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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The arrival of private players looks set to transform Callaos fortunes, as Alex Hughes finds out

26th July 2010

A quiet revolution

26th July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russia is to spend $3.29bn this year on developing its ports network, compared with $3.35bn in 2009.

25th July 2010

Investment earmarked for Russian ports

25th July 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Busan New Port recently inaugurated 11 new berths divided between three new container terminals operated by Pusan New Port Company, Hanjin Shipping and Hyundai. When the full development is completed in 2015,…

24th July 2010

New berths at Busan

24th July 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigerias Ministry of Transport has investigated claims put forward by the Joint Action Committee of Freight Forwarders that national ports are imposing illegal charges and found them to be true.

23rd July 2010

Too many agencies in Nigerian ports

23rd July 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The state of Rio de Janeiro will have five new terminals in the short to medium term. Açú, which is being built by LLX in the north of the State, is already…

23rd July 2010

Rio ready for five new terminals

23rd July 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

A strong case is being made in Kenya for construction of a second port in Lamu given current high levels of congestion at Mombasa.

22nd July 2010

Second port for Kenya mooted

22nd July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Drewry’s latest Container Forecaster paints a far more positive picture for the industry in 2010, but there are still some areas of concern that could spoil the party quite quickly.

22nd July 2010

Its not business as usual quite yet

22nd July 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Chinas Dalian port has reopened to traffic following a oil pipeline explosion earlier this week, but operations at Dalian Port Group crude oil terminal remain suspended pending a full investigation into the…

22nd July 2010

Fears of knock-on congestion from Dalian closure

22nd July 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Negotiations to end a four-day lockout at Canada’s Port of Montreal start today, under the supervision of government-appointed mediators.

22nd July 2010

Montreal lockout disrupts Canadian shipments

22nd July 2010

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

The vigour with which President Obama has been beating the drum about what BP should have done and should now do regarding the disastrous rig blow-out in the US Gulf is a…

21st July 2010

Lessons from the US

21st July 2010