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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Ports around New Zealand went on alert as a tsunami raced across the Pacific with the speed of a jetliner following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake just off the Chile coast in late February.

28th March 2010

Reaction to Chile tsunami

28th March 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Western Australia’s Oakajee deepwater port has lifted its planned initial capacity to 45m tonnes/annum on the back of “strong interest from regional iron ore miners”. The authority has also announced that it…

28th March 2010

Oakajee ups planned capacity

28th March 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Intermodal services to ports and the introduction of rail shuttles are beneficial to both cargo shippers and transport service providers. Kate Royston reviews recent developments

27th March 2010

Modal shift: the role of rail

27th March 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Earthquake struck Port-Au-Prince has revealed plans for new jetties and increased depth, along with state-of-the-art container terminal facilities.

27th March 2010

Ambitious plans for Haiti terminal

27th March 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

It’s predicted that new rules governing tyre manufacture will soon come into force throughout the European Union, banning the use of toxic high aromatic (HA) oils.

26th March 2010

Europe gets tough on toxin tyres

26th March 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Ningbo Port plans to list shares on the Shanghai stock exchange by the end of the second quarter of this year.

26th March 2010

Ningbo to go for Shanghai listing

26th March 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian Federal Government’s much-heralded national freight strategy may be later arriving than expected, meaning the election could be fought without the policy in place.

26th March 2010

Freight strategy delay concerns

26th March 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Portland Port in the UK is to freeze its berthing and harbour dues as well as its pilotage charges until December 31, 2010 for all commercial vessels.

26th March 2010

Portland freezes dues

26th March 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Karolina Boholm, Advisor, Transport Policy of Industrial Policy Department, Swedish Forest Industries Federation, responds to the comments by Christer Ågren

25th March 2010

SFIF replies to Airclim

25th March 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Christer Ågren, Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat (AirClim) responds to the article by Karolina Boholm of the Swedish Forest Industries Federation

25th March 2010

“Lower sulphur levels are cost effective”: Airclim responds to SFIF.

25th March 2010