Author: Importer

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A dedicated bulk ports corporation is to be set up in Queensland with another body set to administer the far norths smaller community ports.

30th October 2008

Port body to service north-east

30th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish Port of Valencia has overtaken Algeciras as the countrys leading container port.

30th October 2008

Valencia no 1 Spanish box port

30th October 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new container recognition system is being installed at the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. This will be the first port in Europe to take up the technology after its successful deployment…

30th October 2008

Container recognition in Europe

30th October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The European Commission has decided not to raise objections to plans to extend a scheme piloted by Austria’s federal government, aimed at promoting a modal shift to inland waterways. Under the pilot…

30th October 2008

Green light for Danube environmental initiative

30th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Madagascar International Container Terminal at Toamasina, run by Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) through a 20-year concession signed in 2005, is also looking for transhipment; Madagascar International Container Terminal Services (MICTS)…

29th October 2008

Madagascar investment continues

29th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Port Reunion is looking to increase its transhipment business, and the expansion of its container terminal this year is a key part of this ambition.

29th October 2008

Port Reunion

29th October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

UK Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick has announced a £67m boost to the Sustainable Distribution Fund that will help the freight industry reduce costs and cut emissions.

29th October 2008

Funding to cut freight emissions

29th October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A new free publication ‘Choosing and Developing a Multi-Modal Transport Solution’ has been published by the Freight Best Practice programme. This new Guide examines how to approach the use of rail or…

29th October 2008

Multi-Modal guide from Freight Best Practice

29th October 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port Taranaki recorded a comparably flat net after-tax profit of NZ$4.76m (US$2.9m), 16% rise in revenue to NZ$43m (US$26.4m) and new container throughput record of 59,586 teu during the 2007-2008 financial year.…

28th October 2008

Sinking property values hit NZ financials

28th October 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Pro-democracy demonstrations in Thailand have begun to impact negatively on the nations ports. Bangkok has in recent months already suffered a complete one-day shutdown due to agitation from anti-government protesters, prompting prompted…

27th October 2008

Demonstrators close Bangkok

27th October 2008