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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

At present, when people talk about ‘supply chain visibility’ they tend to mean the container itself, and not the cargo within. However, a new project aims to take the lid off this…

22nd August 2011

A matter of visibility

22nd August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maher Terminals in Elizabeth, NJ, has implemented eModal’s Chassis Control solution. The system was also inaugurated at two off-dock chassis depots at the same time. Chassis Control offers terminal operators and chassis…

22nd August 2011

Chassis control system in New Jersey

22nd August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russia’s National Container Company (NCC) has established a rail and truck operator, NCC Logistics.

22nd August 2011

NCC expands into logistics

22nd August 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Kuwait has mobilised military forces on Bobian Island, at the end of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, to protect its Grand Mubarak Port development from possible interference from Iraq.

22nd August 2011

Kuwait mobilises army to defend Mubarak

22nd August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Superintendent at the Brazilian port of Itajaí is to cancel the contract signed with a local law firm, following a recommendation by the public prosecutors office of the state of Santa…

22nd August 2011

Itajaí revokes non-tendered legal contract

22nd August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Seven hundred port workers at the Brazilian port of Paranaguá and Antonina have received a pay adjustment of approximately 27%. Their salaries have been effectively frozen since 2009.

22nd August 2011

Salary readjustment in Paranaguá

22nd August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) has criticised the lack of investment in Latin American ports, warning that existing infrastructure is inadequate to absorb increasing export potential from…

22nd August 2011

Cepal slams lack of Latin America investment

22nd August 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Cavotec MSL is to delist from the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) in February and relist with the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm.

22nd August 2011

Cavotec plans Sweden relist

22nd August 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Victorian state government has said that the entry of a third major stevedore in the state is not conditional on the development of the Port of Hastings.

22nd August 2011

Third Melbourne stevedore not ruled out

22nd August 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

HFWs Anthony Woolich and Simon Burden explain how the UK Bribery Act has global implications

22nd August 2011

A little incentive

22nd August 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Cargotec recently celebrated the production of its 50,000th unit at its US manufacturing facility in Ottawa, Kansas. The machine was part of an order from Safeway, Inc. for twelve 4x2 Kalmar Ottawa…

21st August 2011

Cargotec gears up for golden anniversary

21st August 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Customer demands keep the terminal tractor manufacturers on their toes, as Felicity Landon discovers

20th August 2011

A sizeable shopping list

20th August 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Both Steelbro and Boxloader used the economic slowdown to focus on product development.

19th August 2011

A focus of the recession

19th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port workers at the Italian Mediterranean container shipments hub of Gioia Tauro have voted in favour of a proposed layoff agreement put forward by trade unions and Medecenter Container Terminal.

19th August 2011

Gioia Tauro workers accept labour changes

19th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Germany, the Euro’s strong man, might not be able to hold its end up indefinitely with obvious impact on its ports as its economy flat lines, but so far HHLA appears to…

18th August 2011

Dour outlook, but HHLA bucks the trend

18th August 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Again, it’s the ports that are centre stage in the battles in the troubled hotspots of North Africa, although it is very hard to know exactly what is going on.

18th August 2011

Libyan ports still main battleground

18th August 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Submissions are being sought to an analysis of local government ownership of the nation’s ports being conducted by the New Zealand Productivity Commission.

18th August 2011

NZ port ownership scrutinised

18th August 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese presence in Sri Lanka has grown further with a US$500m deal to create the largest box facility yet. But it might not wear the crown for long.

18th August 2011

Chinese box game for Sri Lanka

18th August 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

It seems the sector is, to an extent, the victim of its own success, says Peter Sands of BIMCO in the organisation’s recent Shipping Markets Overview.

18th August 2011

Globalisation: not always a saving grace

18th August 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Iraqi prime minister has indicated that Kuwait is showing more flexibility in respect of its proposed Mubarak Port development, despite Iraqi concerns that the port will steal business and restrict shipping.

18th August 2011

Kuwait ploughs ahead with Mubarak build

18th August 2011