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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Qasim has also issued a call for expressions of interest to build a second container terminal on a BOT basis.

1st June 2006

..BOT BOX SCHEME

1st June 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

"The main problem in Italy is the lack of infrastructure and deficiencies in the rail network, " he said. "Some is very old.The end of May saw continuing computer problems at ECT…

1st June 2006

I.T. HEADACHE

1st June 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

At the beginning of April, Le Havre Port Authority inaugurated part of its planned Port 2000 development, which has cost ¢ 700m. This has 1.4km of quay line out of a possible…

1st June 2006

Port 2000 development now partially operational

1st June 2006

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Steve Cameron* argues that the maritime employment market will benefit from greater facilitation of personnel movements between sectors 45Anyone who reads the maritime press on a regular basis will have heard the…

1st June 2006

Career transitions: an agenda

1st June 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Savannah handled 173,415TEU in the month of April 2006, a 12.7 per cent increase over the same period last year.

1st June 2006

Savannah growth

1st June 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Colombian port of Cartagena handled 549,860TEU last year and is anticipating growth in 2006 of more than 150,000 additional containers. This is due to the arrival, in March, of a new…

1st June 2006

Cartagena seeking regional hub status

1st June 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Santos Port Authority (Codesp) is to develop a major new operating area at Barnabe Bagre as a public-private partnership in tandem with the Federal Government. This will expand this particular zone of…

1st June 2006

Santos develops huge expansion programme . . .

1st June 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The main container terminals at the port of Santos intend to increase their productivity this year through the purchase of new cranes financed through tax breaks made available by the government.

1st June 2006

. . . and operators add equipment

1st June 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

New Zealands Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has become the first port in the world to go live with the new Navis container management system SPARCS N4.

1st June 2006

Lyttelton Port pioneers SPARCS N4

1st June 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Paceco-MES has signed a contract with TraPac, Inc. (USA) for the supply of new super post-Panamax quayside cranes and RTGs destined for service in various terminals in the US.

1st June 2006

PACECO-MES FLEXES MUSCLE IN THE USA

1st June 2006