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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An investment consortium has won the right to a 99-year lease to operate the Port of Brisbane.

1st December 2010

Global funds win Brisbane lease

1st December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Investment in ongoing equipment maintenance has slumped in priority during the downturn, according to an independent study of almost 200 port owners/operators, consulting engineers and contractors, conducted for Trelleborg Marine Systems.

1st December 2010

Maintenance given short shrift in recession

1st December 2010

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Dalian, north Chinas largest operator, is the latest port to test the murky capital financing markets with a listing on the Shanghai stock exchange.

1st December 2010

Timing issues

1st December 2010

ASIA

ASIA

PSA-Sical has approached Indias Supreme Court to overturn an exclusion on bidding for the concession to convert Berth 8 at the port of Tuticorin into a container terminal. Given that the company…

30th November 2010

PSA-Sical challenges Tuticorin exclusion

30th November 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils Ports Secretariat (SEP) has extended the deadline for bids to build a new port at the city of Manaus for a second time. The port is required to service the Manaus…

30th November 2010

Manaus tender deadline extended

30th November 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Panama Canal Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Port of Galveston to facilitate international trade and generate new business by promoting the “All-Water Route”, the route from…

30th November 2010

Panama Canal ties in with Galveston

30th November 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

VTS requirements vary tremendously, but a common trend is to add more functions into the mix. Felicity Landon reports

30th November 2010

Track and trace

30th November 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The economic and operational logic of implementing far-reaching Port Community Systems is gathering momentum. The huge Port of Ningbo in China is working with IBM to develop an Alibaba type information exchange…

29th November 2010

Keeping logistics chains flowing beyond borders

29th November 2010

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

Long before the UK’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) became a reality, some companies were advising clients on the need to cut the over-use of resources.

28th November 2010

Now it really matters

28th November 2010

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

Cruise Gateway’s partners include some heavy-hitting partners from the sector – such as Kiel, Rotterdam, Bremen, Hamburg and Harwich. But they also include ports such as Esbjerg and Aberdeen, who are starting…

28th November 2010

Variety is key

28th November 2010