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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Dirk Groth says in the past the trend was to buy secondhand equipment but customers are now asking for the option of leasing which can be expensive, depending on country and/or the…

1st November 2004

CUSTOMERS WANT LEASING OPTION

1st November 2004

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Despite a lack of agreed standards, theres a wide range of technologies available to increase security while enhancing efficiencies in container terminals, writes Benedict Young.

1st November 2004

ENSURING SECURITY WHILST INCREASING EFFICIENCY

1st November 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Gwyneth Dunwoody MP, chairwoman of the UK Government Transport Select Committee, has accused ports of not doing enough to ensure they have adequate infrastructure to support operations beyond their own facilities.

1st November 2004

Broadside from Gwyneth

1st November 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals has signed up with Contship Italia, Lucernate di Rho (Milano), Italy, a 83.3% subsidiary of EUROKAI, for 23.3% of the shares of Medcenter Container Terminals (MCT), Gioia Tauro. The purchase…

1st November 2004

APMT INCREASES SHAREHOLDING IN GIOIA TAURO

1st November 2004

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

The ICTSI game plan to acquire new terminals overseas has a niche orientation that plays to the companys strengths. Alex Hughes reports.

1st November 2004

BIG IS NOT ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL

1st November 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian government has announced that it will give priority to modernising the 11 largest ports in the country which between them account for 95% of all national exports.

1st November 2004

Brazilian government to prioritise 11 national ports

1st November 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The troubled Terminal 6 at Buenos Aires is to be once again put out to tender, according the General Ports Administration (AGP), the state controlled organisation which overseas national ports.

1st November 2004

BA Terminal 6 to be re-tendered

1st November 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

CMA CGM, Evergreen, P& O Ports and APM Terminals have all submitted bids for the concession to run the new 800m long container terminal being built at the Moroccan port of Tangiers.

1st October 2004

BIDS IN FOR TANGIERS

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Seven parties have expressed interest to CSXWTs lead bank, Citigroup in the second round of bidding for the companys portfolio. Parent company CSX Corp wants to sell the business as a single…

1st October 2004

CSXWT BIDDING UNDERWAY

1st October 2004

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Plans for the expansion of the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal in Queensland, to make it the world' s largest coal port, have been produced with the help of BMT Maritime Consultants, a…

1st October 2004

BMT helps plan worlds biggest coal port

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have required the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to severely curb their air pollution.

1st October 2004

Arnie vetoes air pollution bill?

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

A 31-acre site is to be developed at Amsterdam including two deepsea quays, 300 metres each, to increase capacity for storage and transhipment of coal which has seen big increases over the…

1st October 2004

Amsterdams coal transhipments business on the up

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

BMH Marine has secured orders worth $30m during the summer from customers in Taiwan, India and Singapore for continuous unloading and loading equipment.

1st October 2004

BMH Marine strike in Far East

1st October 2004

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian government will spend a further US$71.08m on expanding its existing CCTV network at national ports. At present, some 32 ports have CCTV coverage.

1st October 2004

AUSTRALIANS UP SECURITY SPEND

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Barging containers along the river Rhine is an increasingly popular transport mode. But, as Neil Madden reports, congestion problems at the rivers seaport end have proved frustrating for shippers and carriers.

1st September 2004

CRUNCH TIME FOR THE RHINE

1st September 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

When ICTSI took over Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) Gdynia, it became clear that much of the equipment it took ownership of had been exceptionally well looked after. Jan Mors, BCTs executive vice-president…

1st September 2004

AN IDEA WITH LEGS INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY

1st September 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

So how does it all stack up in terms of cost efficiency? Dan Pettersson, Kalmar' s product manager, says: " We' re not much into the argument between FLTs and reachstackers. Most…

1st September 2004

AND THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT?

1st September 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

ICTSI, the Manila-based international container terminal developer and operator, is understood to be at an advanced stage of concluding financing arrangements for a largescale expansion of capacity at its wholly-owned Baltic Container…

1st September 2004

Banks crowd in for Baltic Container Terminal business

1st September 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The rumour mill is buzzing that with Rotterdam experiencing container congestion problems off the back of strong container growth, NYK, part owner of the Ceres Paragon Terminal in Amsterdam, is increasing the…

1st September 2004

Amsterdam angst

1st September 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) is in the throes of swapping maritime land known as the Pier 98 Annex to the SYSCO Corporation, a domestic food distribution company.The Brazilian government has…

1st September 2004

BRAZIL MAY WAIVE PORT TAXES

1st September 2004