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VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

The message coming out of the liner shipping markets isone we have heard before - it is time to tighten your belts in anticipation oflean times ahead. This action involves cutting back…

17th September 2008

Crossing the lines

17th September 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland has announced plans to make an offer for Port of Taurangas container business and has appointed investment bank Cameron Partners as financial adviser.

17th September 2008

Auckland moots Tauranga offer

17th September 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Israeli port unions are in a bitter dispute with the government over its plans to privatise port infrastructure.

17th September 2008

Israelis dockers strike over legal changes

17th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A major overhaul of Valparaí so port facilities will be delayed until 2009, due to uncertainty over current contractor Von Appens future participation in the process.

17th September 2008

Valparaiso contractor questions delay project

17th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In the first seven months, container traffic at the port of Seattle was down 8% to 1.02bn teu. At Los Angeles and Long Beach, there were downturns of 6.1% and 9.4% respectively…

17th September 2008

US West Coast box decline

17th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The current weakness of global markets means that China Ningbo Port Group will not undertake an initial public offering this year, according to China Merchants Holdings, which holds a 5.4% stake in…

17th September 2008

No IPO for Ningbo

17th September 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Following a ruling by a local judge that workers at Tuapse Trading Seaport were being incorrectly paid for nightshift working, stevedores voted with their feet and brought operations to halt for much…

16th September 2008

Tuapse stevedores strike to recover $2.9m

16th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has confirmed it will require all workers at the ports of Savannah and Brunswick to hold Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) from as early as December 2008.

16th September 2008

Georgia Ports move on identity cards

16th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Paraguay says it is evaluating investment in its river port infrastructure. However its main focus will be on upgrading road infrastructure to improve access to and from the ports.

13th September 2008

Paraguay favours roads

13th September 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Netherlands-based HITT is poised to release open-source software aimed at simplifying the processing of port data.

13th September 2008

Open source signifies greater collaboration

13th September 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The government of Oman has doubled investment for the Duqm Port and Dry Dock project to $1.81bn to boost the overall capacity and size, therefore making it suitable for very large bulk…

12th September 2008

Oman doubles Duqm funds

12th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Santos terminal Libra Terminais is capitalising on Brazilian throughput that has grown beyond all expectations, as Alex Hughes finds out

10th September 2008

Libra Terminais

10th September 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Maritime experts have queried whether Mombasas aim to become one of the 20 most efficient ports in the world by 2010 is achievable.

10th September 2008

Mombasa efficiency about more than capacity increases

10th September 2008

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Russias recent advance into Georgia beliesthe profile of a country that does not yet fully respect democraticprinciples and which is steered by powerful individuals that have theirown agenda in terms of the…

10th September 2008

PS PAGE

10th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Santos is to open four further container berths to boost capacity from 3m teu to 4m teu. The $515m project will involve an area of 541,000 su m and be eligible for…

10th September 2008

Santos capacity boost

10th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In an early blow  to its ambitious megaport programme at Punta Colonet, Mexicos federal government will have to negotiate with Mexican mining group GML  to resolve land disputes related to the $4.86bn…

10th September 2008

Punta Colonet threatened by land dispute

10th September 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The port of Umm Qasr, which is the entry point for 80% of Iraqi imports, is said to have doubled traffic following a government crackdown on militia activity in Basra province earlier…

9th September 2008

Iraqi imports thriving

9th September 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Container transhipment and cruise are the two sectors concentrating minds at the Indian Ocean islands ports. Felicity Landon reports

8th September 2008

Containers and cruise ambitions

8th September 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The African Investment Bank has granted a loan of $45m to Sogester, which has been put together by APM Terminals (51%) and Gestão de Fundos (49%) to open a new container terminal…

7th September 2008

Luanda port loan nod

7th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Euro Oslo container vessel that crashed into Quay 3 at Colon container terminal in Manzanillo Bay in Panama has agreed to pay $10m in compensation to the Port Company.

7th September 2008

Payout for Manzanillo

7th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

State-owned Russian Railways has set up a joint venture with the North Korean government to build a container terminal at the port of Rajin, as well as modernising the ports rail link.…

6th September 2008

Russia-North Korea tie-up

6th September 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Severe weather snapped a mooring line on the vessel Pacific Warlock berthed at Port Taranaki, catapulting a 30-kilogramme steel ring past the port control security room and into a nearby SUV

5th September 2008

Near-miss at Taranaki

5th September 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Trade union representatives of Israeli port workers have suggested that the government could put together a sweetheart stock deal for its members as part of the planned privatisation of Haifa and Ashdod,…

5th September 2008

Israel workers share

5th September 2008