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ASIA

ASIA

Taiwan is to conditionally allow Chinese businesses to invest in build-operate-transfer projects at its ports from this year, according to government officials.

12th January 2011

Green light for Chinese investment in Taiwanese ports

12th January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Adopting a ‘prevention rather than cure’ approach to operational maintenance will save ports time and money, according to Trelleborg Marine Systems.

12th January 2011

Delaying operational maintenance a risky strategy

12th January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Answers aren’t always obvious. Take the Port of Emden, in Germany which was probably the first big study on what is called ‘fluid mud’.

12th January 2011

Playing in the mud

12th January 2011

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

While ports are part of the logistics chain with a decisive role in the protection of the marine environment, port expansion or development always raises a balancing problem of priority between environmental…

12th January 2011

Keeping the balance: development and protection in Africa

12th January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Stevie Knights looks at the latest innovations to keep channels and berths clear

10th January 2011

Natures way

10th January 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With so many lighting companies vying for port business, it can be difficult to choose the right product.

7th January 2011

Four front

7th January 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cargo handled at Marseilles Fos reached 78.3 million tonnes to the end of November, pointing to an overall 3% rise on last year’s figures.

6th January 2011

Marseilles Fos sees rise despite strikes

6th January 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Northern Europes 2010 performance gives cause for optimism, even though the coming year’s advances might have to wait a little, according to the latest Global Port Tracker for the region.

6th January 2011

Optimism today – but wait to see follow up

6th January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Los Angeles has devised a program to nurture entrepreneurs by making sure that the smallest of enterprises will gain access to the port’s professional service and construction contracts.

6th January 2011

Small is beautiful

6th January 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

John Bensalhia looks at the latest products, trends, financial and safety elements of port lighting

5th January 2011

Lighting the way

5th January 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

John Bensalhia looks at the latest products, trends, financial and safety elements of port lighting

5th January 2011

Lighting the way

5th January 2011

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Man eating lions, murder, political controversy, highs and lows - the so-called “Lunatic Line” has seen it all. Where is it? It is the railway built in the era of British East…

5th January 2011

All aboard

5th January 2011

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

High growth rates in European cruise tourism have been recorded in particular for the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas – but the North Sea Region has so far not been recognised as a…

5th January 2011

North Sea sustainability: New area, new responsibility

5th January 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Calculating a return on investment is not always easy when dealing with IT, especially on a terminal operating system.

3rd January 2011

Making the numbers count

3rd January 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Alex Hughes looks at port IT improvements in a new light

31st December 2010

Pragmatic provision

31st December 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The ability to weigh containers on-the-go has long been as aspiration of the container handling industry.

29th December 2010

Twistlock sensor solution finally found

29th December 2010

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Port state control is a phrase containing three impressive words, but it has to be read carefully. States, not ports, exercise control over ship quality.

29th December 2010

PSC overhaul could benefit ports

29th December 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Alex Hughes investigates the container weight challenges facing spreader manufacturers

27th December 2010

Too big for boxes

27th December 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

One of the ten agreements signed in June was a memorandum of understanding between China Development Bank and Aquila to explore development opportunities related to Aquila’s Queensland coal projects at Isaac Plains,…

24th December 2010

Buoying Sino-Australian relations

24th December 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Statistics from the Yangtze River Administration show that throughput of general cargo via the major ports along the Yangtze trunk line has been growing substantially.

23rd December 2010

Yangtze throughput rise

23rd December 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

DP World has sold a 75% stake in its Australian facilities, the majority of which is going to Citi Infrastructure Investors.

23rd December 2010

DP World sells off Aussie operations

23rd December 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Panama Canal’s administration has dismissed the apparent doubt outlined by the “WikiLeaks” quotes on the Canal expansion’s viability.

23rd December 2010

Panama Canal dismisses WikiLeaks

23rd December 2010

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Apart from alumina, cement is one of the most dusty dry bulk commodities. Spillage prevention during loading and unloading operations poses a major challenge.

23rd December 2010

Keeping cement terminals clean

23rd December 2010