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TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Security specialist Rapiscan Systems says it believes that the 100% scanning requirement will be implemented - but there are still questions regarding exactly how different ports will be required to comply with…

4th September 2009

Rapiscan

4th September 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland managing director Jens Madsen believes there is a special opportunity for Auckland to develop a world-class waterfront that balances both public and port interests.

4th September 2009

NZ snippets Aug-Sep

4th September 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

With the support of Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), a local South African manufacturer has designed a trailer that will make it safer and easier to move containers from ship to shore.

4th September 2009

A local change for efficiency

4th September 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The government in Ecuador is considering two alternatives to receive compensation from Hutchison Port Holdings after it cancelled its agreement to build an international hub at the port of Manta. It could…

4th September 2009

Ecuador studies HPH Manta severance compensation

4th September 2009

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Felicity Landon reports on the drive to find the best container scanning solutions

3rd September 2009

Port protection

3rd September 2009

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

The news that France and Germany are officially out ofrecession should be music to the ears of box terminal operators. A growth ingross domestic product - albeit a subdued 0.3% one -…

3rd September 2009

A fine mess

3rd September 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Kiel handled 2.36m tonnes of cargo in the first half of this year, 5% less than in the same period of 2008. Above-average decline was recorded in the breakbulk…

3rd September 2009

Kiels breakbulk slowing its slide

3rd September 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Iraqs Transport Ministry has revealed that Iraqi Ports Company has signed a $12.6m contract with local company to expand Umm-Qasr port near Basra. Work will be completed within 210 days.

3rd September 2009

Iraq improves Umm-Qasr

3rd September 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Worldwide, the role of government is increasing. In the US, discussions of infrastructure funding are dominated by conversations about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, or The Stimulus Bill) of 2009.

2nd September 2009

Government funding now the norm

2nd September 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

Up to $1.22bn of foreign investment is expected to be made in the various development projects put forward by Port Qasim Authority covering the next five years.

2nd September 2009

Port Qasim taking major private investment

2nd September 2009