Author: Importer

EUROPE

EUROPE

A campaign has been launched to highlight the necessity of investment into port facilities in order to safeguard the UK’s place in the wind farm supply chain.

25th September 2010

UK campaign to save ports fund

25th September 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Yet another new managing director -the fourth in ten years- has been appointed at Kenyan Ports Authority, although this time with a remit to introduce reform needed to boost the competitiveness of…

25th September 2010

New Kenyan Ports’ boss to target reform

25th September 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Los Angeles’ Clean Truck Program has been given the green light by a US District judge, overturning an injunction obtained 16 months ago by the American Trucking Associations (ATA).

25th September 2010

LA truck clean-up programme approved

25th September 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Eight of the worlds top nine ports are, according to the new Top 50 World Container Ports ranking, in Asia, with the Port of Singapore keeping its top spot despite falling volumes…

24th September 2010

Ranking shows Asian ports hold their own

24th September 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is proceeding according to plan. Over a quarter of the necessary sand was applied during the last year by contractors’ consortium PUMA. The trailing suction hopper dredgers…

24th September 2010

New Dutch coastline takes shape

24th September 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Shanghai is celebrating taking Singapore’s crown as the world’s busiest container port after the last eight months figures put it ahead on boxes.

23rd September 2010

Shanghai overtakes Singapore

23rd September 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports really need to know more about the fendering and mooring options they choose.

23rd September 2010

Approvals or assumptions?

23rd September 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World is now the worlds third-largest port operator, according to a report from Drewry Shipping Consultants.

23rd September 2010

DP World now third largest operator

23rd September 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Connie Chen and Donny Low, of Holman Fenwick Willan’s Ports & Terminals Group, explain the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law and consider its potential application to port operations.

22nd September 2010

PRC anti-monopoly law and its application

22nd September 2010

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The order of things is changing in Mediterranean container transhipment operations.

22nd September 2010

Changing the guards

22nd September 2010