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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

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec has won a major port automation contract in the US.

19th October 2011

Cargotec do US port automation

19th October 2011

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Any senior manager who feels satisfied with the risk management system in his or her port almost certainly needs to think again - big is on the agenda and ports need to…

19th October 2011

The behemoth in the basin

19th October 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Iraqs long-awaited reconstruction boom has yet to materialise, as Karen Thomas discovers

19th October 2011

A market in waiting

19th October 2011

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

It can be argued that too much belt tightening may not be a good thing: we can see a parallel with the fiscal measures used to fight excess debt at the sovereign…

19th October 2011

The medicine that damages the patient

19th October 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Poor administration of the port of Paranaguá during a period of government ownership led to $11.28bn in losses for local producers, particularly those in the agriculture sector, a local economist has calculated.

19th October 2011

Paranaguá costs state producers $11bn in losses

19th October 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Bolivariana do Portos and China Harbour Engineering Company have signed a $520m contract to build a container terminal at the Venezuelan port of Cabello.

19th October 2011

Chinese to build Puerto Cabello terminal

19th October 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Asciano, the parent company of Patrick Stevedore, has told investors that the company has recovered some of the market share it lost 18 months ago.

19th October 2011

Patrick parent back on track

19th October 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The UK’s new global shipping port and logistics centre project, London Gateway, will open at the end of 2013, owners DP World have announced.

18th October 2011

Green London Gateway to open in 2013

18th October 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Regional projects that target the transhipment market have slowed in the last two years.

18th October 2011

Timing new transhipment

18th October 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A long-term and high-level strategic view of how the Auckland seaport could develop in five-year increments through to 2055 has been released by Ports of Auckland in conjunction with Waterfront Auckland.

18th October 2011

Auckland concept drawings unveiled

18th October 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Describing 2009 as “a year we would rather forget”, Lars Oestergaard Nielsen, managing director UAE, Qatar, Oman & Iran, Maersk Line has called on the ports industry to help it level out…

17th October 2011

Maersk calls ports to the table

17th October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam’s port handles more freight than almost any other facility outside of China – but this comes at a cost of increased emissions.

17th October 2011

GE Energy project to reduce emissions at Rotterdam Port

17th October 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Trelleborg Marine Systems has secured a new contract to supply Super Cone Fenders and Tee Head bollards to Salerno Port in Italy.

17th October 2011

Trelleborg secures new contract with Salerno Port

17th October 2011