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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils Federal Court has declared void the concession agreement currently held by the Tecondi container terminal in the port of Santos on the back of bidding and licensing errors.

17th August 2012

Santos Tecondi concession declared illegal

17th August 2012

ASIA

ASIA

The Taiwanese ports of Keelung, Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung and others are to be developed as part of a $2.8bn program backed by the Taiwan Council for Economic Planning and Development.

17th August 2012

Major investment in Taiwanese ports

17th August 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The decision by the government of Venezuela to centralise control of ports in 2009 has resulted in a worsening of operations, according to local sources.

17th August 2012

Management centralisation a ‘failure’ in Venezuela

17th August 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A recent study by the US Federal Maritime Commission has found that ports in Mexico and Canada are more attractive than those in the US.

17th August 2012

US forwarders prefer Canadian and Mexican ports

17th August 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Portugals Secretary of State for Transport, Sergio Monteiro, has announced that the government will shortly launch two new port concessions as part of its Strategic Plan for Transport.

17th August 2012

Portugal to tender two concessions

17th August 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Dubais Grandweld Shipyards recently delivered two new 55 tonne bollard pull escort tugboats to Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi, and a special ceremony was held to mark the occasion.

17th August 2012

Grandweld tugs for Khalifa Port

17th August 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

When we at the European Shippers Council read the analysis of the MAIB report on the structural failure of the MSC Napoli, we came across some important additional findings that have been…

17th August 2012

A closer look at accident findings

17th August 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Dutch shipyard Shipdock, and Amsterdam ship owner Spliethoff, have reached an agreement to design and install the largest exhaust gas scrubber ready for the new IMO sulphur legislation.

16th August 2012

New gas scrubber from Shipdock

16th August 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A new joint venture between Glasgow based Naval Architects, Malin Marine Consultants, and BWT manufacturer, Coldharbour Marine Ltd, has been launched.

15th August 2012

New Cleanship joint venture

15th August 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Stricter EU rules are making a positive change according to a study which shows a decrease in ships’ sulphur emissions when at berth or anchored in ports.

15th August 2012

EU policies make a difference

15th August 2012