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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Strong signs are emerging of a shake-up in Perus ports sector with the Prime Minister Yehude Simon stating that the government plans to prioritise ports, especially concessioning.

31st December 2008

Peru Ports Concessioning

31st December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US investors have shown great interest in financing the improvement of Pimentel port in the northern Peruvian city of Chiclayo, local mayor Roberto Jacinto Purizaca has said.

31st December 2008

Pimental woos Americans

31st December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Mexican deep water Port of Tuxpan will definitely go ahead at a cost of $280m. Finance will come from a consortium of ports and industrial parks, as well as from the…

31st December 2008

Tuxpan to go ahead

31st December 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Demand for Brommas Greenline range of all-electric spreaders showed no sign of waning in the last quarter on 2008.

31st December 2008

Ongoing orders for electric spreaders

31st December 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Competitive trading conditions have seen Auckland Regional Holdings drop Ports of Aucklands book-value from NZ$587.8m (US$323.4m) to NZ$495.7m (US$272.7m). The Auckland Regional Council subsidiary also expects a NZ$24.3m (US$13.4m) dip in the…

30th December 2008

Auckland revaluation

30th December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Maryland Port Authority has hired consultants to identify potential bidders interested in spending $100m-$120m on boosting capacity at the Seagirt Marine Terminal in return for a lease agreement.

30th December 2008

Seagirt terminal upgrade

30th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A Baltic Port Barometer study carried out in June-August this yearpainted a rosy picture of growth and investment. Felicity Landonexamines the findings

29th December 2008

Painting a rosy picture

29th December 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A new port will be built if approval is forthcoming for a 30 million-tonnes-a-year coal mine in Queenslands Galilee Basin. Hancock Prospecting has studied Abbot Point and Dudgeon Point, to the south…

29th December 2008

Queensland port potential

29th December 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mitsui OSK Lines has successfully tested a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelled shore power supply system on the containership MOL Enterprise.

29th December 2008

LNG power is a shore thing

29th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marport East (previously Kumport), has ordered another eight E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Kalmar to support its five-year expansion plan, which also includes land reclamation and bridge connections.

28th December 2008

Turkish ports expansion plans

28th December 2008