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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Proposals to set up a Ports & Logistics Skills Academy within the UKs Haven Gateway area are moving forward.

1st October 2006

Ports academy moves close to reality

1st October 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Yard planning experts have contrasting opinions on what to do with containers as they are being discharged from the ship. Some argue it is better to move recently discharged boxes to their…

1st October 2006

The stacking quandary

1st October 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Is every inch of your shoreside being used to its full potential? Alex Hughes finds out that a little expertise can go a long way in stockyard planning.

1st October 2006

The space race

1st October 2006

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

In mid-September George Vlachos, Greeces General Secretary for Ports and Policy, announced that the country is close to making a decision on long-term management contracts for the ports of Piraeus and Thessaloniki.…

1st October 2006

The right dressing

1st October 2006

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

The growth of port and terminal infrastructure in China proceeds apace. If you go to the deep water port of Yangshan, just outside Shanghai, there is a facility whose planners are already…

1st October 2006

Making molehills out of mountains in China

1st October 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kalmar has agreed to merge the service business of its South African service partner African National Engineering into Kalmar Industries South Africa (Pty) Ltd, the local subsidiary company established earlier this year…

1st October 2006

Kalmar integrates South Africa operations

1st October 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

Jurong International has been awarded a $70m contract to design and build a new deep water port at Luba Freeport in Equatorial Guinea by Lonrho Africa, which holds a 63% stake in…

1st October 2006

JURONG TO DESIGN NEW PORT IN GUINEA

1st October 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

Following 11 years of closure, Mogadishus international port has been reopened.However, it requires $1m of urgent repairs.

1st October 2006

MOGADISHU REOPENS

1st October 2006

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A slowdown of the local economy has seen average recent financial returns slide from New Zealands three largest cargo-trading ports.  

1st October 2006

Tough year for New Zealand port revenue

1st October 2006

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Rumours Maersk Line will reduce its New Zealand port calls from nine to five, including a primary port in each island, has got the entire local shipping industry on tenterhooks.

1st October 2006

PORT REVIEW STIRS UP INDUSTRY

1st October 2006