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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Both Steelbro and Boxloader used the economic slowdown to focus on product development.

19th August 2011

A focus of the recession

19th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port workers at the Italian Mediterranean container shipments hub of Gioia Tauro have voted in favour of a proposed layoff agreement put forward by trade unions and Medecenter Container Terminal.

19th August 2011

Gioia Tauro workers accept labour changes

19th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Germany, the Euro’s strong man, might not be able to hold its end up indefinitely with obvious impact on its ports as its economy flat lines, but so far HHLA appears to…

18th August 2011

Dour outlook, but HHLA bucks the trend

18th August 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Again, it’s the ports that are centre stage in the battles in the troubled hotspots of North Africa, although it is very hard to know exactly what is going on.

18th August 2011

Libyan ports still main battleground

18th August 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Submissions are being sought to an analysis of local government ownership of the nation’s ports being conducted by the New Zealand Productivity Commission.

18th August 2011

NZ port ownership scrutinised

18th August 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese presence in Sri Lanka has grown further with a US$500m deal to create the largest box facility yet. But it might not wear the crown for long.

18th August 2011

Chinese box game for Sri Lanka

18th August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

It seems the sector is, to an extent, the victim of its own success, says Peter Sands of BIMCO in the organisation’s recent Shipping Markets Overview.

18th August 2011

Globalisation: not always a saving grace

18th August 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Iraqi prime minister has indicated that Kuwait is showing more flexibility in respect of its proposed Mubarak Port development, despite Iraqi concerns that the port will steal business and restrict shipping.

18th August 2011

Kuwait ploughs ahead with Mubarak build

18th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cadiz port authority has issued a tender for a company to oversee work linked to the construction of its new container terminal.

18th August 2011

Cadiz issues box build tender

18th August 2011

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The global economy is entering a difficult period, the outcome of which we cannot guess at this stage.

17th August 2011

The fiscal crisis has landed

17th August 2011