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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Kuwait Ports Authority has advised the government that access channels to existing port facilities be extensively dredged, since currently these offer a draft of no more than 8.5 metres. Neither Shuwaikh nor…

29th September 2008

Kuwait draught is a concern

29th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The Cai Mep container terminal and the Thi Vai general cargo terminal at the Vietnamese port of Cai Mep-Thi Vai are to be built by two Japanese joint ventures. Of the total…

29th September 2008

Japanese to build Vietnamese terminals

29th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

CMA CGM subsidiary Terminal Link is to undertake a 50-year joint venture with Tianjin Port Development Holdings (TPDH) and Grand Asia International Shipping to manage a new container terminal at the port…

28th September 2008

CMA CGM in Tianjin development

28th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) has formally handed over Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) to Mindanao International Container Terminal Services Inc (MICTSI) at a ceremony held at the MCT berthside attended by Phividec officers,…

27th September 2008

PIA turns over Mindanao port to ICTSI

27th September 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

To pay or not to pay? The row over massive backdated business rates demands that broke out in Hull this summer is set to roll its way round the UK. Felicity Landon…

26th September 2008

Legal Eagles – rates row

26th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Arshiya International has ordered seven E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and 10 DRF450 reachstackers, complete with maintenance agreements, from Kalmar. The new green units will initially be deployed at Arshiyas FreeTrade Warehousing…

26th September 2008

Green option for Mumbai and Delhi

26th September 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Euromax terminal,  operated by Europe Container Terminals (ECT) in Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, is now up and running.

25th September 2008

SEPTEMBER PS News Euromax

25th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Limas chamber of commerce has warned that Callao port will reach full capacity by 2010 and that investment in alternative outlets such as Paita and Pisco must be speeded up to help…

25th September 2008

Callao will reach capacity limit in 2010

25th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Following a successful pilot programme at the Pakistani port of Qasim, US officials are now extending measures to scan all US-bound containers at the port of Karachi.

25th September 2008

100% box scanning for Karachi?

25th September 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Alex Hughes warns of the perils of investing in cut-price grabs

24th September 2008

Grabs article

24th September 2008

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

October 17th marks the end of the block exemption forliner shipping conferences in the European Union. The shippingcompanies will be forced to comply with anti trust laws in line withall other industries.

24th September 2008

October 17, 2008 – The end of an era in Europe

24th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

If a container is left in the stacking yard at the port of Kochi for more than 15 days, it will now automatically be moved to a private container freight station as…

24th September 2008

Kochi copes with congestion

24th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Ports in the Yangtze River Delta have reported a slowdown in container throughput growth in the first half of this year.

24th September 2008

Slowdown in Yangtze Delta

24th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Chennai Port has invited fresh bids for its Mega-Container Terminal after changes to the terms and conditions of the concession pushed the forecast cost up to $787m.

24th September 2008

New bids for Chennai box terminal

24th September 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

With calls for International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) training on the increase, Hamburg Port Training Institute has developed a range of security courses based on a modular system.

24th September 2008

Modular training meets specifics

24th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A formal invitation to set up a regional trade body for private port companiesthroughout South America was made at the TOC Market Briefing in GuayaquilSeptember 17.

23rd September 2008

South American trade body in offing

23rd September 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Recentfinancial year announcements have included the Port of Taurangadeclaring a comparable 7% rise in after-tax net profit to NZ$42.1m(US$27.6m) and 15% lift in revenue to NZ$148.8m (US$97.4m).

22nd September 2008

New Zealand profit growth for some ports

22nd September 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

N-Trans has transferred its port assets to newly-formed subsidiary, Global Ports Investments (GPI).

18th September 2008

GPI is platform for growth

18th September 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The US slowdown in container imports has a knock-on effect on grain exports, leaving ports feeling the pinch from bulk as well as boxes. Stuart Pearcey reports

17th September 2008

Tough times ahead for Stateside grain shippers?

17th September 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Panamax vessels loading grain at the newly-opened grain terminal at theRussian port of Novorossiysk will be able to do it much faster than hadpreviously been possible.

17th September 2008

New grain terminal speeds up Panamax turnaround times

17th September 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ukraines leading sunflower oil producer Kernel Holdings has bought alarge bulk grain export terminal in the Black Sea port of Iliychivsk inthe Ukraine. Its the Ukraines second largest grain terminal, with aloading…

17th September 2008

Grain shorts

17th September 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The rising costs of raw materials are putting even more emphasis on the need for long-lasting, high-performance cables. Felicity Landon reports on the latest trends

17th September 2008

Counting the cost

17th September 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The conversion of rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from diesel to electric power, or to switchable diesel/electric power, is an emerging trend in container ports around the world - and one that has…

17th September 2008

Power Conversion

17th September 2008