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EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World’s London Gateway, due to open in the fourth quarter of 2013, represents the biggest threat to the Port of Felixstowe’s business for many years, Hutchison Ports (UK) port development director…

12th January 2012

London Gateway ‘biggest threat’ to Felixstowe

12th January 2012

ASIA

ASIA

The new year’s first week of industrial action backed by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has kicked off with a focus on port activities.

12th January 2012

ITF global action week hits ports

12th January 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A tender for a second container terminal at the Argentinian port of La Plata attracted no bids.

12th January 2012

No bids for second La Plata box terminal

12th January 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

DP World has signed a three-year contract with the Port of Nanaimo to operate its facilities, which include the general cargo Duke Point terminal and the Assembly Wharf.

11th January 2012

DP World to operate Nanaimo

11th January 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

As of Monday, January 9, the Portuguese ports of Aveiro, Figueira da Foz, Lisbon and Setúbal began the first of five days of strike.

11th January 2012

Portuguese ports on strike

11th January 2012

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Heightened activity in the Russian insurance market is set to have repercussions for the international ports and terminals sector.

11th January 2012

Rousing the Russian bear

11th January 2012

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

THE CITY OF JOENSUU in the eastern part of Finland is transforming an old contaminated sawmill area near the city centre into a modern eco-friendly housing district.

10th January 2012

A dream at the river mouth

10th January 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Building on its initial success in the renewable energy market, Austal has confirmed a contract for a fourth wind farm support vessel (WFSV) for Turbine Transfers Limited.

10th January 2012

Austal bags fourth Turbine Transfer contract

10th January 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Manta Port Authority in Ecuador is to issue a tender by the end of the first quarter of 2012 to both modernise and expand the port.

10th January 2012

Manta tender by first quarter

10th January 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Ports in the Middle East Gulf are set to spend $15bn over the next five years in boosting capacity.

10th January 2012

GCC commits $15bn to ports

10th January 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Port of Calais will be holding a networking event on eco-innovation next month bringing together all PATCH (Ports adapting to Change) ports dedicated to working towards good environmental practices.

9th January 2012

Eco-innovation in the Channel

9th January 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Portugal’s government has set aside €103 million for port development in the Algarve in 2012, however this is at the expense of several other key projects in the region.

6th January 2012

Portugal to invest in ports development

6th January 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

What makes a good Asian transhipment port tick?

6th January 2012

The Asian success stories

6th January 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Gulf Cooperation Council has spoken out in support of Kuwait in its development of Mubarak port, which it is taking forward despite objections from neighbouring Iraq.

6th January 2012

GCC supports Kuwait’s Mubarak project

6th January 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Chennai Port Trust has rejected the $698m bid by Mundra Port and Economic Zone to develop a new container terminal at the port of Chennai, claiming that the 5% revenue share being…

5th January 2012

Chennai rejects Mundra box terminal bid

5th January 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, has blocked legislation that would have led to wholescale privatisation of the countrys ports.

5th January 2012

No to Ukraine privatisation

5th January 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Konecranes has made 125 of its European workforce redundant as part of a cost reduction programme to save €7m ($9.1m) per annum.

5th January 2012

Konecranes makes redundancies in Europe

5th January 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Liabilities of Spanish ports are expected to total €4.5bn ($5.9bn) in 2012, up from the €4.1bn reached in 2011.

5th January 2012

Spanish ports increasingly unprofitable

5th January 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The call of its first container ship on December 29 marked the opening of the new NCC Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) in Russia, with weekly Unifeeder calls already in the bag.

5th January 2012

Ust-Luga opening sets development agenda

5th January 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Even in smaller countries such as New Zealand, transhipment is changing the business cases for main ports.

5th January 2012

Transhipment builds for Kiwi ports

5th January 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Business, labour and public officials fear expansion of the Panama Canal could cut cargo business by a quarter at the twin Los Angeles-Long Beach ports, which currently handle 40% of the nations…

5th January 2012

US concern over Panama Canal expansion

5th January 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Danish Naval Design and Marine Consultancy Knud E Hansen has developed a design for a fuel efficient 2,000 teu container feeder vessel in cooperation with ABB.

4th January 2012

New Danish green feeder ship concept

4th January 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Chasing the transhipment rainbow may be a fools errand, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre explain

4th January 2012

Cooling off

4th January 2012