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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Nearly all of the 35 ports in the Middle East Gulf region are currently undergoing expansion, with $46.5bn already committed. This follows $38.2bn invested up to 2008 and $38.5bn alone in 2009.

4th May 2011

Investment grows for Middle East Gulf ports

4th May 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hamburg terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has placed an order for 14 Kalmar 7+ generation ESC350W diesel-electric straddle carriers.

4th May 2011

Eco-straddle carriers for Burchardkai

4th May 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Finnish handling equipment manufacturer Meclift is growing its Latin American market. It sold the first unit of its ML1612R Variable Reach Truck to Brazil and signed a distribution agreement with F&F Comércio…

4th May 2011

Meclift expanding sales in Latin America

4th May 2011

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

As April ended and May started, ships that had called at Japanese ports post-radiation leaks finally found their way to European and US ports. And what greeted them was a disjointed mix…

4th May 2011

Radiation checks reveal common policy void

4th May 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

‘Portcentric’ isn’t a term generally used in the US – rather, there is a good deal of talk about ports being economic engines or providing opportunities to connect to markets, says Bruce…

3rd May 2011

Driving the economic engines

3rd May 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Excessive waiting times at Brazils 17 leading ports resulted in 850 cancellations of shipping line calls in 2010, compared with just 457 cancellations the previous year.

3rd May 2011

Abandoned port calls double in Brazil

3rd May 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The amount of dry bulk handled by the Chilean port of Coronel over a 12 month period beginning in February 2010 grew by 265%.

3rd May 2011

Coronel dry bulk volume up

3rd May 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr is to launch a new Mobile Harbour Crane model at TOC Europe 2011 to bridge the gap between the LHM 550 and the LHM 280.

3rd May 2011

Liebherr unveils heavyweight MHC

3rd May 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The port-centric concept can cut supply chain costs, reduce carbon footprints and improve customer service, finds Felicity Landon

2nd May 2011

A central role

2nd May 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mafika Mkwanazi, chairman of Transnet, has revealed that the organisation is considering building a new $14.5bn port in Durban.

2nd May 2011

Durban eyes $14.5bn expansion

2nd May 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called for the development of a new 200,000 teu container terminal at JNPT to ease congestion. It would also like to see new warehousing zones,…

1st May 2011

New box terminal call for JNPT

1st May 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The concession for the new Terminal 2 container handling facility at the Chilean port of Valparaiso is expected to be made in June, with bids to be received no later than April…

1st May 2011

Valparaiso T2 concession set for June

1st May 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Ports stand to benefit from a system that will not only deliver class–specific regulation requirements to visiting ships, but will also highlight where the rules contradict each other.

28th April 2011

Untangling the regulations

28th April 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Poti is to benefit from a promised $100m of investment after Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (Rakia) sold an 80% stake in the port to APM Terminals.

28th April 2011

Poti’s potential leveraged by APM

28th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

According to the Wuhan Port Group, all the facilities at the city’s Yangsi container terminal will start to be transferred to the Yangluo terminal from 18 May – but the move is…

28th April 2011

Wuhans Yangsi terminal to be vacated

28th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Halfway through building Busan New Port - with some 18 of the planned 30 berths already working - Busan Port Authority is moving swiftly toward its goal of redefining the port.

28th April 2011

The skys the limit

28th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

A senior DP World manager has met civil authorities in Ho Chi Minh City to lobby for dredging work on the Soai Rap River to be speeded up as a means of…

28th April 2011

DP Worlds Vietnamese venture needs dredging help

28th April 2011

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Shipowners, traders and technologists have taken the lead in catapulting that centuries-old document, the bill of lading, into the electronic age.

27th April 2011

Joining the electronic age

27th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Jakartas National Maritime Institute is to file a judicial review request at the Constitution Court, citing a conflict-of-interest between the interests of the Port Authority Board (BOP) and state run ports. This…

27th April 2011

Port legal ruling call in Indonesia

27th April 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Draught issues have failed to dent throughput at Indias gateway port, as Stevie Knight discovers

26th April 2011

Doing more with less

26th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Paradip Port Trust has outlined a plan to boost capacity more than three times to 237m tonnes by 2020.

26th April 2011

Paradip announces expansion plans

26th April 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Tasman District Council has announced it will be reviewing all options for the future of Port Tarakohe as it prepares its next ten-year plan.

25th April 2011

Port Tarakohe options mulled

25th April 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Gladstone Port Corporation has taken on a record number of new apprentices and trainees, representing 10% of the port’s workforce. The port has particularly committed to encouraging indigenous youth to apply for…

25th April 2011

Gladstone commits to trainees

25th April 2011