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AFRICA

AFRICA

Restructuring has assisted in post-industrial action recovery at South Africas ports, according to operator Transnet Port Terminals (TPT).

29th July 2010

Cape Town manages a quick mop up

29th July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Despite the Port of Dover taking advantage of the UK governments ‘austerity speeches’ by saying that its plans to opt out of trust status were in line with the government strategy, there…

29th July 2010

Call for more discussion on trust port plans

29th July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port of Cork has identified an area adjacent to the existing ferry terminal at Ringaskiddy for development as a container terminal. Dry bulk operations will also move here.

29th July 2010

Cork’s new terminal location

29th July 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new empty container handler (ECH) from manufacturer Kalmar has been designed to help operations suffering from empty box congestion.

28th July 2010

Moving on the empties

28th July 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

We cant stay wedded to oil for ever, so whats the alternative for ports of the future, asks Stuart Pearcey

28th July 2010

Fuel of the future

28th July 2010

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Dynamar has chosen an interesting time for the release of a new report entitled, Container Throughput & Terminal Capacity in Europe.

28th July 2010

Opening the box

28th July 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Rio Tintos Western Australian Cape Lambert Port will be installing a new Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC) management system from OMC International. The agreement includes an extension of the existing DUKC contract…

27th July 2010

Under-keel clearance systems for Australian port

27th July 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The arrival of private players looks set to transform Callaos fortunes, as Alex Hughes finds out

26th July 2010

A quiet revolution

26th July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russia is to spend $3.29bn this year on developing its ports network, compared with $3.35bn in 2009.

25th July 2010

Investment earmarked for Russian ports

25th July 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Busan New Port recently inaugurated 11 new berths divided between three new container terminals operated by Pusan New Port Company, Hanjin Shipping and Hyundai. When the full development is completed in 2015,…

24th July 2010

New berths at Busan

24th July 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigerias Ministry of Transport has investigated claims put forward by the Joint Action Committee of Freight Forwarders that national ports are imposing illegal charges and found them to be true.

23rd July 2010

Too many agencies in Nigerian ports

23rd July 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The state of Rio de Janeiro will have five new terminals in the short to medium term. Açú, which is being built by LLX in the north of the State, is already…

23rd July 2010

Rio ready for five new terminals

23rd July 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

A strong case is being made in Kenya for construction of a second port in Lamu given current high levels of congestion at Mombasa.

22nd July 2010

Second port for Kenya mooted

22nd July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Drewry’s latest Container Forecaster paints a far more positive picture for the industry in 2010, but there are still some areas of concern that could spoil the party quite quickly.

22nd July 2010

Its not business as usual quite yet

22nd July 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Chinas Dalian port has reopened to traffic following a oil pipeline explosion earlier this week, but operations at Dalian Port Group crude oil terminal remain suspended pending a full investigation into the…

22nd July 2010

Fears of knock-on congestion from Dalian closure

22nd July 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Negotiations to end a four-day lockout at Canada’s Port of Montreal start today, under the supervision of government-appointed mediators.

22nd July 2010

Montreal lockout disrupts Canadian shipments

22nd July 2010

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

The vigour with which President Obama has been beating the drum about what BP should have done and should now do regarding the disastrous rig blow-out in the US Gulf is a…

21st July 2010

Lessons from the US

21st July 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port Otago has filed a resource consent application to deepen and widen its harbour channel, dispose of dredging spoil and extend wharves and berths. Expected to cost NZ$100m (US$70.7m), the project is…

21st July 2010

Next-generation” project for Otago

21st July 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Oman International Container Terminal (OICT) has opened a new inland container depot (ICD) or “dry port” in Muscat. The Muscat Container Depot is Oman’s first ICD complete with customs facilities.

20th July 2010

Muscat dry port

20th July 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The latest Infrastructure Australia report outlines a number of port and logistics related projects that it says would help free up some of the country’s freight jams.

19th July 2010

Report identifies projects with “national significance”

19th July 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An Australian mining port is to install a vacuum-based automated mooring technology. Hammersley Iron Pty, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, is putting in eight MoorMaster units at the Dampier Fuel Wharf, Parker…

18th July 2010

Vacuum mooring for Dampier

18th July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Terminal 2 at Malta Freeport is to be expanded. The North Quay will be extended from 480 metres to 668 metres and the West Quay from 118 metres to 312 metres. The…

16th July 2010

Malta Freeport expansion

16th July 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Chinese river ports from Sichuan province to Shanghai have been involved in the largest action yet against overloaded vessels in the region.

15th July 2010

Major Yangtze crackdown on overloaded vessels

15th July 2010