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ASIA

ASIA

Indian trade is pushing new boundaries but port capacity is struggling to keep up, writes Michael King

2nd September 2010

A positive landscape for private investors

2nd September 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Infraestructura Portuaria Mexicana (IPM) at Altamira, located on the Gulf of Mexico has opted for two Kalmar E-One2 RTGs and also agreed to upgrade its two existing quay cranes. The Port of…

2nd September 2010

IPM stays with Kalmar

2nd September 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Tanzania has offered Uganda land adjacent to the port of Tanga, which is close to the Kenyan border, to build its own import-export facility. At present, landlocked Uganda has to make use…

2nd September 2010

Uganda offered land for port on Tanzania coast

2nd September 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Finance has been secured for an A$900m (US$807m) expansion at Newcastle, the world’s largest coal export port, with export capacity at the New South Wales port planned to reach 180m tonnes per…

2nd September 2010

Newcastle secures expansion funds

2nd September 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kuenz has won the contract for another three intermodal container cranes at the Kombi-Terminal Ludwigshafen, Germany.

1st September 2010

Kombi-Terminal goes for Kuenz

1st September 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes has upgraded its heavy forklift range, adding a new high specification 33 tonne option and three new machines at extreme capacities, encompassing 50 tonne, 55 tonne and 65 tonne lift models.

1st September 2010

Konescranes get heavy

1st September 2010

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

In the logistics business, you can’t always believe the plans and projects that are announced through press releases and conferences, which are, in turn, dutifully reported in the trade press and through…

1st September 2010

Navigating through the logistics maze

1st September 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

There’s no doubt many ports and terminal operation were dismayed to find they had land reclamation contracts carefully poised on a set of assumptions that fell apart when the world seemingly changed…

31st August 2010

Challenging assumptions

31st August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The head of the State Property Fund Ukraine has reiterated that Ukrainian ports will definitely be privatised.

31st August 2010

Ukraine to privatise ports

31st August 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has acquired 7.3 hectares of industrial land adjacent to its inland port operation, CityDepot.

31st August 2010

LPC adds inland resource

31st August 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Size, money and environmental issues – all are having their impact on land reclamation activities. Stevie Knight reports.

30th August 2010

Settling for stability

30th August 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Construction of a $450m second container terminal at the port of Dar es Salaam is expected to begin early next year. Since 2004, box traffic at the port has grown by 15%…

30th August 2010

Second box terminal for Dar es Salaam

30th August 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi’s Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) in Jeddah Islamic Port is betting on the outlines of the Middle East’s maritime industry being substantially pushed by the bigger sizes of vessels entering the…

29th August 2010

Size will matter in Middle East

29th August 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new, especially robust plastic cable carrier from Kabelschlepp may be of special interest to ports. The 1320 series was developed as a heavy-duty version with a one-piece chain link to enable…

29th August 2010

Cables gain an overcoat

29th August 2010

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese port of Qingdao has revealed plans to build the worlds largest iron ore handling terminal. A total of six berths will be opened at Dongjiakou harbour, boosting capacity to 192m…

29th August 2010

Qingdao to have largest global iron ore terminal

29th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russian ports are a good medium-term investment, according to an analyst at Gazprombank. Alexei Atapov said that Russian port infrastructure is currently inadequate and lacks capacity. As a result handling charges are…

29th August 2010

Russia needs ports investment

29th August 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Ricardo Sanchez, head of the Infrastructure Services Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America, says Chile faces a 14.4% annual traffic growth in its ports in the near future.

29th August 2010

Chile needs to speed up port investment process

29th August 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Ports in Central America are investing as a means of remaining regionally competitive, according to the Central American Commission for Maritime Transport (Cocatram).

29th August 2010

Investment regenerating Central American ports

29th August 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’s port companies are lobbying to repeal part of the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act and once again be granted a fee simple title on new land created as a result…

29th August 2010

Ports lobby for reclamations

29th August 2010

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The partners behind a €2m EU-funded project to develop a container tracking and monitoring system, are promising a failsafe device capable of detecting low-level radiation, VOCs, etc, just as soon as any…

27th August 2010

ISOTRACK sends a message from the box

27th August 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A Georgia Ports Authority-led diesel additive study has yielded a 5% reduction in fuel consumption, as well as drastically decreased emissions.

27th August 2010

Diesel additive increases efficiency

27th August 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

IPOs at both Haifa and Ashdod ports in Israel have been suspended given that the Finance Ministry and port operators have failed to resolve a series of outstanding issues.

27th August 2010

IPOs delayed at Israeli ports

27th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Trieste Port Authority has confirmed its interest in a project put forward by the UniCredit Group to build a large platform spanning Trieste and Monfalcone ports capable of handling 3.2m teu/year. The…

27th August 2010

Trieste/Monfalcone seeking to create major box facility

27th August 2010