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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Demand for Brommas Greenline range of all-electric spreaders showed no sign of waning in the last quarter on 2008.

31st December 2008

Ongoing orders for electric spreaders

31st December 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Competitive trading conditions have seen Auckland Regional Holdings drop Ports of Aucklands book-value from NZ$587.8m (US$323.4m) to NZ$495.7m (US$272.7m). The Auckland Regional Council subsidiary also expects a NZ$24.3m (US$13.4m) dip in the…

30th December 2008

Auckland revaluation

30th December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Maryland Port Authority has hired consultants to identify potential bidders interested in spending $100m-$120m on boosting capacity at the Seagirt Marine Terminal in return for a lease agreement.

30th December 2008

Seagirt terminal upgrade

30th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A Baltic Port Barometer study carried out in June-August this yearpainted a rosy picture of growth and investment. Felicity Landonexamines the findings

29th December 2008

Painting a rosy picture

29th December 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A new port will be built if approval is forthcoming for a 30 million-tonnes-a-year coal mine in Queenslands Galilee Basin. Hancock Prospecting has studied Abbot Point and Dudgeon Point, to the south…

29th December 2008

Queensland port potential

29th December 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mitsui OSK Lines has successfully tested a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelled shore power supply system on the containership MOL Enterprise.

29th December 2008

LNG power is a shore thing

29th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marport East (previously Kumport), has ordered another eight E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Kalmar to support its five-year expansion plan, which also includes land reclamation and bridge connections.

28th December 2008

Turkish ports expansion plans

28th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Kalmar has acquired an 80% share of two Italian service companies, CVS Technoports and CVS Service from the CVS Ferrari Group, who will retain 20%. The companies will work under the name…

28th December 2008

The Italian job

28th December 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Newly-appointed CentrePort Wellington chairperson Warren Larson believes the Capital Citys port is being overlooked in regional transport planning initiatives.

27th December 2008

CentrePort forgotten in regional planning

27th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains Development Ministry is to invest ¢ 1.537bn ($1.94bn) in the national ports network, covering construction of 2,900 metres of linear berth and 91 hectares of new operating area.

27th December 2008

Spain ramps up port investment

27th December 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Whilecurrent orderbooks will keep suppliers busy with deliveries until aboutAugust next year, the irony is that ports may be wondering what to dowith their new machines when containership operators begin to lay…

26th December 2008

Tractors to stand idle as market plummets

26th December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

.hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana }Investors interested in the concession for  Perus Paita port,  have until February 13, 2009 to present documents in the prequalification process, …

26th December 2008

Paita concession timeline

26th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The collapse of 600 metres of newly built quayside at the Port of Barcelonas Prat development area on the January 1, 2007 has reportedly doubled the cost of the work of constructing…

25th December 2008

El Prat cost doubles

25th December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Singapore is said to be interested in an association with Perus Enap, the national port administration body, according to the Andean countrys Minister of Transport Veronica Zavala.

25th December 2008

Singapore

25th December 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Changes in requirements and emissions legislation have spurred tractor development, as Patrik Wheater finds out

24th December 2008

Tracking the tractor

24th December 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The president of Nigeria has approved a 30% reduction in charges, fees and fines imposed by the regulatory agencies on cargo cleared at national ports.

24th December 2008

Nigeria drops port charges by 30%

24th December 2008

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

I saw a summary the other day of the container line service cutbacksthat had taken place in the Far East-North Europe, FarEast-Mediterranean, Far East-USEC and Transatlantic trades. In the FarEast-North Europe trade…

24th December 2008

PS Opinion Piece

24th December 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Eredene Group has invested in a new container freight station (CFS) close to the rapidly expanding Indian port of Ennore.

24th December 2008

Phasing in a freight station

24th December 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Not all kinds of unloader are suitable for all thephases of the unloading process, according to a Technical University of Munich presentation delivered in September.

22nd December 2008

Report

22nd December 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gas-powered, versatile container hustler machines that are at home both on and off-road, are being tested by Total Terminals at Ports America facilities in Long Beach, California.

22nd December 2008

Off road trials for gas machines

22nd December 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Rotterdam Port Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysias Palm Oil Industrial Cluster to develop the Port of Lahad Datu on the island of Borneo. The eventual port could cover…

21st December 2008

Rotterdam in Malaysian venture

21st December 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World (50%) and Entreprise Portuaire dAlger-EPAL ed Entreprise Portuaire de Djen Djen (50%) have put together a joint-venture to manage a container terminal in the Algerian Port of Djen Djen. In…

21st December 2008

DP World in Algerian venture

21st December 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The international investment group 3i is to buy a 24% equity stake in the Krishnapatnam Port Company for $200m. This company is to develop and operate a new port on Indias east…

20th December 2008

3i invests in India

20th December 2008