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EUROPE

EUROPE

Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) released some interesting research at the recent TOC conference in Antwerp. David Appleton, NOLs president Europe, in presenting the findings revealed the hefty cost in both time and…

1st July 2005

Planning delays a major cause of congestion

1st July 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The research was commissioned by Drewry Shipping Consultants and shows the planning process alone for 12 north European terminal developments is costing an estimated €540m, while delays and cancellations have meant a…

1st July 2005

LNG TERMINAL FOR VENICE

1st July 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The research was commissioned by Drewry Shipping Consultants and shows the planning process alone for 12 north European terminal developments is costing an estimated €540m, while delays and cancellations have meant a…

1st July 2005

LEIXOES TO TAKE PANAMAX

1st July 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The research was commissioned by Drewry Shipping Consultants and shows the planning process alone for 12 north European terminal developments is costing an estimated €540m, while delays and cancellations have meant a…

1st July 2005

CERES BATTLE GOES ON

1st July 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Alabama governor Bob Riley has signed into law a Bill providing US$80m to the port of Mobile for the construction of a new container terminal. The remaining funding for the US$300m project…

1st July 2005

Mobile to lure business with new terminal

1st July 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The decision by the Justice Department to block loans to Codesp totalling US$2.49m for a minimum of 15 days is so worrying companies involved in the dredging of the ports access channel…

1st July 2005

..while Santos runs out of money…

1st July 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

After 81 years of activity at Maua Harbour, Porto Alegre has moved operational activities to Navegantes Harbour, some six kilometres further north, but closer to the city centre. This area, which has…

1st July 2005

Porto Alegre completes harbour move

1st July 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The president of Santos Port Authority (Codesp), Jose Carlos Mello Rego, says that the port will have reached the limit of its effective design capacity within the next three years. He therefore…

1st July 2005

..but warns capacity running out..

1st July 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maersk has contracted KCI Konecranes for the delivery of 30 RMGs to APM Terminals new state-of-the-art container terminal in Portsmouth, Virginia. The contract calls for deliveries to begin in October 2006, and…

1st July 2005

KCI Konecranes supplies 30 RMGs to APMT

1st July 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kommerling, manufacturer and supplier of sealants and adhesives, has supplied 360 litres of its Rallithane 810 to Bristol City Docks for sealing its refurbished inner lock gates. Each gate measures 10 metres…

1st July 2005

Kommerling seals refurbish lock gates

1st July 2005