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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A total of 11 international companies are interested in the 50-year concession being offered for the construction and management of a new container terminal on Costa Ricas Caribbean coast. The project will…

6th March 2009

Costa Rican container terminal tender issued

6th March 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Congestion might be a fond and distant memory for many ports right now - but that doesnt mean the headache of berth scheduling has gone away. Felicity Landon reports

5th March 2009

Right on schedule?

5th March 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese state is to provide $287m in investment to triple capacity at the port of Nouakchott in Mauritania. This will fund construction of a new, 900-metre long quay.

5th March 2009

Chinese bankroll Nouakchott

5th March 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese River port of Chongqing is building a new 10-berth container terminal which will occupy an area of eight square kilometres. Its location is some 18 kilometres from the city centre.

5th March 2009

New Chinese river port

5th March 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK port businesses campaigning against massive backdated business ratesbills have received an important boost from the Conservative Party,which has announced it will use the parliamentary process in an attemptto scupper Gordon Browns…

5th March 2009

Tories plan to scupper backdated ports rates

5th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The government of Ecuador is to make changes to the current ports legislation to set down new regulations and limits on port services undertaken by the state, with a view to allowing…

5th March 2009

Ecuador to amend ports law

5th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A new tender has been issued for a container and general cargo terminal at the Mexican Port of Tuxpan. This was initially issued in February last year but cancelled in November for…

5th March 2009

Tuxpan box terminal up for grabs

5th March 2009

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The great global recession, which continues to threaten to turn intoa new great depression, is beginning to have an impact on portinvestments.

4th March 2009

Port Investments get a setback

4th March 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The first ever market survey to be taken across the entire length of the Yangtze river, covering both the trunkline and major tributaries, aims to find out exactly where demand exists for…

4th March 2009

China surveys the river

4th March 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Cork is to make a decision in October regarding the location of a $283.7m container terminal.

4th March 2009

Cork revisits box terminal project

4th March 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Faced with a handling challenge at Herne Container Terminal in Germany, port equipment manufacturer Hyster came up with an innovative solution.

4th March 2009

Overcoming the logistics

4th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The concessioning of Paita Port in Northern Peru has been thrown into disarray by an objection from the regions governor.

4th March 2009

Paita

4th March 2009

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Environmental protection is an important part of the Shekou Container Terminal’s master plan and it has been tentatively upgrading its traditional RTGs since 2006.

4th March 2009

Shekou’s Green Terminal

4th March 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Jebel Ali port opened Terminal Two at the end of February, adding an additional 5m teu capacity, and upping the ports overall capacity to 14m teu. In 2012, DP World will also…

3rd March 2009

Jebel Ali T2 to open

3rd March 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

PD Ports has just started running a twice weekly feeder service from Felixstowe to Teesport, in order to develop its shortsea and coastal traffic through the northern port.

2nd March 2009

Feeder service to Teesport

2nd March 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Tartous International Container Terminal has been granted permission to handle transhipment traffic, a first in Syria.

2nd March 2009

TICT transhipment coup

2nd March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In 2008, the Panama Canal Authority registered record revenue of more than $2bn, but this was based on fewer deep draught vessels using the facility and a 1% fall in cargo traffic…

2nd March 2009

PCA under pressure to halt rate increases

2nd March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The new superintendent of the port of Itajaí, Antonio Ayres, has revealed that the port authority is to function less as a port operator and more as a regulatory agent in the…

2nd March 2009

Itajaí PA to withdraw from operations

2nd March 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

Progress on South Africas Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT) is continuing a pace with the four-storey administration building, temporary engineering workshop and reefer frames expected to be ready for handover later this year.

1st March 2009

Ngqura construction takes shape

1st March 2009

ASIA

ASIA

A total of 24 companies that requested qualification documents linked to the proposed new container terminal at Chennai have indicated a strong interest in the project.

1st March 2009

Major interest in Chennai box terminal project

1st March 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The British-Swiss Zumax AG group has been awarded a ¢ 1.18bn ($1.5bn) concession to build a new container terminal in southwestern Albania and operate it for a period of 35 years.

1st March 2009

New Albanian port

1st March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A tender has been issued for a new container terminal at the Mexican Port of Manzanillo. Investment of $763m is needed, of which approximately half will be stumped up by the state…

1st March 2009

Manzanillo box tender issued

1st March 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Seattle and the Port of Dalian, China have agreed to work with other public and private sector partners on an EcoPartnership to advance environmental and economic sustainability. “Our green…

1st March 2009

Seattle/Dalian in EcoPartnership

1st March 2009