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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

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DP World’s terminal operations are to start sending data on containers to an external IT platform called SICIS (Shared Intermodal Container Information System), following successful pilot demonstrations.

15th July 2010

DP World to share box information

15th July 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SP-SSA International Terminal (SSIT), a greenfield terminal close to Ho Chi Minh City, has opted for Tideworks suite of terminal management software to manage Vietnams growing container volumes.

15th July 2010

Tideworks wins Vietnam contract

15th July 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports Australia has advocated that state governments adopt a “best practice” to protect valuable port land from possible encroachment by other urban developments.

15th July 2010

Ports Australia backs best practice

15th July 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Cochin Port Trust has decided to pitch vessel-related charges at the new Vallarpadam container transhipment terminal at a level that will make facility competitive with other transhipment hubs in the region.

15th July 2010

Vallarpadam to be rate competitive

15th July 2010

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

It’s impossible to pick up any maritime newspaper or magazine, or surf the myriad excellent websites offering business news, without reading about the oil spill.

14th July 2010

Drill, baby drill

14th July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

A tender has been issued for the transfer of Riga Port from the city centre to the nearby Russian island of Krievu sala.

14th July 2010

Riga port on the move

14th July 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Chiles Ministry of Public Works has issued a tender for the construction of a quay and harbour at San Pedro de Chañaral in the Atacama region in the north of the country.…

14th July 2010

New port for Chile

14th July 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A holding company may be established to operate a range of developing Hawke’s Bay Regional Council assets as well as its currently wholly-owned Port of Napier.

13th July 2010

Napier holding company mooted

13th July 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar is to deliver six E-One2 zero emission rubber-tyred gantry cranes to Vietnams Saigon Newport (SNP).

13th July 2010

Saigon orders zero-emission cranes

13th July 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Georgia Ports Authority has received grant money from the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program to repower 17 of its older rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) from…

13th July 2010

Georgia cleans up crane act

13th July 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Containerships calling at the Port of Singapore will now be able to take advantage of the 20% reduction in port dues until 30 June 2012 following a decision to extend the concession…

13th July 2010

Singapore maintains discounts

13th July 2010

ASIA

ASIA

The port of Colombo in Sri Lanka is to build three new terminals, spending $334m on redeveloping the port, with finance sourced from the Asian Development Bank and Sri Lanka Ports Authority.

13th July 2010

New terminals for Colombo

13th July 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

APM Terminals recent withdrawal from the 2.15m teu capacity Kaohsiung terminal, and from its 10.5m teu investment in the Yantian facility in the Port of Shenzhen reflect the company’s strategy of focusing…

12th July 2010

Victims and victories of the recession

12th July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK’s Department of Transport has published provisional statistics on freight traffic at its major ports which shows, at best, ports suffering from a slight fall with exports helping figures somewhat.

12th July 2010

UK port traffic picture hazy

12th July 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Arabias eight state-owned ports will be managed by an independent company as part of a gradual privatisation process, Saudi Ports Authority has announced.

12th July 2010

Saudi Arabia takes first privatisation steps

12th July 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Media speculation that DP World is in dispute with the Egyptian government over Sokhna Port has been publicly denied by the Emirates-based operator.

12th July 2010

DP World denies disagreements with Egyptian government

12th July 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In launching its Model 3 Harbour Crane, Gottwald has expanded its current range of Generation 5 Harbour Cranes.

11th July 2010

Gottwald replaces entry-level model

11th July 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Ningbo Port Company is to raise $1.9bn via an initial public offering on the Shanghai stock exchange. Analysts, however, believe that interest in transport stocks is on the decline, especially given uncertainty…

11th July 2010

Ningbo IPO

11th July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Teesport has announced an expansion of its container facility from its current capacity of 235,000 teu to 450,000 teu. However, this first phase could be scaled up to almost double the present…

11th July 2010

UK box port set to expand

11th July 2010