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ASIA

ASIA

A senior DP World manager has met civil authorities in Ho Chi Minh City to lobby for dredging work on the Soai Rap River to be speeded up as a means of…

28th April 2011

DP Worlds Vietnamese venture needs dredging help

28th April 2011

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Shipowners, traders and technologists have taken the lead in catapulting that centuries-old document, the bill of lading, into the electronic age.

27th April 2011

Joining the electronic age

27th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Jakartas National Maritime Institute is to file a judicial review request at the Constitution Court, citing a conflict-of-interest between the interests of the Port Authority Board (BOP) and state run ports. This…

27th April 2011

Port legal ruling call in Indonesia

27th April 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Draught issues have failed to dent throughput at Indias gateway port, as Stevie Knight discovers

26th April 2011

Doing more with less

26th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Paradip Port Trust has outlined a plan to boost capacity more than three times to 237m tonnes by 2020.

26th April 2011

Paradip announces expansion plans

26th April 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Tasman District Council has announced it will be reviewing all options for the future of Port Tarakohe as it prepares its next ten-year plan.

25th April 2011

Port Tarakohe options mulled

25th April 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Gladstone Port Corporation has taken on a record number of new apprentices and trainees, representing 10% of the port’s workforce. The port has particularly committed to encouraging indigenous youth to apply for…

25th April 2011

Gladstone commits to trainees

25th April 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

The $280m expansion plan at the Kenyan port of Mombasa could be under threat, if rumours of an investor cull prove true.

24th April 2011

Japanese marginalised at Mombasa

24th April 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

VeriTainer has launched a budget version of its patented radiation scanning system to address asset protection on dock.

24th April 2011

VeriTainer offers lower-cost radiation detector

24th April 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

A recently-launched cross border ‘e-harbours project’ is to tackle energy consumption of ports in the North Sea region.

23rd April 2011

‘e-harbours’ challenges North Sea energy use

23rd April 2011