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EUROPE

EUROPE

Strong support for the new report by the Mayor of London on securing the future of Thames cargo-handling wharves has come from the Port of London Authority (PLA). The PLA welcomed the…

1st March 2005

Backing for Thames wharves report

1st March 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Some funding will go towards landside construction and also to deepen the access channel to the port to 15 metres.The port authority administering the harbours at Paranagua and Antonina has announced a…

1st March 2005

Antonina to be upgraded

1st March 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

BHP Billiton has announced plans to build a gas terminal off the coast of Los Angeles as a means of combating the states growing energy shortage. The so-called Cabrillo Port, which will…

1st March 2005

BHP Billiton plans LA gas terminal

1st March 2005

ASIA

ASIA

(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.The Bangladeshi government is to undertake a technical and economic feasibility study commencing in January 2005 for…

1st January 2005

BANGLADESH TO BUILD NEW DEEPSEA PORT

1st January 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An Otago union leader has expressed concern over the recent departure of Port Otago chief executive Rene Bakx to the role of infrastructure manager with neighbouring Lyttelton Port Company (LPC).

1st January 2005

Executive move worries union

1st January 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Implementing similar upgrades at all national ports would cost US$20 billion. Work required at Santos includes extending container stacking yards, constructing perimeter roads, recommencing dredging work, expanding the total area of the…

1st January 2005

BUENAVENTURA TO INVEST $37.5M

1st January 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Posford Haskoning will henceforth be known as Royal Haskoning. Posford Haskoning was adopted as a means of introducing the Haskoning name to the UK market three years ago and the job is…

1st January 2005

Haskoning name dropping

1st January 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The global demand for outsized ship-to-shore container gantry cranes is still growing apace, with another record delivery due in 2004 and substantial orders already placed for 2005 completion. Andrew Foxcroft reports.

1st December 2004

BIG CRANE BONANZA

1st December 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ergonomics: the science of fitting the workplace to the worker, not the worker to the workplace. Nick Elliott looks at how to make the crane operators life more comfortable and improve performance…

1st December 2004

ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY?

1st December 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The way we light ports and terminals has become something of an issue in recent years as public enquiries linked to new port construction have sought to curb what is seen as…

1st December 2004

AN TOPIC ILLUMINATING

1st December 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Nine companies had submitted bids by the October deadline for the contract to manage both Mina Salman and Mina Khalifa ports in Bahrain. The latter is still under construction although should be…

1st December 2004

BAHRAIN TENDER ATTRACTS NINE

1st December 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Kuwait Port Authority (KPA) is to modernise its container terminals at Shuweikh and Shuwaiba and Gulftainer has been appointed its official consultant. It is the intention to construct a 1200 metre long…

1st December 2004

GULFTAINER ACTS FOR KUWAIT

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Gdynia has concluded arrangements with Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG (BA-CA) and Bank BPH (BPH), both members of the HVB Group, for a US$36m term loan facility to…

1st December 2004

BCT clinches US$36m loan

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Harbour towage contractor Adsteam UK has completed the first phase of its national roll-out of 3-person crewing, agreed with the UKs Transport & General Workers Union. Operations at Liverpool, Southampton, Medway, Hull…

1st December 2004

Adsteam rolls out 3-man crewing

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Boulogne is to launch a high-speed freight service connecting it north and south to Oslo and Vigo.

1st December 2004

BOULOGNE AT AXIS OF NEW HIGH SPEED SHORTSEA RO-RO SERVICE

1st December 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

EMX Inc. has launched its new EMX MidWatch Marine Thermal Imaging Camera claiming dramatic improvements at an affordable price. The camera is the result of EMX incorporating Raytheons (just acquired by L3)…

1st December 2004

Breakthrough thermal imaging camera emerges in workboat market

1st December 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma has won the single largest spreader order in its history - from Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction for 59 Bromma Marathon YTR45 twin-lift spreaders to be mounted under Doosan cranes headed…

1st December 2004

Bromma wins record Korean order

1st December 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Bolivia and Peru have signed an international agreement which should improve access to the Pacific coast of Bolivia and lessen its dependency on the Chilean terminal of Arica which is being privatised.…

1st December 2004

Bolivia seeks alternative access to sea

1st December 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The main strategy adopted by the Brazilian transport ministry as a means of easing bottlenecks at ports in the south and southeast of the country is to shift agricultural exports from the…

1st December 2004

Brazil to shift agricultural exports to northeast

1st December 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Speaking at the International Union of Marine Insurance conference in Singapore, Priestley said: "Ports around the world now face the risk of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) terrorist threats along with…

1st December 2004

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1st December 2004