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THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

It used to be that recessions were linked to parachuting. Soft landings, hard landings, crash landings... The world is changing. Today there is not a day that passes without some new letter…

27th August 2008

The Alphabet Recession Scenarios and Irrational Exuberance

27th August 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Are there too many port cranes and not enough transport options? Opinion is divided as Alex Hughes finds out

27th August 2008

Maritime crane transport article

27th August 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Portek isone of very few companies offering turnkey solutions, organising the entire logistics chain in the movement of maritimehandling equipment. Specialist maritime transporting companies also dothis, although invariably feel more comfortable leaving…

27th August 2008

Nose to tail solutions

27th August 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Getting credit for cargo handling equipment in the current financial climate need not be too much of a problem with manufacturers offering a number of finance deals, reports Patrik Wheater

27th August 2008

Credit in the crunch

27th August 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A new two-year collective employment agreement has been reached between Port Otago and the Combined Unions.

27th August 2008

Otago dispute settled

27th August 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World (60%) and Zim (40%) have bought Tarragona container terminal operator Contarsa, which is currently handling 150,000 teu.

27th August 2008

New blood at Tarragona

27th August 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Users of the Costa Rican ports of Moín and Limón have called on the government to declare a state of national emergency for port operations.

27th August 2008

Emergency call in Costa Rica

27th August 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Environmental protesters temporarily blockaded rail access for coal trains to the Australian port of Newcastle in August. In the first five months of this year, throughput has increased by 1.5m tonnes to…

26th August 2008

Newcastle blockade

26th August 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russia is to spend ¢ 7.6bn ($11.3bn) on developing ports in the North West, of which ¢ 2.1bn ($3.1bn) will come from the Federal Budget. Ust-Luga should be handling up to 130m…

26th August 2008

Russian port commitment

26th August 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Unilateral imposition of a new tariff system from August 15 has prompted the Ethiopian government to criticise Djibouti ports tariff plan as being both unfair and difficult to accept.

25th August 2008

Djibouti tariff criticised

25th August 2008