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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A nudge or two from Government is required to encourage councils in New Zealand to take a commercial view of their dominant port sector shareholdings, says Port of Tauranga chairperson John Parker.

21st July 2009

Ports require government nudge

21st July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The use of wireless local area networks (WLAN) is taking on a greater role in the ports sector than ever before, driven particularly by productivity and security issues, according to Michael Muller…

21st July 2009

Productivity and security issues drive demand for wireless networks

21st July 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ever increasing value-add for tractors is improving choice for ports, as Stevie Knight explains

20th July 2009

By the yard

20th July 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Accusations of corruption at Port Klang Free Trade Zone have prompted the government to appoint a committee to oversee the re-launch of this body.

20th July 2009

Port Klang corruption tackled

20th July 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Aucklands ownership and financial situation have been lambasted by Chris Carr, managing director of Auckland-based logistics company Carr & Haslam.

20th July 2009

Turbulent times for Auckland

20th July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Amsterdams Ter Haak Group has turned to Tideworks for the upgrade of its terminal operating platform at its Amerikahaven multipurpose terminal.

20th July 2009

Tideworks nets Ter Haak

20th July 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The worlds first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) facility with automatic synchronisation and 50/60 Hz conversion has been formally switched on at the Port of Antwerp.

19th July 2009

Onshore power at Antwerp

19th July 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseilles Fos port is to take a 10% stake in a multimodal hub at Pagny in a bid to strengthen its hinterland connexions. Pagny is strategically located at the northern end of…

18th July 2009

Marseilles grabs a bit of Pagny

18th July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Introducing new technologies to companies and their users can be donesmoothly if the issues are addressed properly and all parties withinthe company are involved, says Psion Teklogix.

17th July 2009

Psion

17th July 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The 14,000-teu MSC Daniela recently became the largest container ship to have ever left the port of Rotterdam fully laden - a European record.

17th July 2009

Record for Rotterdam

17th July 2009