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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

NEWCASTLE Current capacity of Port Waratah Coal Services: 89m tons. Now spending US$130m to raise capacity to 102m tons by 2007 and subsequently to 120m tons.

1st July 2005

Adding Capacity

1st July 2005

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Port authorities own or control an impressive portfolio of strategically located waterfront land worth billions of dollars, most of which is underutilised and underperforming as an asset class. Frank Pigna casts an…

1st July 2005

Hidden Assets Challenges and Opportunities in Todays Dynamic Environment

1st July 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The research was commissioned by Drewry Shipping Consultants and shows the planning process alone for 12 north European terminal developments is costing an estimated €540m, while delays and cancellations have meant a…

1st July 2005

BRISTOL HAS ITS OWN PLANS

1st July 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

" The march of progress leaves little room for sentiment, " said Bruce Koch, as he watched a contractor high above at work with a cutting torch. Koch, the Port of Tacomas…

1st July 2005

History gives way to progress

1st July 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

APM Terminals has acquired a 50% shareholding in Terminal de Conteineres do Vale do Itajai S/A (Teconvi) in Itajai, southern Brazil.

1st July 2005

APMT scores in Brazil

1st July 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Seven Brazilian container terminals are investing US$82.8m in new equipment to expand capacity on average by around 30%. In part, they are taking advantage of the Reporto programme, which waives federal taxes…

1st July 2005

Equipment spending boom in Brazil?

1st July 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bemo Rail, with its partners GTI Infrastructure and Ooms Construction, have secured an infrastructure contract for Rotterdams new Euromax Terminal for the installation of rails, electrical and data cabling, security, water and…

1st July 2005

Bemo Rail wins Euromax contract

1st July 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Whilst the leader in Canadas box boom is the West Coasts Vancouver, other ports are rising quickly through the ranks, as Michael Rosenfeld reports.

1st June 2005

Box Terminal Expansion A Response to China Trade

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Mexican port of Ensenada is to invest US$10.41m on infrastructure in putting into operation an intermodal corridor aimed at container traffic moving to and from the centre of Mexico and the…

1st June 2005

Ensenada to implement intermodal corridor..

1st June 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA 1st June 2005

DALRYMPLE TOLD TO CUT COSTS

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Barcelona Port Authority has issued a tender for a new liquid bulk terminal on its Inflammables quay.

1st June 2005

BARCELONA TO HAVE NEW TERMINAL

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. ABP is spending a further £15m in new plant and…

1st June 2005

ABP

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Lloyd's List reports that port operators and regional development agencies in the north of England are calling for a delay on three outstanding applications to build additional facilities in the south (London…

1st June 2005

BERGE CONSOLIDATES AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS

1st June 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma is readying availability of its new Tandem Quattro spreader. Tandem Quattro can handle four 20 containers. Available lift options include one 40 container; one 45 container; two 40 containers; two 45…

1st June 2005

Brommas Tandem Quattro looms

1st June 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Should the crane approach the ship too closely or the ship drift towards the crane, the system will generate alarms to the control systems.Visualisation specialist Barco has won a contract from the…

1st June 2005

BARCO IN CANAL DEAL

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port of Antwerp has installed an Internet-based biometric identification and credentialing card-management system from Ingersoll-Rand Maritime Solutions. When fully deployed, it is estimated that credentials for more than 20,000 longshoremen, truck drivers…

1st June 2005

Antwerp deploys biometric ID system

1st June 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Perhaps in response to the possibility of Sethu becoming reality, by which Indian ports will attempt to lure significant amounts of cargo away from Colombo, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority has revealed…

1st May 2005

And elsewhere on the Subcontinent . . .

1st May 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Steve Cameron provides an update on the tortuous process of concessioning out terminal operations in Africa.

1st May 2005

Angolan Angst

1st May 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Such was the interest in the project that the port authority had to extend the bidding deadline until 11 March with 24 companies buying the tender document.A P Moller has submitted a…

1st May 2005

APM $1,000,000+ BID

1st May 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The dominance of Maersk can be seen in figures released by Algeciras port authority covering January and February 2005 during which throughput at the port amounted to 501,514 TEUs. Portugal's fifth largest…

1st May 2005

AVEIRO TO INVEST IN DRY AND LIQUID BULK

1st May 2005