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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Gothenburg has just announced a reduction in shore-side power tax for environmental and financial reasons.

27th October 2011

Gothenburg shore-side power tax reduction

27th October 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Rosmorport has begun a “strategic co-operation” with Cargotec that should help the Russian body to upgrade its ports and give the Finnish equipment manufacturer a sales platform.

26th October 2011

Green partnership for Rosmorport

26th October 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Every operation is different and there is no way to ‘cut and paste’ from one port to another, says John Lund of Visy.

26th October 2011

No way to ‘cut and paste’

26th October 2011

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

You certainly can’t accuse Virginia Port Authority of half measures. In July, it replaced all of its board members bar one in a sweeping move to kick-start growth.

26th October 2011

Full throttle

26th October 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

This morning, DP World announced a solid third quarter with gross handling volumes up to 14.4 million teu – 10% up on the same quarter last year.

25th October 2011

DP World announce 10% growth

25th October 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Partners, competitors, or a bit of both? The overlap of gate solution, terminal operating and third party systems is causing confusion. Felicity Landon reports

25th October 2011

Mixed messages

25th October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals has selected spare parts and service specialist Portunus for the refurbishment of its N.4 quay cranes in Poti Port, Georgia.

25th October 2011

Portunus wins APM Poti contract

25th October 2011

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Stevie Knight asks how important social awareness is in todays tighter tender processes

24th October 2011

A fit of conscience

24th October 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Empermontt, the Puerto Montt port operator in Chile, has been given permission to go ahead with a $50m investment in a new dry bulk terminal at Panitao. However, it is expected to…

24th October 2011

New dry bulk terminal agreed at Puerto Montt

24th October 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Qatar Navigation Services is to employ Jade’s Master Terminal to make the switch from a paper-based system container processing system.

24th October 2011

Qatar plumps for Jade

24th October 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gate specialist CAMCO Technologies is to supply its Gate Automation system to the greenfield MSC terminal in Fos-sur-Mer, France.

24th October 2011

Fos opens gate to CAMCO

24th October 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

One grab factor that has to be taken into account nowadays is that of the environment – when a crane handles dusty material, this is always going to pose problems such as…

23rd October 2011

Ticking the green boxes

23rd October 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

All work on the projected Terminal Port of Lajes in Brazil has been halted by a court injunction taken out by the Federal Public Ministry.

23rd October 2011

Lajes project halted in Brazil

23rd October 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Manufacturer Cargotec is to invest E35m ($48.4m) in a testing centre in Tampere, Finland.

23rd October 2011

Cargotec testing centre on track

23rd October 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The unsung crane grab is an integral element for ensuring fast, effective bulk handling. John Bensalhia reports

22nd October 2011

Gift of the grab

22nd October 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

The president of Cameroon has attended the stone laying ceremony for the new deepwater port at Kribi, 4 km south of Mboro.

21st October 2011

Kribi construction starts in Cameroon

21st October 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

An incident on the quay, caused by twistlocks not being fully disengaged or getting jammed in the castings, can hold-up operations and result in costly repairs.

20th October 2011

Lasstec helps prevent accidental lifting

20th October 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone was the only bidder for the $754m deepwater container terminal development at the Indian port of Chennai. PSA, DP World and L&T all declined to bid.

20th October 2011

Single bid for Chennai box terminal

20th October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam’s Port Authority has signed a declaration of intent with Vietnam’s national shipping company, Vinalines, to cooperate for the development of ports in Vietnam.

20th October 2011

Rotterdam rides to Vietnams rescue

20th October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Italian government has confirmed that it has allocated more than €130m ($180m) for development of national ports.

20th October 2011

Italy tots up major port investment

20th October 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr Container Cranes has secured an order for the supply of two ship-to-shore cranes to Marsa Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco.

20th October 2011

Liebherr awarded Moroccan contract

20th October 2011

ASIA

ASIA

International Container Services Inc. (ICTSI) in Manila will soon take delivery of eight brand new rubber tired gantries (RTG) for the new Berth 6 operation due to open next year.

20th October 2011

New RTGs for Manila

20th October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Italian port of Gioia Tauro, which earlier this year agreed to lay off 416 employees of terminal operator Medcenter for a period of 12 months because of a massive loss of…

19th October 2011

More disputes at Gioia Tauro

19th October 2011