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International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is a company thathas a reputation for introducing modern container handling expertiseinto nations that have previously been bereft of this asset and thelatest chapter regarding its…

28th May 2008

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28th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Russian Black Sea port of Yuzhny is to make all payments to foreign shipowners, consignors and consignees in euros. Existing payments are made in dollars, which are generating considerable losses.

28th May 2008

Yuzhny ditches the dollar

28th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Irelands Department of the Environment has issued a special protection order increasing the area it protects in Dublin Bay by 30%.

28th May 2008

Dublin expansion challenges environmental protected area

28th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Poti seaport in Georgia has issued an international tender for dredging work in its approach channel. The 1.6 km channel is to be deepened to 12.5 metres.

28th May 2008

Poti to dredge channel

28th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Lajes Logí

28th May 2008

Manaus terminal project

28th May 2008

ASIA

ASIA

China Container Industry Association has predicted that world demand for containers could drop by 10% to 20% if another economic crisis emerges this year.

28th May 2008

Economic crisis could scupper 2008 box growth

28th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

On 8 April 2008 the Environment Committee of the European Parliament adopted in second reading again the amendment on the proposal for a Waste Framework Directive which foresees exclusion of nonhazardous sediments.

28th May 2008

Clean sediments and the EU Waste Directive

28th May 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Western Australian port developer James Point has committed to stage two of its plan to build a container terminal at Kwinana, as an alternative port to Fremantle.

27th May 2008

Plan for Fremantle alternative powers ahead

27th May 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Liebherr has finalised a contract with the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand for the supply of a super post panamax container crane, which will have a lift height of 36.2m and an…

27th May 2008

Liebherr NZ return

27th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A weak dollar and increasing water levels on the Paraguay River have resulted in its ports becoming increasingly congested in recent months.

27th May 2008

Paraguay ports clogged

27th May 2008