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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

ASIA

ASIA

China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has confirmed Malta Freeport as its hub for Mediterranean transhipments. CSCL will operate a weekly pendulum service linking Asia, the Mediterranean and the North American West Coast…

1st September 2003

CSCL

1st September 2003

ASIA

ASIA

APL has revealed that it is in discussions with two Chinese container terminals with a view to taking an equity stake.

1st July 2003

APL seeking Chinese terminal investments

1st July 2003

ASIA

ASIA

The port of Dalian is to double capacity investing US$1.45bn in the next five years having already invested US$143m on box handling facilities. Dalian Container Terminal and Dalian Dagang Container Terminal handled…

1st July 2003

Dalian invests

1st July 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Uruguays National Ports Authority (ANP) has extended from May 9 to August 8 the deadline for bids to be received for a 30-year BOT concession associated with the proposed multipurpose terminal at…

1st July 2003

Bidding extension for Montevideo m-p terminal

1st July 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Following 12 months of upgrading work El Salvadors main box terminal at the port of Acajutla forecasts throughput rising to 50,000TEU in 2003 compared to 41,000TEU the year before and just 12,000TEU…

1st July 2003

Acajutla doubles throughput

1st July 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Chiles Public Works Ministry has given the goahead for the construction of a new dry port high in the Andes at Los Andes, a central border crossing with Argentina. The concession for…

1st July 2003

Andean inland project gets go-ahead

1st July 2003

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The UNs World Food Programme is currently making use of six Middle East ports to direct relief aid through to Iraq. Lebanon has recently joined Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Turkey and Iran after…

1st July 2003

Beirut aims to crack Iraqi humanitarian market

1st July 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Steve Cameron reports from Luanda on the Angolan road to port privatisation.

1st June 2003

Angolan privatisation

1st June 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jack Gaston explains why compact and manoeuvrable harbour tugs are the future.

1st June 2003

Harbour towage sector looks to lower manning

1st June 2003

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Benedict Young investigates some of the new container handling technologies which promise to streamline operations for the ultra-efficient terminals of the future.

1st June 2003

Beating Box CONGESTION

1st June 2003

ASIA

ASIA

A new port authority is to be set up in early 2004 in Busan and Gwangyan, South Korea in order to speed up the development of a new container terminal and general…

1st June 2003

Accelerated Korean Development

1st June 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

APM Terminals of Copenhagen has signed a contract for support of its TOPS terminal optimisation software system in Constantza with Global Transportation Solutions (GTS).

1st June 2003

APM Terminals at Constantza using TOPS through VAR arrangement

1st June 2003