Author: Importer

EUROPE

EUROPE

Kalmar has acquired an 80% share of two Italian service companies, CVS Technoports and CVS Service from the CVS Ferrari Group, who will retain 20%. The companies will work under the name…

28th December 2008

The Italian job

28th December 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Newly-appointed CentrePort Wellington chairperson Warren Larson believes the Capital Citys port is being overlooked in regional transport planning initiatives.

27th December 2008

CentrePort forgotten in regional planning

27th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains Development Ministry is to invest ¢ 1.537bn ($1.94bn) in the national ports network, covering construction of 2,900 metres of linear berth and 91 hectares of new operating area.

27th December 2008

Spain ramps up port investment

27th December 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Whilecurrent orderbooks will keep suppliers busy with deliveries until aboutAugust next year, the irony is that ports may be wondering what to dowith their new machines when containership operators begin to lay…

26th December 2008

Tractors to stand idle as market plummets

26th December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

.hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana }Investors interested in the concession for  Perus Paita port,  have until February 13, 2009 to present documents in the prequalification process, …

26th December 2008

Paita concession timeline

26th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The collapse of 600 metres of newly built quayside at the Port of Barcelonas Prat development area on the January 1, 2007 has reportedly doubled the cost of the work of constructing…

25th December 2008

El Prat cost doubles

25th December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Singapore is said to be interested in an association with Perus Enap, the national port administration body, according to the Andean countrys Minister of Transport Veronica Zavala.

25th December 2008

Singapore

25th December 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Changes in requirements and emissions legislation have spurred tractor development, as Patrik Wheater finds out

24th December 2008

Tracking the tractor

24th December 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The president of Nigeria has approved a 30% reduction in charges, fees and fines imposed by the regulatory agencies on cargo cleared at national ports.

24th December 2008

Nigeria drops port charges by 30%

24th December 2008

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

I saw a summary the other day of the container line service cutbacksthat had taken place in the Far East-North Europe, FarEast-Mediterranean, Far East-USEC and Transatlantic trades. In the FarEast-North Europe trade…

24th December 2008

PS Opinion Piece

24th December 2008