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AFRICA

AFRICA

Privatisation of Mombasa Container Terminal has been under discussion for a long time and while no time frame has been set as yet, a committee comprising officials from both the government and…

1st March 2007

The privatisation quandary

1st March 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

A slight dip in 2006 throughput should prove no hurdle to growth in 2007 at Africas key ports. Alex Hughes reports

1st March 2007

Dry bulk bonanza

1st March 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

A planned dredging programme is integral to the future success of the Mozambican port of Beira to push it into the direct call league. This modest African box handling facility - in…

1st March 2007

Mozambiques Beira has grand aspirations that could knock Durban off its direct call perch

1st March 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Port Louis continues to draw in the main shipping players, but it is not complacent as Alex Hughes finds out

1st March 2007

Feeder king

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

The Pearl river delta led the way in Chinas capitalist drive,now it faces overcapacity and overtaking by its Yangtze cousin. Wing Kah-goh investigates

1st March 2007

A tale of two deltas

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

At Taiwans premier port of Kaohsiung there is a bunker mentality setting in which threatens to waste taxpayers money on an extraordinary level. Fact: Taiwan is not the manufacturing centre it once…

1st March 2007

Kaohsiung throws good money after bad

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Port management have wised up to reality and are seeking out new ways to boost stagnant volumes, as Wing Kah-goh finds out

1st March 2007

Busan policy shift

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Regarded as very flexible but energy hungrymachines, pneumatic unloaders for bulk product are getting more sophisticated and are making use of new types of energy-efficient electronic controls. David Foxwell reports

1st March 2007

Shaking new ground

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

As terminal throughputs rocket and crane technology becomes increasingly complex,more operators are turning to outside specialists for their equipment maintenance. Felicity Landon reports

1st March 2007

Call in the Experts

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The Port of Felixstowe employs 230 engineers and the majority of its frontline maintenance - including quay cranes and yard cranes - is carried out in-house, supported by specialist contractors, says Hutchison…

1st March 2007

Frontline focus

1st March 2007