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VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Well, not quite perhaps. But is there a reader of this magazine who simply doesnt give a stuff about the environment? I doubt it.

1st June 2004

SAVE THE PLANET WITH MODAL SHIFT

1st June 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Drewry Shipping Consultants believes that East Asian ports will lack 14m TEUs in capacity by 2007 unless more investment in facilities is made a priority. In that year demand will be 143.3m…

1st June 2004

Major capacity shortfall in the east

1st June 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Work will start in September on a € 24m project to expand vehicle handling in Bremerhaven, Europes second largest vehicle hub. Part of the Osthafen will be filled in by the end…

1st June 2004

More vehicle space for Bremerhaven

1st June 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Surprisingly, only three of seven companies were able to meet the technical specifications required by the Port of Mombasa to supply eight cranes as part of a recent tender. The contract, which…

1st June 2004

Mombasa rejects four equipment bids

1st June 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

ABPs port of Ipswich has moved closer to expanding its ro-ro facilities after accepting a £ 3.5m tender from Edmund Nuttall for a second ro-ro berth at the ports West Bank Terminal.

1st June 2004

Ipswich one step closer

1st June 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Peter Bingham, who has been in Iraqi as special advisor for the CPA explained that on his arrival last year his initial views were that the ports had deep water and were…

1st June 2004

Santa Fe to gain new access channel

1st June 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Peter Bingham, who has been in Iraqi as special advisor for the CPA explained that on his arrival last year his initial views were that the ports had deep water and were…

1st June 2004

Paranagua piles on capacity

1st June 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The state of Bremen has moved fast to pledge € 19m for infrastructure modernisation at Bremerhavens 30-year-old Container Terminal 1 to back the spectacular news that Eurogate and MSC will base their…

1st June 2004

New MSC-Gate venture gets Bremen cash backing

1st June 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

MSC operates the world's second biggest container fleet whilst Eurogate is Europe's largest terminal operator. The partners say the new terminal, south of the Wilhelm Kaisen Container Terminal, will attract about half…

1st June 2004

Nigeria to build new port

1st June 2004

ASIA

ASIA

The 330,000TEU capacity Unity Container Terminal at the Sri Lankan port of Colombo was due to start operations in May. Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) granted a loan of $14.91m to…

1st June 2004

Unity box terminal opens in Colombo

1st June 2004