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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Total tonnage at the Port of Prince Rupert has slumped by nearly a quarter year-on-year, according to official figures.

14th May 2009

Coal lets down Prince Rupert

14th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port throughput in Latin American and the Caribbean is expected to see a significant drop this year in the wake of the global financial crisis, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and…

14th May 2009

ECLAC

14th May 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Two post-Panamax cranes were delivered by Liebherr to the United Arab Emirates in a ready to go state recently - despite high seas which meant the delivery barge had to take shelter…

14th May 2009

Cranes sail into port upright

14th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

PIANC 2009 Resolution on Climate Change During its Annual General Assembly in Helsinki at the end of May, PIANC prepared the following 2009 Resolution: “With the impact of Climate Change now being…

13th May 2009

PIANC 2009 Resolution on Climate Change

13th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Jakartas key port is taking a leaf out of Rotterdams books on management, as Mike King discovers

13th May 2009

Jakarta port profile

13th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Kalmar has won a five-year equipment servicing and maintenance contract from Durres Port Authority (DPA) in Albania. Part of the ports drive to a landlord model, DPA said the partnership with Cargotecs…

13th May 2009

Durres plumps for Kalmar

13th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The UK Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the Environmental Audit Committee’s report on carbon emissions from shipping and its promotion of a more robust methodology to determine the UK’s share of…

12th May 2009

FTA urges caution over shipping emissions report

12th May 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Many of South East Asias key ports are taking advantage of the sliding box sector to focus attention on non-containerised cargo.

12th May 2009

A chance for non-container cargoes to shine

12th May 2009

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Public-private partnerships (PPP) are back in the news. In March, ata time when reports of slower trade growth continued to mount, reportsof two fresh US port privatisations (one agreed upon, one at…

12th May 2009

New Yorker April Opinion

12th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseilles Fos has set out its goals through to 2013 in line with sweeping reforms to the French port industry introduced last July.

12th May 2009

Marseilles sets four-year path

12th May 2009