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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

MTBS offers a two-step approach for port authorities to maximise the use of private capital without losing control

1st December 2010

Unlocking market value

1st December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Captain Terry Hughes recently wrote a paper entitled “When is a VTS not a VTS?”, highlighting the differences between VTS and mandatory ship reporting systems around the world, and the variety of…

1st December 2010

Call for training standardisation

1st December 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An investment consortium has won the right to a 99-year lease to operate the Port of Brisbane.

1st December 2010

Global funds win Brisbane lease

1st December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Investment in ongoing equipment maintenance has slumped in priority during the downturn, according to an independent study of almost 200 port owners/operators, consulting engineers and contractors, conducted for Trelleborg Marine Systems.

1st December 2010

Maintenance given short shrift in recession

1st December 2010

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Dalian, north Chinas largest operator, is the latest port to test the murky capital financing markets with a listing on the Shanghai stock exchange.

1st December 2010

Timing issues

1st December 2010

ASIA

ASIA

PSA-Sical has approached Indias Supreme Court to overturn an exclusion on bidding for the concession to convert Berth 8 at the port of Tuticorin into a container terminal. Given that the company…

30th November 2010

PSA-Sical challenges Tuticorin exclusion

30th November 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils Ports Secretariat (SEP) has extended the deadline for bids to build a new port at the city of Manaus for a second time. The port is required to service the Manaus…

30th November 2010

Manaus tender deadline extended

30th November 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Panama Canal Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Port of Galveston to facilitate international trade and generate new business by promoting the “All-Water Route”, the route from…

30th November 2010

Panama Canal ties in with Galveston

30th November 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

VTS requirements vary tremendously, but a common trend is to add more functions into the mix. Felicity Landon reports

30th November 2010

Track and trace

30th November 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The economic and operational logic of implementing far-reaching Port Community Systems is gathering momentum. The huge Port of Ningbo in China is working with IBM to develop an Alibaba type information exchange…

29th November 2010

Keeping logistics chains flowing beyond borders

29th November 2010

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

Long before the UK’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) became a reality, some companies were advising clients on the need to cut the over-use of resources.

28th November 2010

Now it really matters

28th November 2010

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

Cruise Gateway’s partners include some heavy-hitting partners from the sector – such as Kiel, Rotterdam, Bremen, Hamburg and Harwich. But they also include ports such as Esbjerg and Aberdeen, who are starting…

28th November 2010

Variety is key

28th November 2010

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Air pollution from the international shipping industry takes a huge toll on public health and the climate. It causes tens of thousands of premature deaths each year in coastal port cities

28th November 2010

All together now

28th November 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Port Community System operators are looking to expand their influence far beyond the port itself. Michael King reports

26th November 2010

A community feel

26th November 2010

ASIA

ASIA

APM Terminals is looking at possible Chinese river port ventures, specifically in the Yangtze.

25th November 2010

Yangtze venture on the cards for APMT

25th November 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Port operations may well be impacted by shipper’s lack of readiness for the first phase of the new Import Control System (ICS) says a trade and logistics solutions provider.

25th November 2010

New data requirement may cause delays

25th November 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The flow of information a port needs is simply pushing electrons around, says Michael Schwank. Pushing the right ones in the right direction will make life easier for all concerned.

24th November 2010

Pushing the right buttons

24th November 2010

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The fact that Poland’s newest container terminal DCT Gdansk took a long time to find the financing required for its set-up was no accident.

24th November 2010

Polish conversion

24th November 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

All facilities in the APM Terminals stable observed Global Safety Day on October 12, with themed events and training to improve safety performance and standards.

20th November 2010

Safety first for APM

20th November 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Konecranes does not make many of the more widely used attachments for forklifts because specialist producers are more experienced and have the necessary engineering capability to make a much better product, says…

19th November 2010

Many variables to finding the perfect fit

19th November 2010

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

The relationship between ports that need to develop and their surrounding social and ecological environments is very often a matter for heated debate with the NIMBY factor usually to the fore.

18th November 2010

Not in my back yard!

18th November 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) chief executive Peter Davie has advised his port’s container terminal - which has already slumped 20-30 centimetres following the major earthquake on September 4 - could continue…

17th November 2010

New Zealands Lyttelton battles subsidence

17th November 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Los Angeles’ port is to boost its global standing through a chain of worldwide satellite marketing offices.

17th November 2010

Los Angeles on hunt for global marketeers

17th November 2010