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AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Science Applications International Corporation has been awarded a contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers (COE) Louisville District to provide engineering services and perform environmental studies in the Great Lakes and…

28th April 2008

SAIC awarded Army COE enviro-contract

28th April 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

South Africas Transnet and Kalmar have extended their partnership to tackle South Africas growing container volumes through the order, by Transnet, of 22 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) for use at the countrys…

27th April 2008

Transnet heads for Kalmar

27th April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Uruguay is seeking international cooperation to enable the Martí n Garcí a Channel, which gives access to the port of Nueva Palmira, to be maintained at a depth of 32 feet. It…

27th April 2008

Uruguay dredge partner

27th April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Kalmar Industries has won an order from the Port of Tacoma on the US West Coast for the supply of seven CSC 340 straddle carriers to be delivered in October for the…

27th April 2008

Kalmar Tacoma order

27th April 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A new study ranks container ports as some of the US’ biggest polluters – but the movement to clean alternative fuels is gaining momentum.

27th April 2008

‘Perfect Storm’ survey urges action

27th April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

MSC and Ceres Gulf Inc have put together a joint-venture, New Orleans Terminals LLC, to manage the first phase of the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. This facility is currently operated by Ceres…

26th April 2008

JV for NO terminal

26th April 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Container volumes at the Port of Antwerp are continuing to climb. Last year the Port handled almost 183 million tonnes of freight, representing growth of 9.3 per cent compared with the 167…

26th April 2008

Extra capacity needed

26th April 2008

ASIA

ASIA

PSA India has signed an agreement with ABG Infralogistics and its subsidiary ABG Kolkata Container Terminal to take a 49% stake in ABG Kolkata Container Terminal. 

25th April 2008

PSA takes stake in Calcutta

25th April 2008

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

At the beginning of February dredging and marine contractor Van Oord completed the prestigious land reclamation project The World in the emirate of Dubai.

25th April 2008

Van Oord completes The World

25th April 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The government of Nigerias Akwa Ibom state has reached an agreement with the Dersko Marine group to build a $5.2bn new port.

24th April 2008

Major new port slated for Nigeria

24th April 2008