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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

GreenSeas Trust, established by Fazilette Khan (one of Port Strategys regular contributors), has been officially registered as a charity organisation.

1st January 2004

GreenSeas Trust

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

EUROPE

EUROPE

Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.Barcelona port authority is to issue tenders covering the 70m Euro…

1st January 2004

Barcelona to build third terminal

1st January 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Paul Grant reports from Aden that despite the consequences flowing from two devastating maritime terrorist attacks, and now the withdrawal of PSA Corp from its Aden Container Terminal joint venture, the port…

1st November 2003

Aden: DONT WRITE IT OFF

1st November 2003

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The TT Club' s Andrew Webster says the ISPS Code is one of the most important developments for the port industry By July next year all port facility operators are required to…

1st November 2003

Are Ports prepared for compliance?

1st November 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Antwerp Port Authority (APA) has transferred a terminal concession it originally awarded to PSA subsidiary Hesse Noord Natie (HNN) to rival stevedore P& O Ports. Henceforth, HNN will manage all three container…

1st November 2003

Antwerp rationalises terminal space

1st November 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Access Northeast Energy (ANE) of Halifax, Nova Scotia is in the initial stages of building a $376m LNG plant at the ice-free port of Bear Head, Nova Scotia. ANE is conducting a…

1st November 2003

Halifax LNG plant by 2007

1st November 2003

ASIA

ASIA 1st November 2003

Guarantees dissuade JNPT PSA bid

1st November 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE 1st November 2003

Babtie gets Felixstowe contract

1st November 2003

ASIA

ASIA

Hong Kongs Marine Department has warned of the dangers of fatigue due to excessive cargo handling. It quotes two recent accidents - one fatal and the other resulting in permanent disability -…

1st November 2003

Dangers of excessive working hours

1st November 2003

ASIA

ASIA

APM Terminals has leased six berths at Shanghais Waigaoqiao Container Terminal complex for a period of 50 years from Shanghai Port Container Company.

1st October 2003

APM leases Shanghai berths

1st October 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE 1st October 2003

Danes to build Oluvil

1st October 2003

ASIA

ASIA

A study into the drastic fall in infrastructure investment in Asia since the currency crisis of 1997 has been initiated by the regions three major development financial institutions. Both public and private…

1st October 2003

Asia: The way forward

1st October 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The port of Tacoma has awarded the largest single capital improvement contract in its history. ICON Materials, the low bidder, will manage construction of a new container terminal for Evergreen America Inc.

1st October 2003

Evergreen gets new Tacoma terminal

1st October 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Board of Directors of the port of Santos (CAP) is examining the decision of the port company, Codesp, to permit Santos Brasil S.A. to establish a temporary new vehicles terminal on…

1st October 2003

Board questions new Santos car terminal

1st October 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Whilst ABPs UK ports and transport turnover was up 7% to £ 172m in the first half of 2003, operating profit increased just 4% to £ 74m.

1st October 2003

ABP posts 7% increase

1st October 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma is making Bluetooth technology available on its SCS2 system for easier accessibility to spreader diagnostics. Bluetooth, an open specification that allows for wireless data communication, uses a globally available frequency band…

1st September 2003

Bromma launches Bluetooth functionality

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Helen Delich Bentley, former Chairwoman of the Federal Maritime Commission, has called on US Congress to reconsider pending legislation that requires private sector terminal owners and the nations seaports to absorb nearly…

1st September 2003

Billions for airline security, pennies to ports

1st September 2003