News

ASIA

ASIA

PSA International aims to raise $500m through a bond issue, being arranged by JP Morgan, Nomura International and DBS Bank.

6th October 2009

PSA issues bonds

6th October 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Telestack has recently been awarded the contract for it describes as an innovative and unique grain handling ship-loading project in the Ukraine.

6th October 2009

Unique grain unloader for Ukraine.

6th October 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian state of Victoria has launched a new state port plan which merges the Melbourne and Hastings port authorities and outlines future developments for Hastings and Geelong.

5th October 2009

Victoria unveils state port plans

5th October 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Bulgaria port of Burgas is to make 20% of its workers redundant as a result of the economic crisis. This will mean that 275 employees out of a total of 1,300…

5th October 2009

Burgos cuts a fifth of its workforce

5th October 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Electronic equipment marketplace Mascus has breached the 85,000 barrier for the number of pieces of used equipment available around the world, with over 8,000 available in the material handling sector.

5th October 2009

Mascus marketplace in demand

5th October 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

PD Ports has teamed up with the UKs Teesside University to launch a Foundation Degree for port industry workers.

4th October 2009

PD Ports gets down to study

4th October 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Concessioning of Puerto Ricos Las Americas port (PLA) will go ahead, law firm Mayer Brown partner Joseph Seligman has said.

4th October 2009

Puerto Rico

4th October 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Figures released in the US suggest that the countrys ports will handle 12.3m teu in 2009, equivalent to an 18.8% year-on-year drop - the fewest containers handled since 2002.

3rd October 2009

US traffic down to 2002 levels

3rd October 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Underwater tool manufacturer SUPRAMECA has launched a reference tool for port authorities, consulting companies and contractors to aid underwater operations.

3rd October 2009

Underwater fixing tool unveiled

3rd October 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

Transnet Port Terminals has appointed former general manager of sales, logistics and commercial, Nosipho Damasane, as the companys new chief operating officer following Solly Letsoalos departure to the private sector.

2nd October 2009

Transnets new COO

2nd October 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Mike Burns, partner in the Marine & Transit Team of Weightmans Solicitors has his own angle on what issues are cooking at the moment, starting with the newly signed Rotterdam Rules.

1st October 2009

The Rules… and unexpected exposures

1st October 2009

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Among consultants there is a standard joke that if Europe had funnelled into the marketplace as much money as it has spent studying the idea of Motorways of the Sea then the…

1st October 2009

Motorway hold up is testing patience

1st October 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland is to postpone its Fuel Adjustment Factor (FAF) surcharges until January 1 in recognition of the current challenging trading environment.

1st October 2009

Auckland Port holds surcharges

1st October 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The global port market has changed fundamentally from the market it wasin mid-2008. There has been a seismic change in the attitude of bankersto providing both debt finance and capital for new…

30th September 2009

Finance

30th September 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Doing business in new locations can be a legal and financial minefield, as Stevie Knight finds out

30th September 2009

Interesting openings

30th September 2009

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

September opened a new chapter in the growing book of potential liabilities for port and terminal operators.

30th September 2009

The Insurer

30th September 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ports in Portugal have grown faster than those in Spain in spite of the recent economic crisis, according to Portuguese officials.

30th September 2009

Portuguese port growth outstrips Spains

30th September 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) has released results of a US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) analysis of the air-draft restricting Bayonne Bridge.

30th September 2009

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Completes Preliminary Study of Bayonne Bridge

30th September 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The applicable law is the legal system that applies to the contract or standard terms and the applicable jurisdiction is the court system which has power to adjudicate over disputes.

29th September 2009

The laws no ass

29th September 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port of Tauranga has lodged declaratory judgement proceedings in the New Zealand High Court in an attempt to resolve the terminal dispute with NZL Group.

28th September 2009

NZL claim heads to court

28th September 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish port of Valencia is now the fifth largest in Europe in terms of containers.

28th September 2009

Valencia now largest Mediterranean box port

28th September 2009

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The benefits of integrated green ideas can stretch beyond the immediate port environs, says BMTs Del Redvers.

25th September 2009

The future is Green

25th September 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

London Thamesport has ordered its eighth ship-to-shore gantry crane from ZPMC. Due to be delivered in April 2010, the ultra post-panamax crane has an outreach of 62.5 metres and can handle ships…

25th September 2009

Thamesport boosts STS cover

25th September 2009