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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr Container Cranes has secured an order for the supply of two ship-to-shore cranes to Marsa Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco.

20th October 2011

Liebherr awarded Moroccan contract

20th October 2011

ASIA

ASIA

International Container Services Inc. (ICTSI) in Manila will soon take delivery of eight brand new rubber tired gantries (RTG) for the new Berth 6 operation due to open next year.

20th October 2011

New RTGs for Manila

20th October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Italian port of Gioia Tauro, which earlier this year agreed to lay off 416 employees of terminal operator Medcenter for a period of 12 months because of a massive loss of…

19th October 2011

More disputes at Gioia Tauro

19th October 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec has won a major port automation contract in the US.

19th October 2011

Cargotec do US port automation

19th October 2011

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Any senior manager who feels satisfied with the risk management system in his or her port almost certainly needs to think again - big is on the agenda and ports need to…

19th October 2011

The behemoth in the basin

19th October 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Iraqs long-awaited reconstruction boom has yet to materialise, as Karen Thomas discovers

19th October 2011

A market in waiting

19th October 2011

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

It can be argued that too much belt tightening may not be a good thing: we can see a parallel with the fiscal measures used to fight excess debt at the sovereign…

19th October 2011

The medicine that damages the patient

19th October 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Poor administration of the port of Paranaguá during a period of government ownership led to $11.28bn in losses for local producers, particularly those in the agriculture sector, a local economist has calculated.

19th October 2011

Paranaguá costs state producers $11bn in losses

19th October 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Bolivariana do Portos and China Harbour Engineering Company have signed a $520m contract to build a container terminal at the Venezuelan port of Cabello.

19th October 2011

Chinese to build Puerto Cabello terminal

19th October 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Asciano, the parent company of Patrick Stevedore, has told investors that the company has recovered some of the market share it lost 18 months ago.

19th October 2011

Patrick parent back on track

19th October 2011