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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

As the portfolio of services that ports and terminal operators provide their customers expands, so their risk exposure increases, as Damon Thompson explains

14th December 2009

Expansion into logistics – a risky business

14th December 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Whilst top politicians from all corners of the globe have been in Copenhagen this week for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, various industry side-events have been organised in the Danish capital.…

13th December 2009

ESPO attends COP 15

13th December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Is short sea shipping finally being taken seriously in the States, asks Barry Parker

11th December 2009

U.S.A. Short Sea Shipping

11th December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In the United States, short sea shipping - or coastal freighting services for hauling non-bulk cargoes paralleling existing truck networks - is not a new idea: a few container feeder roll on-roll…

11th December 2009

True costs of hub status

11th December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Eleven new rubber-tyred gantry cranes at the port of Georgia aim to conserve more than 83,000 gallons of diesel per year - a 33% saving compared with the existing fleets average consumption.

11th December 2009

Georgias new fleet to save a third on fuel

11th December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian terminal operator Libra Terminais says it will continue investing despite the downturn in the economy.

11th December 2009

Libra keeps foot on investment

11th December 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An IMDG Code e-learning course by Exis Technologies has now been included on the Australian Maritime Safety Authoritys website. This comes in advance of the mandatory training for all shore side staff…

10th December 2009

Aussies e-learn IMDG code

10th December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Expressing frustration at the UK governments refusal to cut duty on fuel as well as its stand on raising National Insurance Contributions, Roger Williams, CEO of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA)…

10th December 2009

UKs pre-budget report disappointment

10th December 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Record-breaking terminal deals of yesteryear hang heavy over todays depressed market, Mike King explains

9th December 2009

port finance review

9th December 2009

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Picture this - the whole of the traditional terminal investor world, in the shape of international terminal operators, is in the grip of the worlds worst recession and it has become evident…

9th December 2009

ps the strategist

9th December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Setting out the UK governments conclusions on the need for advancing port infrastructure, a new draft National Policy Strategy (NPS) has highlighted the need for increased investment over the next two or…

9th December 2009

National Policy Strategy: increased investment

9th December 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hackett Associates has launched a Global Port Tracker report to replace IHS Global Insights Port Tracker, which ceases publication at the end of the year.

9th December 2009

Global Port Tracker unveiled

9th December 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Patience has been a virtue at the Port of Portland, as Felicity Landon finds out

8th December 2009

Deeper access for Portland

8th December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The clearance of a seven-year Environmental Impact Report logjam is oneof the most important port issues from the point of view of the MarineExchange of Southern California.

7th December 2009

Green issues

7th December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The National Concessions Board of Costa Rica is to permittechnical studies to be carried out for a $700m transhipment terminal close tothe existing Port of Moí n on its Atlantic coast. Results…

7th December 2009

New transhipment port for Costa Rica

7th December 2009

ASIA

ASIA

A joint $312m bid by Metro Pacific Investments and Harbour Centre Port Terminal has been accepted by Philippine Ports Authority for the development and operation of the North Harbour at Manila.

6th December 2009

North Harbour development on track in Manila

6th December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russian, Chinese and North Korean investors are planning to open a new container handling facility at Primorskii Krai in Russia. The facility, which will eventually be able to handle 400,000 teu annually,…

6th December 2009

New multi-national box terminal in Russia

6th December 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Forsyth Barr senior investment analyst Jeremy Simpsons review of the annual reports of 11 New Zealand ports has revealed that total cargo volume comparably fell during the year despite a slight average…

5th December 2009

NZ volumes down but boxes up

5th December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ust-Luga Port in Russia is to issue state-backed bonds worth $695m.

5th December 2009

Russia to back Ust-Luga bonds

5th December 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Annual ship emissions of nitrogen oxides in the Baltic Sea could be cut by around 270,000 tons by 2015 by the application of an emissions charge, according to a new study entitled…

5th December 2009

New Baltic Sea NOx Study published

5th December 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Copenhagen...The award was given to a Danish Port that had taken an extraordinary initiative within sustainable development, environment, energy and climate.

4th December 2009

Port of Kolding wins Danish Ports Initiative Award

4th December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Of all the European Union countries, ports in Portugal and Spain have reportedly fared worse in the current economic downturn, with traffic down 12.3% at the former and 12% at the latter…

3rd December 2009

Spanish and Portuguese ports worst EU performers

3rd December 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The ports industry released what must have been a collectedly-held breath when on Wednesday the Government of Dubai finally told investors that DP World and its debt are not included in the…

3rd December 2009

Ports free of Dubai woes – almost

3rd December 2009