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EUROPE

EUROPE

The proposed Vago Ligure container terminal at the port of Savona being promoted by APM Terminals is to be re-sized. The blow to APM comes after the proposal was referred by local…

3rd February 2008

Smaller box terminal at Savona

3rd February 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

It took Africas Richard Bay Coal Terminal two weeks to return to normal operations following a lightning strike at the end of last year. 

2nd February 2008

Lightening strike slows RBCT

2nd February 2008

ASIA

ASIA

As a congestion-busting exercise, Chittagong Port authority has increased penalty rates fourfold for reefer containers remaining within the port for more than four days. The previous $9 a day charge has risen…

2nd February 2008

Chittagong ups fines on reefers

2nd February 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Small mining companies in Australia are expected to challenge Newcastle ports decision to allocate 2008 export capacity based on rail transport contracts. This follows the inability by all parties concerned to agree…

1st February 2008

Legal challenge to quotas at Newcastle

1st February 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority has approved the second phase construction of its outer harbour extension. 

1st February 2008

Green light for Ferrol phase II development

1st February 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Mexican port of Chiapas has almost completed construction of a $2.83m container storage facility, which is due to open by the end of January 2008. There will be 750 slots for…

1st February 2008

Chiapas ups storage capacity

1st February 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports can make significant fuel savings by selecting the right drive for their container handling operations, writes Patrik Wheater

30th January 2008

Driven by efficiency

30th January 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Therecan be no greater yardstick to measure the market acceptance ofincreasingly larger containership tonnage than the increase incontainer handling capacity, especially orders for new superpost-panamax cranes.

30th January 2008

GPA cranes off Good Hope

30th January 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The pained first steps of a European Union project to encourage more traffic off the roads has so far failed to impress. Alex Hughes investigates

30th January 2008

Motorways of the Sea

30th January 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

On September 26, the Dutch shipping line Transfennica inaugurated an MoS service between the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and Bilbao, in Northern Spain. According to operations manager Karel van Zijl, it took…

30th January 2008

Transfennica

30th January 2008