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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has sent a letter to the Joint Selection Committee on Deficit Reduction asking it to take into account the benefits derived from port activities prior…

8th September 2011

AAPA pleads for continued investment

8th September 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

About one million tonnes of earthquake rubble is likely to be used for reclamation in Lyttelton Port’s expansion plans.

8th September 2011

Recycling a win-win for Lyttelton

8th September 2011

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

For commercial as opposed to political reasons, insurers are gnashing their teeth over the propensity of the US and its allies to impose sanctions on dictatorial regimes. They have lost some lucrative…

8th September 2011

Keeping up with the sanctions headache

8th September 2011

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

The scourge of modern day piracy has prompted shivers down the spine of many a hard-working ship owner. With one of the world’s key shipping arteries at the top of the Gulf…

8th September 2011

Piracy port breach will force fresh thinking

8th September 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

USA -- Martin Engineering, a global supplier of systems and services to improve the handling of bulk materials, has taken another step in its expansion into India with the acquisition of an…

2nd September 2011

Martin Engineering acquires Clean Cat

2nd September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Could growing ecological concerns lead ports and terminals to adopt a ‘cluster’ approach, whereby ports in the same region will present a unified front to the environmental agenda? Stevie Knight looks at…

2nd September 2011

Eco-friendly co-operation exerts trade pull

2nd September 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

International sanctions pose a threat to worldwide ports and terminals. HFWs Daniel Martin explains

2nd September 2011

On whose authorisation?

2nd September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A total of six sets of tender documents relating to the privatisation of the Chilean port of Coquimbo have already been sold, although it is expected that this number will double.

1st September 2011

Coquimbo privatisation attracts bids

1st September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

SweFrame claims their court battle over intellectual property with Cargotec seems to have turned in their favour, at least at present – but Cargotec’s version is different.

1st September 2011

Cargotec-Sweframe court stories differ

1st September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The tender for second port concession at the city of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas will not now be issued until 2012. Originally, the tender was slated for 2010, but…

1st September 2011

Manaus concession put back to 2012

1st September 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Five bidders have prequalified for the concession to build and operate Kalibaru Terminal at the Indonesian port of Tanjung Priok in a contract that will eventually be worth $1.37bn.

1st September 2011

Five pre-qualify for Kalibaru

1st September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A new tender for the proposed Terminal 2 at the Chilean Port of Valparaiso is to be issued in the first half of 2012.

1st September 2011

New tender for Valparaiso

1st September 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports in the US Pacific North West say that the mandatory Harbour Maintenance Tax that they have to pay for dredging is forcing grain shipments towards cheaper ports in Canada.

1st September 2011

US Northwest ports lose out to Canada

1st September 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

Dockworkers at the Eurogate terminal in the Moroccan port of Tanger-Med have gone on a six-day strike demanding similar pay and conditions to stevedores in the adjacent APM Terminals facility.

1st September 2011

First strikes at Tanger-Med

1st September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

According to the North Europe Port Tracker, despite a very strong second quarter which may rescue total year volumes, the region is in a sharper slow down than anticipated by the industry.

1st September 2011

Rough water ahead for northern Europe

1st September 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ten years on from 9/11, US ports are being asked to enhance their security further, but it’s a troubling issue in the recent environment of budgetary cuts.

1st September 2011

Can US port security stand up to the cuts?

1st September 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The European Union is expected to lift sanctions against Libyas ports today, and operations are looking at getting back to normal as quickly as possible.

1st September 2011

Libyan operations aim toward normality

1st September 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Moroccos original super-port risks being overshadowed by national neighbours, as Stevie Knight explains

1st September 2011

Captive to Casablanca

1st September 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The keynote speech of the GreenPort Congress on 14th September 2011 is to be presented by Dimitrios Theologitis of the European Mobility Network Directorate, says event organiser Mercator Media Ltd.

31st August 2011

Defining the ‘Green Port’ concept

31st August 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

In todays market, those North African terminals with hub status carved out in transhipment will likely find themselves more stable than those with domestic pull.

31st August 2011

Off the transhipment seesaw

31st August 2011