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THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Terminal operators today are moving to re-define their role, to come up with an identity that clarifies what they do. At least that is the case in container terminals; bulk terminals have…

22nd June 2011

Re-inventing the wheel

22nd June 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Hong Kong’s status as one of the world’s leading maritime centres is not under threat, but change is coming as Michael King reports

21st June 2011

A new dawn

21st June 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Continued recovery and fast-tracked expansion plans are todays headline moves for US East Coast ports, according to Paul Bingham, consultant and economist of Wilbur Smith Associates.

20th June 2011

Canal effect more evolutionary than revolutionary

20th June 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port is once again dealing with the aftermath of earthquake damage to its facilities – for the third time in nine months.

16th June 2011

Powerful aftershocks hinder Lyttelton recovery

16th June 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Strong performance from Milford Haven’s gas and oil activities in 2010 is to drive new plans to attract renewable energy and biomass businesses, alongside continued development of existing port infrastructure and services.

16th June 2011

Renewables gain from Milford Haven profits

16th June 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

While acknowledging the investment potential of the BRIC nations, investors remain nervous about committing cash to port development in emerging markets, according to new research from international built asset consultancy, EC Harris.

16th June 2011

Investors edgy about emerging nation ventures

16th June 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Since the downturn has left many ports with space to spare, some are looking at port-centric logistics and developing specialised clusters in a move to up the volumes and improve revenue.

15th June 2011

Filling the gaps

15th June 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

More than 40% of the food imported into the UK arrives through Felixstowe – and in recent times that has included such delicacies as shrimps with an antibiotic residue, nuts with carcinogenic…

10th June 2011

Food for thought

10th June 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

TT Club, ICHCA International and the Port Equipment Manufacturers’ Association have joined forces to release minimum safety specifications for quay container cranes.

9th June 2011

Quay crane minimum safety spec published

9th June 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In the drive for smooth, uninterrupted supply chains, ports must ensure that statutory inspections don’t bring things to a grinding halt. Felicity Landon reports

9th June 2011

Ready for inspection

9th June 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A revolutionary external sea container wash machine developed by Auckland-based Lotus Wash Systems has received official certification from MAFBNZ.

9th June 2011

MAF green-lights Lotus unti

9th June 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marine Spatial Planning, or MSP, is “both a threat and an opportunity” says Paul Holthus of the World Ocean Council, and its an issue that may leave some ocean industries behind.

8th June 2011

MSP: Both threat and opportunity

8th June 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Imagine the port of the future. In 50 years time, fully automated ships will be the norm, cargo holds and storage stacks will have evolved into a conscious entity monitoring containers without…

8th June 2011

‘Future’ dialogue opened by Cargotec

8th June 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Maersk Line has issued a “wake-up call” to the port and terminal sector, challenging it to get involved in an industry-wide debate on future-proofing the business.

8th June 2011

Maersk boss delivers ‘wake-up call’ to ports

8th June 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World has started trading on the London Stock Exchange. The company explains that there was no new capital raised as part of the listing as the aim was to provide an…

8th June 2011

DP World trading on LSE

8th June 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Having revealed that it was hit “quite severely” by the recession, Harald de Graaf, executive vice president Cargotec EMEA, is confident that the industry is now firmly in recovery mode.

8th June 2011

Cargotec confident worst is over

8th June 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The Port of Bristol, which has just taken on ten new apprentices, has its own in-house training facility. It is also planning ahead; the port’s proposed deepsea container terminal will create 500…

8th June 2011

Getting ready for growth

8th June 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Some 13 investors have submitted project proposals for new ventures at the port of Magampura in Sri Lanka. These are expected to generate revenue of $1bn and include cement grinding, warehousing, sugar…

8th June 2011

Investors hungry for Magampura

8th June 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A marine farming industry proposal to fund commercial development of Port Tarakohe, located at the northwestern tip of the South Island, has been labelled “one-sided” by the Tasman District Council.

8th June 2011

Council quashes Tarakohe proposal

8th June 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils Securities Commission has given the MMX mining company authorisation to undertake an initial public offering to acquire PortX, which owns the assets of the so-called Sudeste super port. PortX was created…

7th June 2011

MMX to undertake IPO

7th June 2011