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OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is expecting calls from the weekly Maersk Line Pacific Island service and the currently fortnightly CMA CGM New Europe, Mascarene and Orient (NEMO) service will raise its annual…

1st June 2007

Lyttelton callers boost volumes

1st June 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Privately-operated coal terminals in Queensland have rejected any offer to publicly fund their export infrastructure, despite vessel queues reaching record levels. 

1st June 2007

QUEENSLAND SHUNS NVESTMENT

1st June 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

They feel that their private investments are underpinned by long-term contracts with mining companies and therefore public money is unnecessary.Marlborough harbourmaster Captain Alex van Wijngaarden is seeking radar, expansion of the automatic…

1st June 2007

MARLBOROUGH SAFETY DRIVE

1st June 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A new A$200m ($165.8m) ship loader will add an extra 10m tonnes to the export coal capacity of Gladstone’ s RG Tanna Coal Terminal. The commissioning follows a 20% increase in capacity…

1st June 2007

GLADSTONE COAL GOAL

1st June 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Northport has appointed qualified Master Mariner Jon Moore as its new chief executive, in light of the pending retirement of Ken Crean in June.

1st June 2007

NEW NORTHPORT CEO

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The governments of Spain and France have issued the first tenders covering seven motorway services between ports on their Atlantic and northern coasts. These are expected to enter into service in 2008…

1st June 2007

FIRST SEA MOTORWAY CONTRACTS

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Portuguese construction company Mota-Engil has acquired port terminal operator Multiterminal for € 25m ($33.8m).

1st June 2007

MOTA-ENGIL ACQUISITION

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Grupo Boluda Corporacion Maritima confirmed an order for eight rubber-tyred gantry (RTGs) cranes, while Dragados ordered a further six RTGs from Konecranes.

1st June 2007

SPANISH RTG BOOST

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Steel specialist ThyssenKrupp Steel has announced that it will favour Rotterdam when it expands its manufacturing capacities around the world. 

1st June 2007

Rotterdam on the slab with ThyssenKrupp deal

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

In an attempt to put crippling strike action earlier this year behind it, Marseilles has announced a string of investments to secure its future growth. 

1st June 2007

Marseilles takes the long view

1st June 2007