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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

El Salvadors port authority (CEPA) urgently needs to privatise its ports to stop its finances passing into the red, according to local sources.

27th February 2009

CEPA desperate for private sector cash

27th February 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Insurers are working with operators and equipment suppliers to upgrade shore safety, keep cranes on track, and cut claims right back, finds James Brewer

26th February 2009

Containerport Insurance

26th February 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Yang Ming is to go ahead with a 2.92m teu box terminal at the port of Kaohsiung, despite the economic downturn.

26th February 2009

Yang Ming invests in Kaohsiung

26th February 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Australias Newcastle coal port is looking at riding the downturn by an investment strategy which could potentially double the ports capacity.

25th February 2009

Securing the bottom line

25th February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Zim has moved its western Mediterranean hub from the port of Barcelona to Tarragona, where it has a 40% equity participation in the Contarsa box handling facility.

25th February 2009

ZIM switches transhipment to Tarragona

25th February 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The four container terminals in the Brazilian port of Santos are to take on 300 additional employees this year. Santos-Brazil will contract 72 labourers and Tecondi 70, the rest will be divided…

25th February 2009

Santos box terminals hiring

25th February 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The axe may have fallen on some areas of Brazils production, but a $300m deal that includes Caribbean port interests as well as two coal mines was concluded in December by Vale.

24th February 2009

Long-term plans in Brazil

24th February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The president of Genova port authority, Luigi Merlo, has had his knuckles rapped by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport over an interchange of shares between the ports two container terminal operators,…

24th February 2009

SECH and VTE share swap scandal

24th February 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Can coal bring a much needed fillip to stagnating bulk ports? Stevie Knight finds out

23rd February 2009

Coal – can it warm a cool economy?

23rd February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port unions in Valencia are currently renegotiating their new collective bargaining agreement, to replace the agreement introduced in 1995.

23rd February 2009

New collective bargaining agreement in Valencia

23rd February 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Israeli shipping line Zim has pulled out of the group building the container terminal project at Ennore in India.

22nd February 2009

ZIM abandons Indian consortium

22nd February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Commission (EC) has published its third call for proposals for freight transport services under its second Marco Polo programme.

22nd February 2009

EC calls for third short sea funding proposals

22nd February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Portugals Office of Port and Maritime Transport has found that the extension granted to Liscont for the concession of its container terminal in the port of Lisbon is not anti-competitive. Given particular…

21st February 2009

Liscont concession extension legal

21st February 2009

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Port pollution control has taken on a life of its own, as Stevie Knight finds out

20th February 2009

Pollution – the big clean up

20th February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Operators at the port of Naples recently got together with representatives of the port authority and the Transport Department of the regional government to discuss ways of tackling future challenges at the…

20th February 2009

Naples operators back port revival

20th February 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Maximum stacking heights depend on the type of operation, says Jari Pirhonen, general manager, terminal development, at Kalmar.

19th February 2009

Kalmar

19th February 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Mitsui OSK Lines, Hanjin Shipping and Wan Hai Lines have sealed a joint venture deal with Vietnams Saigon Newport Company. The joint terminal will be located in Vietnams Cai Mep region and…

19th February 2009

Lines in Vietnam JV

19th February 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Puget Sounds air quality has just got another boost. The Ports of Seattle, Tacoma and PSCAA put in match funding to complement an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grant of over $300,000.

19th February 2009

Puget Sound ports go cleaner

19th February 2009

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The worlds big canals - the Suez and Panama canals - are increasingly getting the attention of the worlds shipping interests.

18th February 2009

PS PAGE

18th February 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese portof Guangzhou has overtaken Rotterdam and Kaohsiungto become the worlds seventh largest container port.

18th February 2009

Two more Chinese ports join box top ten

18th February 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland has issued performance bonuses toover 200 staff for achieving key productivity targets during the month ofJanuary.

18th February 2009

Auckland bucks downtrend to issue staff bonuses

18th February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

BMW, VW, Peugeot/Citroen and vehicle logistics group CAT have all threatened to close their UK added value port operations as a direct result of the controversial new port business rates system being…

18th February 2009

Car giants threaten to pull out of UK ports

18th February 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

MerseyMaritime, Drake Port Distribution Services and technology supplier AIMSSolutions (Liverpool) Ltd are collaborating on a radical new trainingprogramme for port operators under the Quay Skills banner.

14th February 2009

Crane simulators

14th February 2009