Author: Importer

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Itajai is positioning itself as an alternative to more congested Brazilian ports, as Bob Moser finds out

2nd November 2011

Jump the queue

2nd November 2011

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

It seems to me, as an interested observer, that the western hemisphere is in a gambling mood. There is a lot of hedging and slight of hand going on in the supposed…

2nd November 2011

Financial roulette: the new game in town

2nd November 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

The government of Angola has given the go-ahead for the construction of a new commercial port at Barra do Dande, in Bengo province.

2nd November 2011

New port for Angola

2nd November 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Oakland is being targeted as part of the Oakland General Strike in California today. A group called Occupy Oakland are leading a march on the port in order to…

2nd November 2011

Oakland threatened by strike closure

2nd November 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Recent research has indicated that north Europe ports may offer the most efficient route for container transport by way of the environment, economy and geography.

1st November 2011

Northern European port efficiency

1st November 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cadiz Bay Port Authority has signed a €92.04m ($130m) contract with a consortium composed of Acciona (50%) and FCC (50%) to build its new container terminal.

31st October 2011

Cadiz construction contract signed

31st October 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Latin American countries need to look beyond increasingly large ports and consider logistics, Ricardo Sánchez, chief of the infrastructure services unit at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,…

31st October 2011

Latin ports must tackle infrastructure

31st October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

After a long battle, the importance of inland facilities to multi-modal freight is being recognised by inclusion in the Trans-European Transport Network (TENT-T), although there’s still concern about achieving true parity when…

28th October 2011

Inland ports finally gain recognition on European network

28th October 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A hydrogen powered ferry is nearing completion in the UK port city of Bristol and is due to be launched commercially in the harbour this autumn.

27th October 2011

UK city port to get hydrogen ferry

27th October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rosmorport has begun a “strategic co-operation” with Cargotec that should help the Russian body to upgrade its ports, while giving the Finnish equipment manufacturer a platform for sales.

27th October 2011

Russia moves toward the Finnish

27th October 2011