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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port authorities in Brazil had invested about 20% of their forecast budgets by the end of October, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Planning.

3rd February 2010

Investment down at Brazilian ports

3rd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Italian government is planning to introduce reforms to existing waterfront labour legislation, a move strongly opposed by port unions.

3rd February 2010

Italians to introduce port labour reforms

3rd February 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Russian Port of Visotskiy has recently installed two more Lancaster ship loaders to double the number at the port.

3rd February 2010

Loaders get magnetic boost

3rd February 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Benchmark spot coal prices at Qinhuangdao - which handles around half of Chinas coal - recently rose by about 3% a tonne in just a few days, bringing prices up to a…

3rd February 2010

China goes supersize

3rd February 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Russias sights are on plans for $13.3bn of port investment by 2012. Since the downturn, Russias dependence on energy exports has increased, (20% of its coal goes abroad), so its ports are…

3rd February 2010

Russian connections

3rd February 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Requests have been made to expand three terminals at the Port of Rio de Janeiro in projects worth $327m. These encompass activities at MultiRio, Multicar and Libra Terminais Terminal I.

2nd February 2010

Rio to expand three terminals

2nd February 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Maritime Union of New Zealand Auckland branch local secretary Russell Mayn has promised the Government any attempt to privatise Ports of Auckland will be met with massive opposition.

2nd February 2010

Privatisation opposition promised

2nd February 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Coal producers are bypassing chokes in the supply chain to invest directly in terminal space, as Stevie Knight explains

2nd February 2010

Diamonds in the dirt

2nd February 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Localfrio has requested that Santos Port Authority issues a tender for the construction of a container terminal, to be known as Prainha, in the Guarujá area on the ports left bank. It…

1st February 2010

New box terminal for Santos

1st February 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Construction has begun on a $3.6bn international container port in Vietnams central Khanh Hoa province. Completion is slated for 2020, when the facility will be able to handle up to 200m tonnes…

1st February 2010

New Vietnamese box port

1st February 2010