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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Both Steelbro and Boxloader used the economic slowdown to focus on product development.

19th August 2011

A focus of the recession

19th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port workers at the Italian Mediterranean container shipments hub of Gioia Tauro have voted in favour of a proposed layoff agreement put forward by trade unions and Medecenter Container Terminal.

19th August 2011

Gioia Tauro workers accept labour changes

19th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Germany, the Euro’s strong man, might not be able to hold its end up indefinitely with obvious impact on its ports as its economy flat lines, but so far HHLA appears to…

18th August 2011

Dour outlook, but HHLA bucks the trend

18th August 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Again, it’s the ports that are centre stage in the battles in the troubled hotspots of North Africa, although it is very hard to know exactly what is going on.

18th August 2011

Libyan ports still main battleground

18th August 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Submissions are being sought to an analysis of local government ownership of the nation’s ports being conducted by the New Zealand Productivity Commission.

18th August 2011

NZ port ownership scrutinised

18th August 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese presence in Sri Lanka has grown further with a US$500m deal to create the largest box facility yet. But it might not wear the crown for long.

18th August 2011

Chinese box game for Sri Lanka

18th August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

It seems the sector is, to an extent, the victim of its own success, says Peter Sands of BIMCO in the organisation’s recent Shipping Markets Overview.

18th August 2011

Globalisation: not always a saving grace

18th August 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Iraqi prime minister has indicated that Kuwait is showing more flexibility in respect of its proposed Mubarak Port development, despite Iraqi concerns that the port will steal business and restrict shipping.

18th August 2011

Kuwait ploughs ahead with Mubarak build

18th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cadiz port authority has issued a tender for a company to oversee work linked to the construction of its new container terminal.

18th August 2011

Cadiz issues box build tender

18th August 2011

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The global economy is entering a difficult period, the outcome of which we cannot guess at this stage.

17th August 2011

The fiscal crisis has landed

17th August 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The Orissa government is upgrading the port of Gopalpur and has announced a second phase of development work, which should be completed by March 2013. Investment of $791m will be required to…

17th August 2011

Gopalpur phase II development

17th August 2011

ASIA

ASIA

A $1.29bn expansion scheme in Jakarta has attracted interest from APM Terminals, despite a rise in project costs from earlier estimates of $1.03bn.

17th August 2011

Jakarta port expansion price rise

17th August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Colin Eade of Sepura, designer and supplier of TETRA portable and mobile radios, believes that security, efficiency and health and safety should be primary concerns for ports.

15th August 2011

Over the airwaves

15th August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Resilience is a must-have trait for port-wide wi-fi and radio communications infrastructure, as John Bensalhia finds out

14th August 2011

Loud and clear

14th August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Unlike Coronel, Angamos or TCBuen, the box handling terminals at the Port of Cartagena - Colombias leading Caribbean container handling port – are long established operations.

13th August 2011

Cartagena bucks the recession

13th August 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The private sector has propped up South American ports with great success, as Alex Hughes explains

12th August 2011

A private party

12th August 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Stevie Knight questions where to draw the line when exploiting port assets that might conflict with existing interests

11th August 2011

Defining supply chain boundaries

11th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

SIPG, China Merchants, Modern Terminals and Ports America have forged their way into the Top 10 league table of this year’s Global Container Terminal Operators annual report, joining the ranks of PSA,…

10th August 2011

New entrants shake up box operator ranking

10th August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A $40m tender has been issued for the privatisation of the Chilean port of Coquimbo, but the process has already drawn criticism from port workers who complain that the government has reneged…

10th August 2011

Coquimbo privatisation out of favour

10th August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A continued resurgence in investment in port infrastructure has prompted a flurry of orders for Cavotec cable reels, shore-to-ship power systems, MoorMaster automated mooring units and Panzerbelt cable protection systems, according to…

10th August 2011

Cavotec maintains steady growth

10th August 2011

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

The bush telegraph beats louder about crashing freight rates and, in turn, the prospect of hard rain falling in the container shipping line sector looms larger, threatening the recovery of container terminal…

10th August 2011

Container rate slide sounds alarms

10th August 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Apart from addressing budgetary challenges, the availability payment public-private partnership approach has significant ‘value for money’ merits that make it worthwhile for port authorities to consider.

8th August 2011

A win-win for PPPs

8th August 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Boudewijn Jansen, Berend Paasman and Joe Seliga discuss the benefits of availability payments

5th August 2011

Making finance available

5th August 2011