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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

EUROPE

EUROPE

Royal Boskalis Westminster achieved a substantially higher net profit of 37.8m in the first half of 2006.

1st September 2006

BOSKALIS PROFIT RISE

1st September 2006

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Holland America Line (HAL) has recently retrofitted two of its ships to plug into shore power at the Port of Seattle. And, in a separate program, HAL plans on conducting a seawater…

18th August 2006

HAL cold ironing

18th August 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Reachstackers may well be the preferred choice for container handling in the European ports market, but heavy duty container handling FLTs continue to be in demand, where the situation suits their use,…

1st August 2006

Heavy lifters wont over-reach themselves

1st August 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The next big jump in containership design is imminent, so what are the implications for containerports, asks Mike Mundy 19No its not going to stop - the 10,000 teu barrier will well…

1st August 2006

Breaking box boundaries

1st August 2006

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Much has been written about the " Autoroute de la Mer" and considerable money has been spent by the European Commission and various national governments studying the viability of shifting truck traffic…

1st August 2006

Highways of the Sea: Fact or Fiction

1st August 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals and the French Port Company Perrigault, which operates Terminaux de Normandie in the Port of Le Havre, have been awarded a 36-year concession to operate a new container terminal in…

1st August 2006

APM Le Havre terminal on course for 2007

1st August 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

Complaints have been made to the government of Nigeria regarding the activities of APM Terminals at the Lagos Port Complex.

1st August 2006

APM TERMINALS CRITICISED IN NIGERIA

1st August 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Stockholm-based Bromma Group has introduced a dual-hoist headblock to its Tandem spreader family.

1st August 2006

BROMMA IN DOUBLE HEADLOCK

1st August 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

The race is on in the Canary Islands to secure new container transhipment volumes. Alex Hughes reports

1st June 2006

Building Transhipment

1st June 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

APM Terminals, CMA-CGM, DP World, ETA, ICTS, Gammon Infrastructure, IL&FS, GVK, Soma Enterprises and Concor are all interested in bidding. The Government of Tanzania has called for expressions of interest in the…

1st June 2006

DAR CALL

1st June 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigerian Flour Mills, which operates the Apapa Bulk Terminals A and B, has spent ?24.5m on upgrading berths and other infrastructure awarded to it as part of the ports concession programme in…

1st June 2006

APAPA BULK TERMINALS NOW IN PRIVATE HANDS

1st June 2006

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Despite having signed contract agreements to the contrary, employees at Israels port of Ashdod have come out on strike twice so far this year.

1st June 2006

ASHDOD STRIKES PUT OFF USERS

1st June 2006

ASIA

ASIA

Work has already begun on the $24 million third phase programme; phase one cost $30 million and phase two $17 million.Pakistan has revealed that its new Gwadar deep seaport should become operational…

1st June 2006

Gwadar seaport to open in June

1st June 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Polands Baltic Container Terminal, which is operated by ICTSI, has placed an order with Kalmar for four mobile harbour cranes.

1st June 2006

BCT ACQUIRES MHCS

1st June 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Balancing economic growth with ecological concerns is never easy - this is the challenge discussed by Broward County Port Everglades Department staff, approximately 60 Broward County residents and environmental experts, looking to…

1st April 2006

Everglades eco plans

1st April 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Central Systems & Automation AUTOSTORE has been selected by PD Ports to run container movements in and out of Hull Container Terminal (HCT). The 17acre site handles over 250,000TEUs each year and…

1st April 2006

Autostore for PD Ports new Hull terminal

1st April 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

APS Technology Group (APS), provider of technology systems that identify and track containerised cargo, is to install Crane OCR systems for APM Terminals (APMT) Pier 400 facility in Los Angeles.

1st April 2006

APS wins quay crane OCR contract

1st April 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

CVS Ferrari has delivered three F277.5 reachstackers to a big terminal in Britanny. The F277.5 is able to lift 45 tons in the first row and 25 tons in the second offering…

1st April 2006

CVS Ferrari delivery to Britanny

1st April 2006