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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The state of Alaska is planning to create an Arctic Port Authority to cater for a boom in Arctic shipping in the future. It is also working with the US Army Corps…

27th September 2012

Alaska outlines Arctic deep sea port ambitions

27th September 2012

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

So the marriage is over – DP World is exiting its container operations in the Yemen seemingly by agreement with the new post-revolutionary government, receiving $27m for its 50% stake in the…

27th September 2012

DPWs Aden arrangement ends in divorce

27th September 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Some forty companies from Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Spain, USA, France, Greece, Holland, Italy, Uruguay and Venezuela have indicated an interest in participating in the construction of a deepwater port at…

27th September 2012

Rocha attracts interest from 40 companies

27th September 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Port of Duqm in Oman is to award construction contracts worth $285m divided into two packages.

27th September 2012

Duqm to award contracts worth $285m

27th September 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Automation technology group, ABB, has won contracts from container terminal operators, APM Terminals and Rotterdam World Gateway, to provide automation systems for their new ship-to-shore cranes.

27th September 2012

ABB wins remote control crane contracts

27th September 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Sweden’s Port of Ystad has built a High Voltage Shore Connection (HVSC) plant to supply power to ships at berth, in a bid to become greener.

26th September 2012

Port of Ystad turns greener

26th September 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

There is a loss of jobs at Timaru Primeport due to a lack of national port strategy, according to the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU).

25th September 2012

Job losses at New Zealand port

25th September 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Consultant Drewry has launched a new brand, Drewry Maritime Equity Research, to produce investment reports on listed companies operating within the maritime industry.

25th September 2012

Drewry launches maritime research brand

25th September 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes has booked orders for nine rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Bolloré Group.

25th September 2012

Konecranes places gantry crane order

25th September 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In the United Kingdom, the Port of Liverpool has announced the purchase of six straddle carriers, bringing the fleet to 40.

25th September 2012

Port of Liverpool extends carrier fleet

25th September 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Brazilian operator Libra Terminals has placed an order for 20 OCR truck gate systems with Israel’s HTS.

25th September 2012

Libra Terminals orders truck gate systems

25th September 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DP World has signed agreements with Trans Gulf Port Cranes and ZPMC for the supply of 19 ship-to-shore quay cranes and 50 rail mounted gantry cranes for its 4m teu Terminal 3…

25th September 2012

DPW supplies cranes for Jebel Ali port

25th September 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mobile network, Three, has launched a national campaign with the help of the Merchant Navy Welfare Board, to provide 500,000MB of free mobile internet access to ports across the UK.

25th September 2012

UK ports benefit from 3G access

25th September 2012

ASIA

ASIA

It seems that the battle over India’s tariffs has resulted in PSA International and ABG walking away from Jawaharlu Nehru Port’s fourth box terminal with the port trust recommending they be barred…

24th September 2012

PSA walks away from Indian project

24th September 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

This month, a new shuttle between Stockholm Årsta and the Port of Gothenburg came into service. The shuttle provides companies throughout the Stockholm area with a rapid, environmentally smart link to key…

21st September 2012

Shuttle connects Stockholm and Gothenburg in six hours

21st September 2012

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

A late addition to the programme, the purpose of this paper is to present the available output of the project with emphasis on its transport policy content.

21st September 2012

Green corridors and the SuperGreen project presentation

21st September 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Parliamentary debate began this Wednesday on a Private Member’s Bill proposed by Labour MP Darien Fenton to increase transparency within New Zealand’s port sector.

20th September 2012

First reading for ports transparency bill

20th September 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Strike action will be taking place across Portugese ports for the remainder of September following workers protests against the government’s austerity measures.

20th September 2012

Portugese ports hit by strikes

20th September 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has said that aging infrastructure for US marine ports and inland waterways is threatening the national economy.

19th September 2012

Call for action over ageing US ports

19th September 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Scotlands Aberdeen Harbour Board has begun a study to evaluate the likelihood of extending the facilities at the port to meet its increasing operations.

19th September 2012

Aberdeen harbour plans port expansion

19th September 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Chinas state-owned Yanbian Haihua Group has purchased the rights to make use of two berths at the North Korean east coast port of Chongjin.

19th September 2012

Chinese to operate out of North Korea

19th September 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World intends to sell the 60% stake it holds in DP World Breakbulk, the company that operates a bulk terminal in the port of Antwerp.

19th September 2012

DP World to sell Antwerp break bulk stake

19th September 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian port of Portland has won its challenge against the Victorian government for the amount of land tax that was payable at the time the port was privatised in the mid-1990s.

19th September 2012

Portland wins tax challenge

19th September 2012