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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port Taranaki recorded a comparably flat net after-tax profit of NZ$4.76m (US$2.9m), 16% rise in revenue to NZ$43m (US$26.4m) and new container throughput record of 59,586 teu during the 2007-2008 financial year.…

28th October 2008

Sinking property values hit NZ financials

28th October 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Pro-democracy demonstrations in Thailand have begun to impact negatively on the nations ports. Bangkok has in recent months already suffered a complete one-day shutdown due to agitation from anti-government protesters, prompting prompted…

27th October 2008

Demonstrators close Bangkok

27th October 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Freeport Container Terminal in the Bahamas is to undertake an upgrade programme costing $300m.

27th October 2008

Major investment for Freeport

27th October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The “Funding Guide for Inland Waterway Transport in Europe” - one of the instruments of the European Commission’s NAIADES Action Programme - was officially launched on 1 October by Jonathan Scheele, Director…

27th October 2008

Funding Guide for Inland Waterway Transport

27th October 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Maersk has slashed the number of containers it handles at Kaohsiung by 20%, less than the rumoured 50% reduction. The company will no longer call at berths 118 or 119, instead transferring…

26th October 2008

Maersk downsizes at Kaohsiung

26th October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Bypass East road in Duisburg-Rheinhausen has been officially opened enabling the heavy vehicle traffic of around 1700 trucks daily to be directed via a new roundabout and the new Osloer Strasse…

26th October 2008

Roundabout steers trucks to log port

26th October 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Colombias attorney general has asked the Constitutional Court to make changes to the law granting port terminal concessions.

25th October 2008

Attorney general challenges Colombias concessions law

25th October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

US rail operator Norfolk Southern Corporation has issued its first sustainability report, describing the company’s commitment to responsible economic, environmental, and social performance. The report, which the company plans to issue annually,…

25th October 2008

Norfolk Southern issues first Sustainability Report

25th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

While the north of the UK will see the opening of the Northern Gateway Container Terminal at Teesport in 2011 with a container capacity of 1.5m teu, the capability of the surrounding…

24th October 2008

Challenge for UK rail?

24th October 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Striking Israeli port unions are the subject of legal action being taken by the Manufacturers Association and the Chambers of Commerce, who claim that strike action is in contempt of court.

24th October 2008

Israeli courts order strikers back to work

24th October 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Plummeting volumes at US West Coast ports couldbe the precursor to long term erosion of the US Pacific coast shipping dominance,according to Drewry Shipping Consultants.

24th October 2008

No end in sight for US West Coast ports malaise

24th October 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Port equipment, premises and liability insurer, TT Club has urged port and terminal operators to re-visit their crane tie-down procedures and emergency braking operations to mitigate structural damage and accidents in high…

24th October 2008

Terminals operators urged to review crane lockdown procedures

24th October 2008

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

“Yangtze Transport 2008: Accessing China’s Interior” is an in-depth guide to transport infrastructure in the Yangtze region and the logistical challenges facing foreign investors in China’s interior.

24th October 2008

Yangtze Transport Report

24th October 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Do large operators get preferential service agreements with the Asia crane manufaturers? Alex Hughes talks to DP World to investigate

23rd October 2008

DP World ZPMC article addition

23rd October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Rail has long been at the heart of the Port of Tyne’s operations, which, in recent years has seen significant investment and development.

23rd October 2008

Tyne on track

23rd October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

With the publication of its first consolidated Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Report, the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group has reached a starting point of reporting to the Group’s stakeholders. Over time,…

23rd October 2008

A P Moller publishes HSE-report

23rd October 2008

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Are you bombproof? Can you weather thesetimes of economic and financial turbulence? A few suggestions that might helpand if some are a little tongue in cheek then the times dictate the need…

22nd October 2008

The idiots guide to recession riding

22nd October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Using its quality assurance business, LRQA, Lloyd’s Register has developed a shipping industry specific guide for the ISO 14001 environmental management standard, to enable ship operators to establish and implement effective environmental…

22nd October 2008

LR’s environmental management standard for shipping

22nd October 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Poor after sales service could be undermining the economics of Asian cranes, as Alex Hughes reports

21st October 2008

ZPMC 2

21st October 2008

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Breakthrough installations have been completed of a fail-safe ship technology that automatically prevents the negligent or willful discharge of oil overboard. A liquefied natural gas carrier and a car carrier, under completion…

21st October 2008

‘Magic pipe’ blocker breaks through

21st October 2008

ASIA

ASIA

China Shipping Container Lines is to assume control of China Shipping Terminal Developer from its parent company, the China Shipping (Group), for $380m. This company manages ports both within China and overseas.

20th October 2008

China Shipping terminal shift

20th October 2008

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

High or volatile oil prices and environmental concerns, point to the need for new designs capable of operating efficiently at different speeds. Lloyd’s Register warns that care needs to be taken when…

18th October 2008

Container ship speed matters when it comes to fuel

18th October 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A very good market for reachstackers has lifted 2008 sales volumes for equipment manufacturer Konecranes Lifttrucks over budget.

17th October 2008

Konecranes smashes sales budget

17th October 2008