Author: Importer

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Port Said on the Suez Canal could receive investment of $5.42bn to expand existing facilities. By 2015, the Port will be handling more than 50m containers.

18th December 2008

Port Said to undertake serious development

18th December 2008

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Who would have guessed in mid 2007 that carriers would be laying upships, ship owners agreeing to charter rates that are as good as rockbottom and container freight rates at peppercorn levels?…

17th December 2008

Lessons From The Recession

17th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Plummeting freight rates from the Far East into Northern Europe have put the spotlight on the costs of inland haulage and encouraged shippers to consider new routes, according to Martyn Pellew, PD…

17th December 2008

PD news story

17th December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Only a month after announcing construction contracts of around $383.7m which would create thousands of jobs in the region, the Port of Los Angeles has decided to pull back current spending by…

17th December 2008

Los Angeles reigns in

17th December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The leader of the SUPA trade union at Argentinas Port of Mar del Plata has claimed that labour activities at the port are in chaos.

17th December 2008

Mar del Plata in chaos

17th December 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new Tractor Pooling feature which reduces the time tractors hang around a vessel while waiting for the one in front to finish, has been released by Tideworks as part of its…

17th December 2008

Tractor pooling for better utilisation

17th December 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new waterproof, rugged mobile phone has been developed for people who work in the maritime industries.

17th December 2008

Maritime phone for port operatives

17th December 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Tuticorin Port Trust has shortlisted five companies for its second container terminal. These are: PSA-Sical (which operates the existing terminal), Oceanic Transport, Chettinad Logistics, Afcons Infrastructure and Larsen & Toubro. Investment of…

16th December 2008

Five in the frame for Tuticorin

16th December 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has returned a comparable 7.3% rise in net after-tax profit to NZ$10.3m (US$5.7m) and 9.2% increase in revenue to NZ$83.4m (US$45.9m) for the 2007-2008 financial year. 

16th December 2008

Good return for Lyttelton

16th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

By 2011, the private sector will have invested ¢ 330m ($416.8m) in the Port of Bilbao. Of that, ¢ 222m ($280.4m) will be for four bio-diesel plants and one manufacturing ethanol.

16th December 2008

Private sector ups investment in Bilbao

16th December 2008