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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

There’s no doubt many ports and terminal operation were dismayed to find they had land reclamation contracts carefully poised on a set of assumptions that fell apart when the world seemingly changed…

31st August 2010

Challenging assumptions

31st August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The head of the State Property Fund Ukraine has reiterated that Ukrainian ports will definitely be privatised.

31st August 2010

Ukraine to privatise ports

31st August 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has acquired 7.3 hectares of industrial land adjacent to its inland port operation, CityDepot.

31st August 2010

LPC adds inland resource

31st August 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Size, money and environmental issues – all are having their impact on land reclamation activities. Stevie Knight reports.

30th August 2010

Settling for stability

30th August 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Construction of a $450m second container terminal at the port of Dar es Salaam is expected to begin early next year. Since 2004, box traffic at the port has grown by 15%…

30th August 2010

Second box terminal for Dar es Salaam

30th August 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi’s Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) in Jeddah Islamic Port is betting on the outlines of the Middle East’s maritime industry being substantially pushed by the bigger sizes of vessels entering the…

29th August 2010

Size will matter in Middle East

29th August 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new, especially robust plastic cable carrier from Kabelschlepp may be of special interest to ports. The 1320 series was developed as a heavy-duty version with a one-piece chain link to enable…

29th August 2010

Cables gain an overcoat

29th August 2010

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese port of Qingdao has revealed plans to build the worlds largest iron ore handling terminal. A total of six berths will be opened at Dongjiakou harbour, boosting capacity to 192m…

29th August 2010

Qingdao to have largest global iron ore terminal

29th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russian ports are a good medium-term investment, according to an analyst at Gazprombank. Alexei Atapov said that Russian port infrastructure is currently inadequate and lacks capacity. As a result handling charges are…

29th August 2010

Russia needs ports investment

29th August 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Ricardo Sanchez, head of the Infrastructure Services Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America, says Chile faces a 14.4% annual traffic growth in its ports in the near future.

29th August 2010

Chile needs to speed up port investment process

29th August 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Ports in Central America are investing as a means of remaining regionally competitive, according to the Central American Commission for Maritime Transport (Cocatram).

29th August 2010

Investment regenerating Central American ports

29th August 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’s port companies are lobbying to repeal part of the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act and once again be granted a fee simple title on new land created as a result…

29th August 2010

Ports lobby for reclamations

29th August 2010

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The partners behind a €2m EU-funded project to develop a container tracking and monitoring system, are promising a failsafe device capable of detecting low-level radiation, VOCs, etc, just as soon as any…

27th August 2010

ISOTRACK sends a message from the box

27th August 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A Georgia Ports Authority-led diesel additive study has yielded a 5% reduction in fuel consumption, as well as drastically decreased emissions.

27th August 2010

Diesel additive increases efficiency

27th August 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

IPOs at both Haifa and Ashdod ports in Israel have been suspended given that the Finance Ministry and port operators have failed to resolve a series of outstanding issues.

27th August 2010

IPOs delayed at Israeli ports

27th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Trieste Port Authority has confirmed its interest in a project put forward by the UniCredit Group to build a large platform spanning Trieste and Monfalcone ports capable of handling 3.2m teu/year. The…

27th August 2010

Trieste/Monfalcone seeking to create major box facility

27th August 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

For the second year running Port Botany’s Container Terminal Expansion has been given the tick of approval from an audit looking at environmental and planning impacts.

27th August 2010

Port Botany gains green approval

27th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Since the downturn, the world of forecasting has suddenly become much more complicated, and the industry needs to stop dumbling down port traffic predictions, according to Graham Cox of Maritime Traffic Forecasts.

26th August 2010

Port predictions need to evolve

26th August 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In the last two years, ports in Chile, Colombia, Panama and Peru have invested $1.38bn in upgrading port infrastructure, while Brazils ports have spent $1bn since 1995.

26th August 2010

Latin America investing in ports

26th August 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Port and shipping companies from China and Southeast Asian countries have agreed to strengthen cooperation in a bid to handle increasing volumes at the fifth Pan-Beibu Gulf (PBG) Economic Cooperation Forum, a…

26th August 2010

Southeast Asia forum inks 26 projects

26th August 2010