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EUROPE

EUROPE

Container traffic in Spain’s Port of Valencia climbed 1.44% in 2009 to 3.7m teu, buoyed by transhipment traffic which accounted for nearly half the port’s throughput.

22nd February 2010

Valenciaport enjoys growth

22nd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Copenhagen Malmö Port AB (CMP) saw traffic slump by 17% in 2009, led by declines in ferry traffic and car distribution, where volumes halved.

22nd February 2010

Malmo traffic drop

22nd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Riga port authority has reportedly contacted companies leasing port territory to advise of the cancellation of existing lease contracts due to late payments or lack of use.

22nd February 2010

Riga’s tough stance on defaulters

22nd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

River deepening work on the Thames is scheduled to start this month to allow the world’s largest container ships to call at the UK’s London Gateway.

22nd February 2010

Thames dredging poised to start

22nd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

France’s Marseilles Fos was hit by a 13.3% drop in throughput last year to 83m tonnes compared with 96m tonnes in 2008.

22nd February 2010

Marseilles drop fails to dent optimism

22nd February 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’s Securities Commission may investigate the recent purchase of 45,500 Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) shares by Christchurch City Holdings (CHH).

22nd February 2010

Lyttelton share-buy complaint

22nd February 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A change in focus is required throughout the supply chain for sustainable growth to be achieved in the post-recession environment, said Ports of Auckland managing director Jens Madsen.

22nd February 2010

New Zealand needs a strategy re-think

22nd February 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The long shadow cast by the skull and crossbones hangs over shippingin the Indian Ocean, with the threat of piracy a very real one in ahuge swathe of its western edge. But…

19th February 2010

Seek our protection from pirates, urges force commander

19th February 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Emergency planning and business continuity are increasingly important for ports. Felicity Landon reports

19th February 2010

Asking the what if? question

19th February 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Unconfirmed reports from Australia suggest that DP World is contemplating raising $884m through an initial public offering of some of its local assets.

19th February 2010

DP World mulls Australian IPO

19th February 2010

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The general perception now is that the crisis in Dubai is easing and that the implications of the financial fall out for DP World will be limited. But is this the case?

18th February 2010

Smoke and Mirrors

18th February 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Gladstone Ports Corporation shrugged off the first half blues of 2009 and announced a record throughput of more than 81 million tonnes for last year, of which coal made up over 58…

18th February 2010

Gladstone’s boost will keep on going

18th February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The deepening of the Scheldt Estuary to give both greater tide windows and better draught access last week finally got underway on the Dutch side of the border – after a decade…

18th February 2010

Scheldt dredging finally underway

18th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Alex Macinnes and Nigel Moniz discuss the procedures to consider in the event of a collision

18th February 2010

Coping with the crash

18th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

For finance opportunities in Europe, the focus is firmly on transport infrastructure development.

17th February 2010

Cash for infrastructure projects

17th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Great improvements have been made in security at major ports worldwide over the last decade, led by implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, says David Hunt, head…

17th February 2010

Port and terminal insurance BOX

17th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Investment opportunities exist, but sources of port finance and investment choices are changing. Patrik Wheater reports

16th February 2010

The new reality

16th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Ports are happy to play it safe when it comes to insurance choices, reports James Brewer

16th February 2010

Port and terminal insurance

16th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Howeverultimately beneficial, a simulator can still represent a significantcost to some ports or operators. However, three ports in Brazil havefound a way to spread the cost.

15th February 2010

Join forces to realise cost savings

15th February 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has launched an economy reachstacker, designed for medium capacity and average operational requirements. The company claims the DRF420-450L provides flexible container handling with increased customer value.

13th February 2010

Low-cost reachstacker

13th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Spanish port stevedoring company Sevasa is taking part in theOPTIMUS project, whose aim is to standardise simulation-based trainingused in many European ports by developing, testing and implementing acommon approach on how to…

12th February 2010

Sevasa takes standardising lead

12th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Learning institutions give the usual simulator suspects a run for their money. Alex Hughes reports

11th February 2010

Crane simulator article

11th February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Nordana is moving its Spanish operations from Valencia to Sagunto port. The first vessel to call Sagunto was the MV Skanderborg on January 16, 2010. The service change pertains to the regular…

10th February 2010

Nordana moves to Sagunto

10th February 2010