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ASIA

ASIA

The original bidding deadline of April 30 established by the Indian port of Jawaharlal Nehru for its proposed fourth container terminal is now been extended to June 1.

29th May 2009

Schedule slips for fourth JN box terminal

29th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Western Mediterranean ports must cooperate with emerging ports on the opposite side of the Mediterranean for the greater good of the region, an Italian port executive has advised.

28th May 2009

Call for greater cohesion between Med ports

28th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

$55m contract has been awarded to a local company for the construction of a 113ha container terminal in North Charleston.

28th May 2009

New box terminal for Charleston

28th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A security panel at the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) conference taking place in Genoa this week cautioned against ports committing now to installations to meet so-called 100% scanning legislation…

28th May 2009

Dont rush to meet 100% scanning legislation

28th May 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new cable has just been released that will help ports that are prone to extremely low temperatures.

28th May 2009

Cabling that copes with permafrost

28th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The ‘Faunabescherming’ (society for the protection of wildlife) has withdrawn its objection to the construction permit for Maasvlakte 2 and the Port of Rotterdam Authority is to take a number of measures…

27th May 2009

‘Faunabescherming’ and Port of Rotterdam Authority sign agreement

27th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Following the three previous conferences in Pittsburgh, Brussels and Louisville, the 4th smart rivers ’21 conference, organised by the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses in Austria (PIANC Austria) and Austria Tech…

26th May 2009

smart rivers ‘21 heads for Vienna

26th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

AssociatedBritish Ports operation at Immingham on the Humber, which handles200,000 teu every year, has taken advantage of DGPS to make itscontainer terminal work harder; to move more cargo in less time; and…

26th May 2009

Differential GPS improves return on investment for Humber port

26th May 2009

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Itamazes me in this day and age - and this economic climate - that the UK governmentis still persisting in its drive to drag backdated rates from the nations portbusinesses.

26th May 2009

Fully charged

26th May 2009

ASIA

ASIA

June sees the opening of the tender process for Pakistans port optimisation project.

26th May 2009

Pakistan project opens to tenders

26th May 2009