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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

New Zealand’s two largest ports - Ports of Auckland (POAL) and the Port of Tauranga - are reporting steady relationships with their banking creditors, albeit with some differences since the global financial…

29th August 2011

Kiwi ports maintain steady funding

29th August 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The new age of risk averse banking calls for fresh thinking to raise finance for port projects.

26th August 2011

New-fashioned financing

26th August 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A stronger operating environment pushed DP Worlds first-half profits up four-fold, but second half uncertainty could disrupt the profits party, the group cautioned on Thursday.

25th August 2011

DP World celebrates four-fold profit increase

25th August 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The expected landfall of category three Hurricane Irene on Saturday has prompted the US Coast captain of the port North Carolina sector to set Port Condition Whiskey for the state’s Wilmington and…

25th August 2011

US East coast ports prepare for Irene

25th August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The port of Santos will have received combined private and public investment of $6bn by 2024 aimed at improving infrastructure and capacity.

25th August 2011

Santos racks up $6bn in investment

25th August 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Modernisation of the mechanical ore handling plant at the Indian port of Mormugao has been suspended.

25th August 2011

Mormugao upgrades put on hold

25th August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The government of Uruguay has re-activated a project that first emerged in 2005 to build a new deepwater port at Garzón.

25th August 2011

Uruguay revisits deep water port plan

25th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The southern Spanish port of Cadiz has issued a tender for a new container terminal.

25th August 2011

Cadiz releases terminal tender

25th August 2011

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Flexibility will be vital in responding to whatever scanning approach is decided upon by regulators, says Andrew Goldsmith of Rapiscan.

25th August 2011

No one solution to scanning puzzle

25th August 2011

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The radioactive threats are real, but the container scanning debate continues. Felicity Landon reports

24th August 2011

Zero tolerance

24th August 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The port of Portland is critical for economic growth in the so-called “Green Triangle” of south-east South Australia and south-west Victoria, Regional Development Australia says.

24th August 2011

Portland ‘critical’ for southern success

24th August 2011

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Pulling in Federal money to fund infrastructure projects got a little bit harder, as the US credit rating was downgraded.

24th August 2011

Private cash more attractive than ever

24th August 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The UK Bribery Act promises a shake-up of confused corruption legislation and all companies should take the implications of the Act seriously.

23rd August 2011

Dont fall foul of bribery rules

23rd August 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The Indonesian state-owned logistics and industrial park developer, Kawasan Berikat Nusantara (KBN), is seeking an investment partner for a $235m port development in Marunda area of North Jakarta.

23rd August 2011

Investor sought for new Jakarta port

23rd August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

CSX Intermodal Terminals has implemented a terminal operating system (TOS) at its new Northwest Ohio intermodal terminal (NWOH) that should lever extra value from its cutting-edge approach.

22nd August 2011

Ohios high tech intermodal terminal

22nd August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The worlds first hydrogen-fuel Class 8 truck is being put to the test in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

22nd August 2011

From pie in the sky to rubber on the road

22nd August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Materials handling supplier Barloworld is offering free advice to UK ports and terminals covering the new Tier 4i/Stage IIIB emission regulations that affect equipment such as reachstackers, empty container handlers and high…

22nd August 2011

Free emissions advice

22nd August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

At present, when people talk about ‘supply chain visibility’ they tend to mean the container itself, and not the cargo within. However, a new project aims to take the lid off this…

22nd August 2011

A matter of visibility

22nd August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maher Terminals in Elizabeth, NJ, has implemented eModal’s Chassis Control solution. The system was also inaugurated at two off-dock chassis depots at the same time. Chassis Control offers terminal operators and chassis…

22nd August 2011

Chassis control system in New Jersey

22nd August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russia’s National Container Company (NCC) has established a rail and truck operator, NCC Logistics.

22nd August 2011

NCC expands into logistics

22nd August 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Kuwait has mobilised military forces on Bobian Island, at the end of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, to protect its Grand Mubarak Port development from possible interference from Iraq.

22nd August 2011

Kuwait mobilises army to defend Mubarak

22nd August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Superintendent at the Brazilian port of Itajaí is to cancel the contract signed with a local law firm, following a recommendation by the public prosecutors office of the state of Santa…

22nd August 2011

Itajaí revokes non-tendered legal contract

22nd August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Seven hundred port workers at the Brazilian port of Paranaguá and Antonina have received a pay adjustment of approximately 27%. Their salaries have been effectively frozen since 2009.

22nd August 2011

Salary readjustment in Paranaguá

22nd August 2011