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EUROPE

EUROPE

Spanish ports estimate making an average loss of 12% in their revenue in the current year as a result of applying a revised tariff model set out in new framework legislation.

27th March 2011

Flexible tariff reforms will cost Spanish ports money

27th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Erik Laidvee, the chairman of Muuga box terminal operator Transiidikeskus AS, has claimed that it is now unlikely that the Chinese port of Ningbo will cooperate with the port of Tallinn on…

27th March 2011

Chinese Muuga wobbles

27th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

SBI Phnom Penh Securities Co, Ltd. has been appointed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia to lead manage an initial public offering of Cambodias state-owned Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS),…

26th March 2011

Sihanoukville to list

26th March 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Scottish government has given approval to ScottishPower Renewables for the development of a 10MGwatt tidal energy installation worth around £STG40m.

25th March 2011

Tidal energy for Islay

25th March 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

Containers apart, one sector of South African operations that does reasonably well is bulk, though even this has its ups and downs.

25th March 2011

A staple diet of bulk

25th March 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Fees charged for the vehicle booking system operated by Patrick Stevedore at Port Botany doubled at the end of March.

25th March 2011

Patrick doubles booking fees

25th March 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A tender has been issued for a new dry bulk terminal at the Brazilian port of Itaguaí, which is being managed by the Rio de Janeiro port company.

25th March 2011

Itaguaí releases dry bulk tender

25th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Portuguese port of Sines could benefit from the current instability at ports across the Middle East, claims the president of CIP. If access to the Suez Canal becomes increasingly difficult, it…

25th March 2011

Sines win from North African disruption

25th March 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Georgia Ports Authority is to install an energy management system to monitor and control heating, ventilation, air conditioning and lighting at seven buildings at the Port of Savannah.

24th March 2011

GPA’s remote control on energy management

24th March 2011

GPCA

GPCA

GreenPort Congress is pleased to have the support of these key industry associations for the 2011 event.

24th March 2011

ESPO, EFIP & ECOPORTS to lend their support

24th March 2011

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

During the recent GreenPort conference on the 23th and 24th of February , the Port of Antwerp presented its carbon footprint.

24th March 2011

Carbon footprinting in the Port of Antwerp

24th March 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

Tanzania Ports Authority plans to implement a $560m plan to build two new container terminals at the port of Dar es Salaam. These will add an additional 500,000 teu capacity to existing…

24th March 2011

Two new Dar es Salaam terminals

24th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Bulgarian government has issued a tender in respect of privatisation of Terminal 2A at the port of Burgas. This container handling facility, offering a 268,000 m² terminal served by 870 m…

24th March 2011

Burgas issues terminal tender

24th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dockworkers in France ended a six week campaign of strikes, having reached an agreement with employers in respect of early retirement.

24th March 2011

French dockworkers call off strikes

24th March 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Perus judicial system has ruled in favour of an appeal by the Ministry of Transport against an injunction filed by DP World, which had sought to be included in the tender for…

24th March 2011

DP World excluded from Callao North concession

24th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The container hub at Vallarpadam, inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in February, is being heralded as a money-saver for India’s businesses.

24th March 2011

Vallarpadam gets underway

24th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Lach Huyen, Vietnam’s new super-port in the north of the country, has run into problems on the back of a change in investor, sources have reported.

24th March 2011

Lach Huyen financing problem

24th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Indias Shipping Ministry is considering doing away with fixing tariffs for major ports, passing responsibility for this to the ports themselves. Instead, a new regulator for the sector will be appointed who…

24th March 2011

Central tariff control to go in India

24th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

DP Worlds recently commissioned International Container Transshipment Terminal at the Indian port of Vallarpadam is said to be suffering serious teething problems.

24th March 2011

DP Worlds ICTT suffers teething problems

24th March 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) made a full return to operations in the third week of March, handling its first export shipment of coal and container shipping exchanges since the February 22…

24th March 2011

Lyttelton back in business

24th March 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Cleaning up the bottom of New Bedford Harbor is a priority for the US EPA.

23rd March 2011

US EPA opts to cap PCBs

23rd March 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

With Transnet undergoing a massive transformation, Stevie Knight considers the future

23rd March 2011

South African stand-off

23rd March 2011

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

With attention focused on the ongoing sagas of the Highway Trust Fund, it’s clear that Obama advisor’s advisors (keenly aware of the old adage, “Cargo does not vote”) are not looking carefully…

23rd March 2011

Ditch politically-motivated infrastructure schemes

23rd March 2011