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EUROPE

EUROPE 1st May 2004

Barcelona gets more capacity

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

ICTSI' s Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) has been shopping for equipment to complete the first phase of its 15-year, $80m expansion programme. The list includes one Panamax ship-to-shore crane from Kone, four…

1st May 2004

BCT phase I complete

1st May 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Empora, the port company which manages the Chilean port of Arica, has received expressions of interest from four operators interested in assuming management control of berths 1 to 5 at the port.

1st May 2004

Arica concession on the block

1st May 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

APM Terminals has signed a two-year agreement to manage and develop Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), Jordans only box-handling facility, which registered a throughput of 320,000TEUs in 2003. This award was almost certainly…

1st May 2004

APMT to manage Aqaba

1st May 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

HITT which develops technology aimed at safety enhancement and traffic flow improvement, has reported undiminished competition in its market.

1st May 2004

HITT break even on decreased turnover

1st May 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

New berths and container areas are set to open, expanding on a first phase which was completed in 2002. In total, Pier 400 adds six new berths which cater for vessels up…

1st May 2004

Bromma to supply Busan

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

It is questionable whether the UK Government can move at the necessary speed to ensure realistic and safe maritime logistics security systems are in place by July, as required by the ISPS…

1st May 2004

And will the UK be ready?

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The sale of the Europoort terminal I of European Bulk Services (EBS) to Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has been finalized.

1st April 2004

ADM buys in Rotterdam

1st April 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Overall, he notes, Indian ports are beginning to lack competitiveness compared to other regional players, which places the country's overseas trade at risk.Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has taken a 26% stake in…

1st April 2004

Hamburg joins financial race for JNPT

1st April 2004

ASIA

ASIA

The new Gwadar port will commence operations, on schedule, in March 2005. The initial phase, costing $298m, will involve three operational deep-sea berths, with additional phases due to add up to nine…

1st April 2004

Gwadar scheduled for 2005

1st April 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports (ABP) ports of Plymouth and Teignmouth witnessed growth in important trades in 2003, while investment programmes being undertaken at both ports are being progressed to secure the future prosperity…

1st March 2004

ABP invests in Southwest

1st March 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Economics senator Gunnar Uldall has warned that capacities in Hamburg could get " very tight" in the light of predictions of container growth and has launched a € 190m programme up to…

1st March 2004

Hamburg moves to head off logjam

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma has received orders for eight electric yard crane spreaders - 7x45' to Northport, Malaysia, and 1x40' to Rhenania, Germany.

1st March 2004

Bromma goes east

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In conventional systems, typically, the lighting looks bright, but it is still difficult to see clearly and there are large areas that the light doesn't reach. Steve Cameron, whose Cameron Maritime Resources…

1st March 2004

Another TRANSEC trainer

1st March 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Continuing growth in Asian trade boosted container volumes at New York-New Jersey by 14.6% during the first half of 2003. Imports from East Asia grew by 38%, while imports from Southeast Asia…

1st January 2004

Asia boosts NY & NJ volumes

1st January 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The revival of the Silk Road along the South-Caucasian corridor as a natural link between the Black Sea and the Caspian region is seen as providing Batumi, as well as neighbouring Poti,…

1st January 2004

Batumi to get new port

1st January 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Hamburg passed the six million TEU container barrier last year, prompting port sources to say that if strong, above-average growth continued in the premier German port, it could soon be knocking at…

1st January 2004

Hamburg threat to Rotterdam

1st January 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald has recently supplied an HMK 360 EG MHC to Antwerp Bulk Terminal (ABT), operator of five bulk terminals in the port. The new crane is also the ninety-ninth to be delivered…

1st January 2004

Antwerp takes 99th MHC from Gottwald

1st January 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.The Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone, located at the very heart of…

1st January 2004

Guangzhou attracts investment

1st January 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.Aqaba Ports Corporation has acquired two MHCs from Germany to enable…

1st January 2004

Aqaba reports record throughput

1st January 2004