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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Venezuela has passed a law effectively transferring control of national ports from provincial to central government control. Guamache, Cabello and Maracaibo will be administered by the newly created Empresa Bolivariana de Puertos.

28th April 2009

Venezuelan port privatised

28th April 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese ports of Shanghai and Ningbo are reported to be in negotiations on a possible merger sometime in the near future.

28th April 2009

Shanghai and Ningbo in merger talks

28th April 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

New energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, administration and operation complexes are being constructed at the ITS terminal.

27th April 2009

Long Beach’s green administration complex

27th April 2009

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Intelligent use of KPIs can have real value in monitoring and improving operational performance. Felicity Landon reports

27th April 2009

The key message: keep it simple

27th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The El Salvador port of La Unión is now completed, but continues without an operator, effectively costing $1m a month in maintenance and energy costs. The problem lies at the heart of…

27th April 2009

La Unión port standing idle

27th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils Special Secretariat for Ports has guaranteed that, despite the world financial crisis, investment to upgrade and expand both public and private ports will not suffer short-term cuts.

27th April 2009

No holding back on Brazilian port investment

27th April 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Tianjin Port Development (TPD) has acquired 56.81% of rival Tianjin Port Holdings, which also manages the Chinese Port. TPD is to issue new shares to finance the $1.4bn transaction.

27th April 2009

Two Tianjin terminals merge

27th April 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

For reasons of wind-blown dust pollution, open air stockpiles for bulk commodities such as coal and iron ore are nowadays considered to be environmentally unacceptable, especially if they are located close to…

26th April 2009

Dry bulk covered storage options

26th April 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Long Beach was scheduled to commence collecting a Clean Trucks Fee on 18 February 2009 to accelerate the replacement of thousands of polluting cargo trucks. “It is imperative that…

26th April 2009

Port begins Clean Trucks fee

26th April 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

There are other, interesting options for ports looking at cement handling.

24th April 2009

More than just unloaders

24th April 2009