Author: Importer

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Nova Scotia has dropped a proposed joint Port of Halifax and Canadian National Railway (CN) gateway project on the back of high costs.

6th April 2009

Nova Scotia ditches Halifax gateway plan

6th April 2009

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Following its successful 2008 event in Shanghai, where over 800 key executives attended, TOC Asia is returning to China for 2009. Over 70 companies will be presenting their latest developments during the…

6th April 2009

TOC Asia 2009 – Shenzhen

6th April 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Softening cargo volumes have seen Ports of Auckland reduce road deliveries and delivery times at its Bledisloe and Fergusson container terminals.

5th April 2009

Auckland shortens cargo windows

5th April 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

A new port development in Mwambani Bay, Tanzania, threatens to damage a species of prehistoric fish, according to an assessment by a local environmental group.

4th April 2009

Project threatens ancient fish

4th April 2009

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

To invest or not to invest? Answer, first do your homework well, constantly monitor the market, appraise the competition and if you decide to go for it then seek the maximum return…

4th April 2009

To invest or…?

4th April 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Reports suggest that Port Klang terminal operator Northport is considering delaying the upgrade of one of its harbour areas, because of current financial worries. This decision is not necessarily supported by the…

3rd April 2009

Northport to slow investment?

3rd April 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

FFCA California convenes23-25 March 2009 with top speakers on the economy, energy and the environment to discuss current headline topics on funding, green jobs, low emission technologies, and air quality.

3rd April 2009

Faster Freight

3rd April 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Tallinn partnered a seminar on onshore energy supply, organised by the Baltic Ports Organization held in Tallinn on 14th January 2009 and attended by port representatives, international organisations, shipping…

3rd April 2009

Onshore Energy Supply Conference – Tallinn

3rd April 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hydrographic surveying is definitely best left to the experts, says William Heaps, chairman of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS).

2nd April 2009

Leave it to the experts

2nd April 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

A strike by freight forwarders in the Nigerian port of Lagos cost the country an estimated $27m during its first three days. So serious was the dispute that the federal minister of…

2nd April 2009

Nigerian forwarders strike

2nd April 2009