move seals the formal takeover of the UK group by Goldman Sachs-led…

1st September 2006

ABP fate sealed as LSE delisting is finalised

1st September 2006