Author: Importer

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

A word of caution - there is presently a lot of hot air being talkedabout investment opportunities in the ports sector. Some of it isunderstandable as, to be frank, it is coming…

4th May 2009

Its todays research that counts in asset sales

4th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World Southampton has achieved Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status (Security and Safety Certificate) under a European Union wide initiative to tackle terrorism, counterfeiting and fraud. AEO status is recognised across all…

4th May 2009

DPW Southampton status

4th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Perus National Ports Authority has revealed that $2bn of investment will be made in the next few years by the private sector in port projects.

4th May 2009

Peru awash with port projects

4th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Alstom Transport, in cooperation with the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Rotterdam Rail Feeding, has set up a trial using a hybrid shunting locomotive, something that has never been done before on…

4th May 2009

Rotterdam tests hybrid locomotive

4th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish government is looking to introduce changes to the current law governing ports to make them more commercial in their outlook.

3rd May 2009

Spanish ports to be given commercial kick

3rd May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Guayaquil Port Authority is downsizing its workforce from a pool of 260-280 employees to around 145 as part of a restructuring exercise that will see Contecon take control of container handling operations…

3rd May 2009

Docker downsizing at Guayaquil

3rd May 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The city of Wuhan is to invest $731m on the creation of a mega-terminal port complex, whose go-ahead has been approved by the state government.

3rd May 2009

Wuhan mega-port go-ahead

3rd May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Ports of Seattle and Tacoma have completed a study to quantify the carbon footprint of containers coming through the Puget Sound.

2nd May 2009

Seattle and Tacoma Ports: “Green Gateway” for Trade

2nd May 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The global economic slowdown has created some new dynamics in the insurance market for marine construction risks, as Felicity Landon discovers

1st May 2009

New dynamics

1st May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port workers in Spain are feeling the heat of the global downturn with at least four major ports discussing docker redundancies.

1st May 2009

Dock workers in Spain face bleak future

1st May 2009