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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has had a hard time recently, given the level of investment needed for its expansion and the scarcity of ships in the present climate.

1st August 2009

Panama and Philly get together

1st August 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Maersk Line New Zealand country manager Julian Bevis says the chance of vessels bigger than the current-largest of 4100 teu coming to New Zealand in the short term is relatively small. However,…

31st July 2009

Larger callers doubtful

31st July 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Plans to build a second seaport in Sochi, Russia, at a cost of $272m have been abandoned. Instead, 10 other sites have been identified for the storing and transhipment cargo.

31st July 2009

Second Sochi port abandoned

31st July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Classification society RINA has launched new voluntary environmental standards to allow ships to connect to shore-based electricity while in port, reducing harbour air pollution.

31st July 2009

Plug-in port standards set

31st July 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Plans to set up a single entity port authority for the Pilbara region have been ditched by the Western Australia Government. A change of government from Labor to Liberal preceded the decision…

30th July 2009

Pilbara multi-port authorities safe

30th July 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Uruguays government has submitted a bill to congress for the construction of a new $260m port in capital Montevideo, the president of Uruguays national port authority  Fernando Puntigliano, has said.

30th July 2009

Monty

30th July 2009

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Changing the waycranes use energy can have a major positive impact on energy use, asABB have proved with the introduction of their automatic cranes.

29th July 2009

ABB cranes go the regenerative route

29th July 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Bucking the weak global operating climate, Valencia port authority has confirmed to Port Strategy that its proposed extension works are running to schedule, and that it does not intend to postpone the…

29th July 2009

Valencia expansion on track

29th July 2009

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The use of electric vehicles saves a great deal of oil, but arguablyshifts the demand from one type of fossil hydrocarbon to another, onthe basis that the electricity has to come from…

28th July 2009

Los Angeles looks to the sun for answers

28th July 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Government planners in Brazil have identified three possible new port sites in Sã o Paolo State. Two are at Ubatuba on the northern coast and one at Peruí be on the south…

28th July 2009

Three new ports for São Paulo

28th July 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russias Baltic port of Ust-Luga has officially had its boundaries defined by the central government. This has been done to make foreign and Russian investment in the port more attractive. Located close…

27th July 2009

Ust-Luga boundaries in place

27th July 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Several Chilean ports are suffering as a result of the current economic downturn.

27th July 2009

Chilean ports suffer in downturn

27th July 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

In the UK capital, waste from many Londonboroughs is routinely transported by barge down the Thames to landfillin Essex. However, a waste-to-energy power station is beingconstructed at Belvedere on Halfway Reach in…

24th July 2009

Port Develoment Photos MottMac

24th July 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Jawaharlal Nehru Port is to finally issue a new tender for the deepening and widening of the main harbour channel. This aspiration of the port authority has been ongoing since 2004. Forecast…

24th July 2009

JN Port wants wider channel

24th July 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Santos Port Authority (Codesp) has held public hearings in respect of future bids for a concession on the island of Barnabé , which is located on the left bank of the port.…

24th July 2009

Santos to concession part of Barnabé

24th July 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Belgian company Katoen Natie, majority shareholder in Terminal Cuenca de la Plata (TCP), is to ask the government of Uruguay to cancel the second container terminal project at the port of…

24th July 2009

Katoen Natie seeks to stop second Montevideo box terminal

24th July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has published its second annual survey on global port equipment deliveries.

24th July 2009

PEMA report

24th July 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Innovative thinking canensure new port development projects are delivered on time and within budget.Alex Hughes reports

23rd July 2009

Port Development article

23rd July 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

DP World and leading Australian operator Flinders Ports have announced a new partnership agreement. The two are to jointly manage a new container terminal at the port of Adelaide, with DP world…

23rd July 2009

DP World/Flinders JV

23rd July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

An inexpensive wireless Real Time Locating System (RTLS) that will automatically find assets, shipments and consignments in busy port yards has been released by Savi Technology.

23rd July 2009

Low-cost location technology

23rd July 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Helped through the clean air initiative of the Port of Los Angeles, the development of the new Balqon electric truck was co-funded by the port and South Coast Air Quality Management District…

22nd July 2009

LAs helping hand

22nd July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

To cut quay-to-yard container handling times Fantuzzi has developed two new transporters, capable of handling large numbers of containers quickly and efficiently.

22nd July 2009

Raptor speeds up cycle

22nd July 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Kalmar isnt the only manufacturer racing to get on board the green machine.

21st July 2009

Saving grace

21st July 2009