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TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Once viewed as a fashionable green statement, self sufficient power generation is in todays ports less of a luxury and more a necessity, as Patrik Wheater finds out

9th July 2008

The electrification of ports

9th July 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Saline and the erosion of port structures go hand-in-hand, so why arent ports doing more to protect their assets, asks Carly Fields

9th July 2008

Corrosion feature

9th July 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Operators looking to start construction of a new portor terminal should consider corrosion early on. While its often low onthe list of priorities, a few dollars spent at the start could protectports…

9th July 2008

Get in early and get the jump on corrosion

9th July 2008

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The global shipping market is in somewhat of a flux, with a possible world recession, sharply fluctuating bulk shipping rates and liner rates trying to decide what to do.

9th July 2008

Bulk Into Containers

9th July 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Shipping lines Crowley and APL have warned the Costa Rican ports of Limó n and Moí n that they are considering dropping calls on the back of poor service.

9th July 2008

Threat of boycott hangs over Limón and Moín

9th July 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has launched an electric forklift series, designed as a productive, cost-effective, fossil-fuel free and environmentally-friendly unit.

9th July 2008

Future electric

9th July 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

VeriTainer, specialist in crane-mounted radiation scanning solutions, has been invited to participate in an Operational Readiness Test by US customs and security departments at the Port of Tacoma.

9th July 2008

Seamless radiation scanning

9th July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Recent shipping service losses have forced PrimePort Timaru to make 23 permanent full-time and part-time positions redundant.

7th July 2008

NZ news snippets for July (pics to come)

7th July 2008

ASIA

ASIA

China Merchants Holdings predicts that Shanghai International Port will handle 30m teu this year, despite the slight downturn in the global economy. However, in the four months to the end of April,…

6th July 2008

Traffic slowing at Shanghai

6th July 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Salonika Port in Greece says that it will have addressed all objections raised as part of the bidding process in respect of privatisation of port handling by the end of July.

6th July 2008

Three in the frame for Salonika

6th July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A hard-hitting report on the New Zealand port sector by investment bankers Rockpoint Corporate Finance suggests that the vast majority of the increase in shareholders funds achieved by port companies over the…

5th July 2008

Financial Performance of NZ Ports Criticised

5th July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port Otago has narrowly avoided its first serious industrial action in 21 years, with two unions issuing notice of an overtime ban after failed mediation talkes on pay.

4th July 2008

Otago on strike notice

4th July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A three-year collective employment agreement has been signed by Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) and the Combined Unions.

3rd July 2008

Agreement means stability for Lyttelton

3rd July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Has a fewer and bigger mantra paid off for the ports industry down under ask Dave and Iain MacIntyre

2nd July 2008

50th Anniversary — Oz NZ Main Lead

2nd July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Fifty years ago the wharves of Australia and New Zealands ports were lined with goods almost exclusively headed for and received from the Mother Country, namely the British Isles.

2nd July 2008

50th anniversary Oz-NZ 2nd story

2nd July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The coastal shippingnetwork that bound New Zealands ports together fifty years ago wasstruck a severe blow following the introduction of the MaritimeTransport Act in 1994.

2nd July 2008

Oz-Nz 3rd story

2nd July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australasian ports have had to buy-in to the demands of cold chain monitoring, as the international meat trades have grown more sophisticated over the last 50 years.

2nd July 2008

50th anniversary 4th Oz NZ story

2nd July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An aerial view of most Australian and NewZealand ports 50 years ago would have revealed a profusion of narrowtimber wharves lining river banks and copious finger piers protrudinginto harbours and bays.

2nd July 2008

50th feature OZ NZ 5th story

2nd July 2008

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The contrast between achievingmarket reach in mature and emerging economies has perhaps never beengreater. In northern Europe, for example, the battle is one ofdelivering enough capacity and removing the landside bottlenecks thatcan…

2nd July 2008

PS Page

2nd July 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new eight-year agreement for Hull Container Terminal includes a £ 4m investment by PD Ports to be used to implement IT systems, refurbish the existing ship-to-shore cranes and reconfigure the terminal…

2nd July 2008

Investment for Hull

2nd July 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Short sea shipping company Portline has recently defected from the port of Lisbon to the port of Setú bal.

30th June 2008

Setúbal boosts box throughput

30th June 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A tariff reform being considered for Israeli ports could save up to $290m over the next 10 years. In addition, port users willing to undertake operations outside normal daytime shifts will receive…

30th June 2008

Israeli port reform

30th June 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new port at Klaipeda in Lithuania is scheduled to be completed by 2017. This will be built on an artificial island and be used to handle oil products, fertiliser, containers and…

29th June 2008

Klaipeda 2017 port

29th June 2008