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Felicity Landon, one of PS trusty band of freelance contributors, commented the other day that she found ports and shipping by far the most interesting of the industries she writes about. She…

1st April 2006

To unsung heroes?

1st April 2006

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Now the TT Clubs TT Talk is always an interesting read. From a recent edition comes this statistical gem: " Good news reaches us from the United States where reader Alan Spear,…

1st April 2006

Truck crime: the good news

1st April 2006

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As reported in our Europe news this month, the Hamburg stevedore HHLA is training its first female port workers as gantry crane operators and van drivers.

1st April 2006

..including Fraulein Gantry Crane Driver

1st April 2006

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

This is the last Viewpoint I shall be writing. Im returning to my old business of ships agency, and to my old firm, Inchcape Shipping Services after three terrific years editing PS.

1st April 2006

Grasping the big issues

1st April 2006

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

TT Club in Sydney are highlighting the problems of enforcing claims on those (hopefully rare) occasions when ships cause damage to terminal property during berthing/unberthing, loading and discharge operations.

1st April 2006

Ships that go bump in the night

1st April 2006

ASIA

ASIA

This will enable financial closure to take place for the first phase of the port project five years after it started operations in April 1999.Completion of the North Butterworth Container Terminal phase…

1st April 2006

PENANG

1st April 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

This will enable financial closure to take place for the first phase of the port project five years after it started operations in April 1999.Liberia's National Ports Authority (NPA) has asked Global…

1st April 2006

Liberia halts inland box terminal project

1st April 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is to cede management of terminals to concessionaires as from March 2006.

1st April 2006

Nigerian concessions finally taken up

1st April 2006

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has appointed independent advisor Crighton Anderson Corporate Finance to evaluate the bid of Christchurch City Holdings (CCH) to acquire the 31% shareholding it does not own. The…

1st April 2006

Port bid advisor appointed

1st April 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

Luanda ports Strategic Plan of Modernisation covering the period 2006-2010 will result in investment totalling US$130m. This will help boost service provision and improve capacity. The plan, which was drawn up in…

1st April 2006

Luanda undertaking modernisation

1st April 2006