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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

What’s on the ‘shopping list’ for developers looking for a port to serve their construction projects?

13th June 2012

Key factors

13th June 2012

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Is Mediterranean Shipping Company offering for sale part of its global portfolio of container terminals or is it planning to spin off its terminal division in an initial public offering in Singapore?

13th June 2012

Fact or fiction

13th June 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Valparaiso Port Company (EPV) is undertaking a roadshow in the Far East to persuade investors to stump up the $300m it requires for its Terminal 2 container handling facility.

13th June 2012

Valparaiso seeks Far Eastern investment

13th June 2012

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PD Ports, owner of Teesport, the Port of Hartlepool and port and logistics facilities throughout the UK, is one of the pioneers of the Portcentric model in the UK. It has the…

12th June 2012

Portcentric delivered

12th June 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Following the successful introduction of two new Hyster empty container handlers at the Port of Antwerp, port and logistics expert, Zuidnatie, has just invested in seven new low emission Hyster forklift trucks…

12th June 2012

Green order success for Hyster

12th June 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Los Angeles Harbour Commission has approved Eagle Marine Services’ ‘Pier 300’ expansion project.

12th June 2012

LA terminal expansion approved

12th June 2012

ASIA

ASIA

The port of Wuhan in China is to receive investment of at least $8.33bn over the next five years, which will enable it to receive ships of up to 10,000 dwt, twice…

12th June 2012

Wuhan in major dredging programme

12th June 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Markku Mylly, Managing Director of the Finnish Port Association has been elected Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) for a term of five years.

11th June 2012

Markku Mylly Nominated EMSA Director

11th June 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian port of São Sebastião is to launch a tender worth $97.9m in June for the expansion of the port.

11th June 2012

São Sebastião to expand

11th June 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Positioning specialist Septentrio used a combined technology system for PSA HNN’s container yard operations at the Port of Antwerp.

9th June 2012

Pinpoint accuracy provides Antwerp solution

9th June 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Ports of Oakland and Long Beach are continuing their efforts to improve safety and environmental performance by ordering multiple Cavotec Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) ship to shore electrical systems.

8th June 2012

US moves towards offshore power

8th June 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Choosing the wrong positioning technology solution can be a costly mistake, as Felicity Landon finds out

8th June 2012

The right position

8th June 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian port of Itajaí has asked for expressions of interest for the construction of two berths and also to identify potential subsidy requirements.

8th June 2012

Two new berths for Itajaí

8th June 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A number of much-heralded – although also much delayed – port projects should finally go ahead in Latin America later this year. The second container terminal project at Manaus, in Brazil, where…

7th June 2012

Latin America cues up port projects

7th June 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Ports of Oakland and Long Beach are continuing their efforts to improve safety and environmental performance by ordering multiple Cavotec Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) ship to shore electrical systems.

7th June 2012

US moves towards offshore power

7th June 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Swedens Helsingborgs Hamn AB, which manages the port of Helsingborg, is rumoured to be in merger talks with the cross-border port authority of Copenhagen Malmö.

7th June 2012

New Swedish port authority merger?

7th June 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Reform of its ports has been pushed to the top of the agenda of the Portuguese government.

7th June 2012

Port reform tops Portugals agenda

7th June 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Essar Ports has announced the creation of a strategic alliance with the Port of Antwerp (PAI) to promote future development and the growth of port traffic between the two ports.

7th June 2012

Essar and Antwerp ally for growth

7th June 2012

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Industry groups representing the private sector in Brazils ports say theyre excited with the governments plan to enable new private investment in nearly 100 terminals nationwide, but seem wary of advanced standards…

7th June 2012

Cautious optimism greets ambitious tender plan

7th June 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Energy efficiency and new shipping strategies has been a major focus of the Posidonia 2012 international shipping exhibition taking place in Greece this week.

6th June 2012

Efficiency focus at Posidonia 2012

6th June 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

PATCH’s (Ports Adapting To Change) ‘Blue Energy’ workshop, hosted by the Port of Ramsgate, will take place later this month on 22 June 2012.

6th June 2012

A PATCH on ‘Blue Energy’

6th June 2012

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Tension builds for Brazils port sector, as unions see private terminals grow without organised labour. Bob Moser reports

6th June 2012

Sign of the times

6th June 2012

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

With Europe plainly in the doldrums there is a commensurate degree of lack of interest in new port projects. Certainly in the mature markets of Europe there is a widespread recognition that…

6th June 2012

The black cloud over mature Europe

6th June 2012