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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World is to ask its shareholders for approval to buy back 581m of its shares. At the same time, it is considering issuing securities totalling $553m, equivalent to one third of…

21st June 2008

DP World buy-back

21st June 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australia business leaders have called for state and federal governments to invest in ports and distribution hubs.

20th June 2008

Call for Australian state investment

20th June 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

California-based Nautilus International Holding Corporation has re-branded itself as Metro Ports. The group includes the Metropolitan Stevedore Co, Southeast CrescentShipping Co, Southeast Maritime Services LLC (which holds SavannahInternational Terminal), and Cape Fear…

20th June 2008

Nautilus given new name

20th June 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Chinas Yangtze River container volumes rocketed 38% in 2007 on the back of booming trade, a new study has found.

20th June 2008

Yangtze river surges to new high

20th June 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Radical changes need to be made to Indias decision-making process if it is to achieve its aim of doubling port capacity to 1.5bn tonnes by 2011-12.

20th June 2008

Bureaucracy delays Indian port development

20th June 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The Pakistani minister responsible for ports and shipping is reviewing previous government policy on the ports sector and has promised to make necessary changes to bring it in line with international standards.…

19th June 2008

Pakistan to overhaul ports policy

19th June 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Software developers and terminal operators dont always see eye-to-eye on productivity packages, as Alex Hughes reports

18th June 2008

Tracking productivity

18th June 2008

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Underwriters and brokers are beginning to express concern about thepotential for rising damage liability claims at ports and terminals, asa result of fundamental problems coming to light in the operation anddesign of…

18th June 2008

Insurance comment

18th June 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An already decade-long wrangle over legal title of the 32 hectares of seabed covered by Northport is halting plans for a new NZ$40m (US$31m) berth.

18th June 2008

Dispute delays Northport development

18th June 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A new Big Lift Trucks (BLT) logistics facility in Jacksonville, Florida, is to offer a secure yard for full and empty container storage, as well as expert container packing and unpacking of…

18th June 2008

Secure filling from BLT

18th June 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Transferring containers from quayside crane to yard crane – using automated technology – is the key to Kalmar’s new Autoshuttle

18th June 2008

Focusing on efficiency

18th June 2008

ASIA

ASIA

JNPT is once again experiencing congestion problems with reports suggesting that anything between 20,000-25,000 import-export boxes are awaiting clearance at any one time. Growing traffic is said to be exacerbating the problem.

17th June 2008

JNPT struck by congestion again

17th June 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mombasa has finally come to terms with the container backlog brought about by civil disturbances earlier in the year. From having 19,000 containers requiring processing in January, the figure had fallen to…

16th June 2008

Container backlog cleared

16th June 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Varna city council in Bulgaria has allocated a 17.5 hectare plot of land for the development of a new container terminal at the port.

16th June 2008

Japanese fund Bulgarian box terminals

16th June 2008

ASIA

ASIA

DP World, which already manages the Qingdao Qianwan Container Terminal at the Chinese port of Qingdao, says it is seeking additional investment opportunities in the city. Company president, Ahmed bin Sulayem, has…

16th June 2008

DP World seeks additional Qingdao investment opportunities

16th June 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The aim of the Danube Green Corridor project is to analyze how car logistics from South- East Europe, can combine different transport modes while reducing costs and cutting the negative effects on…

15th June 2008

Developing the Danube Green Corridor

15th June 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Transnet, the state-owned company in South Africa responsible for ports, will soon identify the location for a new 6m teu deepwater container terminal. This could be at Durban, Ngqura or Richards Bay.…

14th June 2008

South Africa to build deep-water box terminal

14th June 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Christchurch City Holdings has marginally increased its shareholding in Lyttelton Port of Christchurch from 75.01% to 75.08%. The investment arm of the Christchurch City Council has previously been blocked in an attempt…

14th June 2008

CCHL shareholding increase

14th June 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port workers in France continued to protest against government policy to privatise terminal handling operations.

14th June 2008

French stevedores protest ports privatisation

14th June 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam is to build a new 120,000 sq m dry bulk terminal at Hartelstrook on the Maaslakte. This will be equipped with 600 metres of quay, have alongside draft 16 metres, and…

14th June 2008

Rotterdam builds new box terminal

14th June 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The president of DP World, Ahmed bin Sulayem, has recently had discussions in Mauritania regarding a possible management contract at the port of Nouakchott.

13th June 2008

DP World eyes West African opportunities

13th June 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The capacity balancing system (CBS) designed to limit vessel arrivals has been re-approved for the port of Newcastle until the end of the year.

13th June 2008

Return of Newcastle capacity system

13th June 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma has won a contract to supply APM Terminals West Africa Container Terminal with five YTS45E all-electric, separating twin-lift crane spreaders.

13th June 2008

Electric wins over hydraulic spreaders

13th June 2008