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ASIA

ASIA

The London-based private-equity investor, 3i Group Plc, which has amassed a $1.2bn infrastructure fund for India, has announced it is seeking a third investment opportunity in the country.

26th October 2009

3i eyes third port project in India

26th October 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Bangladeshs Anti-Corruption Commission has appointed a three-person team to look into corruption allegations at the port of Chittagong. The decision was prompted by a request from the Shipping Ministry.

25th October 2009

Chittagong corruption commission

25th October 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Gothenburg is expanding its range of rail shuttles by once again offering a shuttle service to Drammen in Norway. The first departure will be at the beginning of November…

23rd October 2009

Gothenburg to Drammen – new rail shuttle link

23rd October 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Growingglobal concerns for the environment are beginning to make theirpresence felt in the fender market, where ports are beginning to givegreen materials a greater importance.

20th October 2009

Green importance grows slowly in fenders

20th October 2009

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

More and more, moving a container from A to B is becoming like flying with a low cost budget airline. You book your ticket, you pay the fare only to find that…

20th October 2009

Fly by night

20th October 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

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20th October 2009

DP World not selling stake

20th October 2009

ASIA

ASIA

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20th October 2009

Buy now-pay later in Busan

20th October 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Vietnams Saigon Newport Company has signed a contract for six all-electric Kalmar E-One rubber-tyred gantry cranes for the first phase of its Tan Cang-Cai Mep International Container deepwater port near Ho Chi…

20th October 2009

Saigon orders Kalmar RTGs

20th October 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Growing concern about mooring accidents, from both the shipping and stevedoring organisations, has led to calls for improvements in best practice to prevent deaths and injuries, particularly in dry bulk and containers…

20th October 2009

Larger ships and less experience to blame for mooring incidents

20th October 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

October 20...The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) Board today adopted the first major update to the organization’s strategic plan in several years. The plan highlights Charleston’s tremendous harbour depth advantage, refines…

20th October 2009

South Carolina Ports’ Strategic Plan Highlights Harbour Depth Advantage

20th October 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

19 October - Climate change, rising energy prices and increasing local sourcing are current and future challenges for the transport & logistics industry, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

19th October 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers – Climate Change Report

19th October 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec has inaugurated a multi-assembly unit in Stargard Szczecinski, Northern Poland.

18th October 2009

Cargotecs Polish unit

18th October 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Second class middle men are creating waves in the fender market, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre find out

17th October 2009

Fendering Feature 2009 by Dave and Iain MacIntyre

17th October 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A carefully selected and properly maintained bulk unloader can save you money, as Patrik Wheater finds out

15th October 2009

Grab your conkers!

15th October 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

A reciprocal agreement between Uganda and Kenya is to result in the construction of a dry dock and container terminal in the port of Mombasa to handle cargo from Uganda. These, it…

15th October 2009

Uganda to open Mombasa box terminal

15th October 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Colombia will receive $62m over the next 30 years from private-sector companies operating seven river port concessions and 24 coastal port concessions along the Magdalena River.

15th October 2009

Private sector installed on Magdalena River in Colombia

15th October 2009

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Let us consider the good news: exports from Europe to the Far Eastin the first half of the year compared with the second half of 2008showed a volume increase of 5% according…

14th October 2009

Its Over

14th October 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

As a consequence of changes to the Empty Property Rate (EPR) taxation in the UK, it has emerged that landlords are demolishing perfectly good warehouse property as a way of avoiding paying…

14th October 2009

More pressure on UK warehousing to come

14th October 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cavotec has won an order to supply advanced cable reel, control and steel chain technologies to the ThyssenKrupp group for installation on iron ore ship-loaders at Port Hedland in Western Australia. The…

14th October 2009

Cavotec bulks up

14th October 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

Asmany as 2,500 South African merchant seafarers could be trained to forma pool of talent as navigation and engineering officers and deck crewmembers in the offshore industry.

13th October 2009

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13th October 2009

ASIA

ASIA

In July, the combined throughput of Chinas coastal ports reached 500m tonnes, a growth of 12.9% over the corresponding 2008 month.

13th October 2009

Chinese ports report growth

13th October 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Freight Stakeholders Coalition, a group made up the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and shipper and surface transport trade associations in the US, is seeking a unified approach to Federal…

13th October 2009

American Association of Port Authorities in Freight Stakeholders Coalition

13th October 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes has introduced a lightweight aluminium crane system for applications requiring high precision, less rolling resistance, low noise and corrosion-free extended durability and cleanliness.

13th October 2009

Konecranes lighter touch

13th October 2009