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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A renewed Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) call for a national inquiry into port and maritime safety was greeted by two serious port accidents.

23rd March 2015

NZ port safety review urgently needed

23rd March 2015

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Dubai-based international terminal operator DP World increased box throughput by 8.7% in 2014, moving 28.3m teu. Revenue rose to $3.4bn, while like-for-like profit jumped 25.3% to $757m.

23rd March 2015

DP World guns for 100m teu by 2020

23rd March 2015

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The IMO wants all stakeholders involved in the testing, approval, fitting and operation of ballast water management systems (BWMTS) to complete an online survey to review the current approval guidelines.

23rd March 2015

Online surveys for ballast water systems

23rd March 2015

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: A change of fiscal strategy for the Eurozone began with the Swiss de-coupling from the Euro, followed by the injection of €60bn a month for up to 18 months into the…

20th March 2015

All change in the eurozone

20th March 2015

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Brazils Pecem is expanding with traffic growth in mind as Alex Hughes finds out

20th March 2015

Deeper equals cheaper

20th March 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazilian north-east ports add capacity in advance of projected growth. Alex Hughes reports

19th March 2015

Ready for action

19th March 2015

AFRICA

AFRICA

Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has signed a contract for a new 630m-long, 17m deep berth at the Egyptian port and an adjacent handling yard totalling 75,000m².

18th March 2015

Deepwater plans for Damietta

18th March 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Jan De Nul Group is expanding its dredging fleet with a new multipurpose vessel, ‘Isaac Newton’, to help it focus on more niche markets.

18th March 2015

New dredger for Jan De Nul

18th March 2015

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The expansion of Abbot Point Coal Terminal in Queensland is back on the agenda after an agreement between the state’s government and major proponents Adani and GVK Hancock.

18th March 2015

Abbot Point terminal expansion revitalised

18th March 2015

ASIA

ASIA

Malaysia is to improve access to Port Klang as part of a government initiative to boost exports via improved logistics.

18th March 2015

Port Klang access to be improved

18th March 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Ecuadors Ministry of Transport and Public Works is to call a new tender for the expansion of the deep water port at Manta after Odebrecht pulled out, having failed to secure sufficient…

18th March 2015

Manta out to tender yet again

18th March 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A lack of resources currently available to the Federal Government could mean that some important work at the Port of Santos has to be shelved.

18th March 2015

Investment slowdown at Santos

18th March 2015

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Alex Hughes explains that stowage is key to effective handling of ultra large containerships

18th March 2015

Larger than life

18th March 2015

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

COMMENT: The Dock Workers Union, the union which represents the majority of workers at the port of Mombasa, Kenya, has stated that it now supports the idea of offering a concession to…

18th March 2015

A proposition with handcuffs

18th March 2015

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

State-owned port operator, Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC), is making progress with its NewPriok Container Terminal I in the country’s capital, Jakarta, as shown in a newly released video.

17th March 2015

IPC Jakarta expansion makes progress

17th March 2015

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Dredging giant Van Oord used 2014 to focus on reducing its environmental footprint and will be using 2015 to invest in improving the sustainability of its fleet.

17th March 2015

Green focus for Van Oord

17th March 2015

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

John Bensalhia puts the cases forward for ship-to-shore crane replacement versus upgrade

17th March 2015

Crane of thought

17th March 2015

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Handling cargoes for the construction industry can be a good earner.

16th March 2015

Aggregates payload

16th March 2015

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: do you think it is a wise strategy to curtail talks with a group of influential investors by announcing it to the media, asks Mike Mundy.

16th March 2015

The future is the past

16th March 2015

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

PSA International handled a record 65.4 million teu in 2014 and saw volume growth in most markets, but it wasn’t business as usual, says CEO, Tan Chong Meng.

13th March 2015

PSA beats “business unusual” in 2014

13th March 2015

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

AJ Keyes asks how ports should prepare for the new 8,500 ceu class of car carriers

13th March 2015

On the horizon

13th March 2015

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Aecom’s Rodrigo Castilho, Krystle McBride, Mark Sisson explain why capacity is never black and white

13th March 2015

A matter of definition

13th March 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda is “setting a measure of independence” with a new floating LNG terminal – said to be the first in the Baltic region.

12th March 2015

Lithuania moves in on LNG

12th March 2015