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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Autonomous Port Executive Commission of El Salvador is seeking private sector investors to take over management of its ports.

23rd July 2008

El Salvador port privatisation overhaul

23rd July 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A joint venture between Boskalis Westminster Middle East and Dredging International will see both companies mobilise some of the biggest trailing suction hopper dredgers in the world for the construction and expansion…

21st July 2008

Giant dredgers for Dubai

21st July 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Forklift optimiser Transmon claims that port operators could do more to improve forklift performance beyond the installation of fleet management systems.

21st July 2008

Forklift management tips

21st July 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Thermal imaging is fairly new in the security and surveillance sector, but Flir Systems is positioning itself for break into the market by two technological acquisitions.

21st July 2008

Turn up the heat on security

21st July 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

According to Michael Hansen, managing director of APM Terminals in Nigeria, the local economy has benefited to the tune of $400m following privatisation of many of the countrys ports.

20th July 2008

Nigeria private cash boost

20th July 2008

ASIA

ASIA

International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has supported its presence in the Philippines, through two initiatives.

20th July 2008

Philippine initiatives for ICTSI

20th July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Continuing high bulk vessel charter rates are seeing New Zealand forestry product exporters increasingly investigating containerising their consignments.

19th July 2008

Logs take care of empties

19th July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An inventory audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers of the Port of Aucklands total greenhouse gas emissions has provided a solid foundation for further work by the company to manage its carbon footprint.

18th July 2008

Aucklands energy audit

18th July 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Tarragona, near Barcelona, is to be the first of DP Worlds Spanish ports. DP World has acquired  a 60% shareholding in Contarsa Sociedad de Estiba which holds the exclusive concession for the…

18th July 2008

Spanish port for Dubai link

18th July 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Finlands newest container facility, Vuosaari Port in Helsinki, will soon be able to hande post-panamax ships carrying up to 18 containers abreast with recently delivered Kalmar ship-to-shore cranes.

18th July 2008

Post-panamax at Helsinki

18th July 2008