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EUROPE

EUROPE

The Baltic Sea is a busy place with over 60 ports handling some 230m tons of cargo annually. The Russian port complex at St.Petersburg is the largest of these and, in its…

1st March 2004

A POLITICAL FAVOURITE

1st March 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

There has been a serious re-shuffling of the alliances on the trade routes between Europe and South America as lines seek to get to grips with an uncomfortable balance between imports and…

1st March 2004

BUOYANT TRADE PITY ABOUT THE IMBALANCE

1st March 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Coal reserves in Russia are generally agreed to be some of the best currently available, despite having problems with contamination from iron. Demand is nevertheless growing, with production increasing in 2003 by…

1st March 2004

RUSSIAN COAL EXPORTS ON FIRE

1st March 2004

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Fools wander in where civil engineers fear to tread but speak to the specialist insurers and they all know a thing or two about contact damage and ports. There are some rough…

1st March 2004

SALUTORY THOUGHTS ON QUAY WALLS AND CRANES

1st March 2004

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

No one wants government to have too strong an influence over a privatised port environment but some sort of architecture in which coordinated development can take place is essential. The international port…

1st March 2004

GOVERNMENT MUST GET IT RIGHT

1st March 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Corus is to supply 5,000 tons of sheet piles along with pre-fabricated anchorage for the construction of two brand new multi-purpose quays, Nordurbakki and Skarfabakki, in Reykjavik.

1st March 2004

Corus goes north

1st March 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Over £ 1.3 billion is due to be invested in Port of London terminals in the next ten years and plans are underway to bring some unused wharves in London back into…

1st March 2004

Father Thames gets makeover

1st March 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The secretary of state for infrastructure, Benigno Blanco, confirmed that Spains development ministry would invest € 32.2m in the initial phase of Tenerifes new Granadilla Port in 2004.

1st March 2004

New port development in Tenerife

1st March 2004

ASIA

ASIA

The majority of this would be spent on creating a breakwater, with some work to the quay.A report on a planned $4 billion development of Colombo port is due to be published.…

1st March 2004

$4 billion for Colombo

1st March 2004

ASIA

ASIA

The majority of this would be spent on creating a breakwater, with some work to the quay.Myanmar and Thailand are to cooperate on the establishment of a new joint-venture deep-sea port at…

1st March 2004

Joint Thai/ Myanmar port

1st March 2004