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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Tideworks has launched the next generation of its terminal operating system, Mainsail Vanguard.

16th December 2010

Tideworks unfurls latest mainsail

16th December 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Dry bulk shipper Thoresen Thai Agencies is to spend some 346.38m baht ($12m) to buy a strategic stake in Vietnam’s Baria Serece, which controls Phu My port, it has confirmed.

15th December 2010

Thai shipper buys into Vietnamese port

15th December 2010

ASIA

ASIA

India’s Vizhinjam Port has invited tender bids from the 31 companies that submitted expressions of interest for operating the proposed port.

15th December 2010

Third time’s a charm for Vizhinjam

15th December 2010

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The head of the UNs Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Ricardo Sanchez, has said that Latin American governments need to redefine their port policies as a means of integrating…

15th December 2010

Latin Americans need port policies

15th December 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Clydeport has taken delivery of a new Hyster H18.00XM-12EC empty container handler to support its growing import and export operation at the Greenock Ocean Terminal, which expects an annual container throughput of…

15th December 2010

Container handler for Clydeport

15th December 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US government maritime policy is certain to change with the defeat of the Democrat who chaired the Congressional committee in charge of port affairs.

15th December 2010

Mixed results expected from Congressional shake-up

15th December 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The head of the UNs Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Ricardo Sanchez, has said that Latin American governments need to redefine their port policies as a means of integrating…

15th December 2010

Latin Americans need port policies

15th December 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has installed “dual cycle” operations at its Cape Town terminal, allowing containers to be discharged and loaded simultaneously.

14th December 2010

Double bubble at Cape Town

14th December 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A ‘one-stop shop’ for renewable energy is being developed in the UK at Hull, with a £100m (US$158m) redevelopment of the Alexandra Dock.

13th December 2010

UK port bid for renewables market

13th December 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Swedish port of Gothenburg is planning to enable ships to fuel using liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its facilities from 2013.

13th December 2010

Gothenburg develops LNG bunkering

13th December 2010