Author: Importer

ASIA

ASIA

Indian trade is pushing new boundaries but port capacity is struggling to keep up, writes Michael King

2nd September 2010

A positive landscape for private investors

2nd September 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Infraestructura Portuaria Mexicana (IPM) at Altamira, located on the Gulf of Mexico has opted for two Kalmar E-One2 RTGs and also agreed to upgrade its two existing quay cranes. The Port of…

2nd September 2010

IPM stays with Kalmar

2nd September 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Tanzania has offered Uganda land adjacent to the port of Tanga, which is close to the Kenyan border, to build its own import-export facility. At present, landlocked Uganda has to make use…

2nd September 2010

Uganda offered land for port on Tanzania coast

2nd September 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Finance has been secured for an A$900m (US$807m) expansion at Newcastle, the world’s largest coal export port, with export capacity at the New South Wales port planned to reach 180m tonnes per…

2nd September 2010

Newcastle secures expansion funds

2nd September 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kuenz has won the contract for another three intermodal container cranes at the Kombi-Terminal Ludwigshafen, Germany.

1st September 2010

Kombi-Terminal goes for Kuenz

1st September 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes has upgraded its heavy forklift range, adding a new high specification 33 tonne option and three new machines at extreme capacities, encompassing 50 tonne, 55 tonne and 65 tonne lift models.

1st September 2010

Konescranes get heavy

1st September 2010

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

In the logistics business, you can’t always believe the plans and projects that are announced through press releases and conferences, which are, in turn, dutifully reported in the trade press and through…

1st September 2010

Navigating through the logistics maze

1st September 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

There’s no doubt many ports and terminal operation were dismayed to find they had land reclamation contracts carefully poised on a set of assumptions that fell apart when the world seemingly changed…

31st August 2010

Challenging assumptions

31st August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The head of the State Property Fund Ukraine has reiterated that Ukrainian ports will definitely be privatised.

31st August 2010

Ukraine to privatise ports

31st August 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has acquired 7.3 hectares of industrial land adjacent to its inland port operation, CityDepot.

31st August 2010

LPC adds inland resource

31st August 2010