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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Central American ports plan to invest more than $1bn on modernisation to cash in on the expansion of the Panama Canal and to capitalise on new trade agreements signed with Europe and…

16th May 2008

Investment boom for Central America

16th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Santos Brasil has been awarded a 25-year concession to operate a container terminal in the port of Imbituba in Santa Catarina state, for which the company will pay $72m. Capacity will be…

16th May 2008

Santos Imbituba move

16th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution has launched a new ship-to-shore cold ironing solution to enable ships in port to be connected to the medium voltage network of the local power supply company.

16th May 2008

Siemens launches new ‘cold ironing’ solution

16th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A tender covering operation of the container terminal at the port of Manzanillo, Mexico, will be issued in June. This will also involve expansion of capacity at the terminal to 4.5m teu.

15th May 2008

New Manzanillo terminal

15th May 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The northeast England port of Blyth found second-hand to be the best option when it required an additional reachstacker for its container operations; it has recently bought a second-hand Terex TFC45 R.

14th May 2008

Second-hand, not second class

14th May 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

While some aspects of the anç ien ré gime remain, Ukraine ports are undertaking a more environmentally-conscientious approach to their operations, according to Kateryna Protsenko, a lawyer at Odessa-based law firm International…

14th May 2008

The might of the Ukrainian port inspector

14th May 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Brokers claim that marine construction projects are often difficult and challenging - and not the favourites of underwriters.  Felicity Landon investigates why this is the case

14th May 2008

Not the underwriters favourite

14th May 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Ports should get their insurance broker involved at the earliestpossible stage of a major project, says specialist Marsh. Every riskis unique when it comes to ports and we need to go through…

14th May 2008

Early involvement

14th May 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

It is not just the design of a project that insurers need to get togrips with - it is the order in which the works will be carried out.

14th May 2008

Getting things in order

14th May 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

There is a host of ways to reduce the risks and provide insurers with ahigher level of comfort, says Brian Elliot at Marsh. Ports and theircontractors should consider:

14th May 2008

Reducing the risks

14th May 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australia is to enforce a national health and safety code for stevedoring after a series of accidents in ports over the past 18 months.

14th May 2008

Safety crackdown for Australian stevedores

14th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Transport and Communications Ministry in Ukraine has produced a new port development strategy, allowing ports to be operated on a landlord basis.

14th May 2008

New port plan for Ukraine

14th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals ended 2007 with a net profit of $411m compared with $99m for the previous year. Throughput amounted to 31.4m containers, an increase of 13%.

14th May 2008

Bumper year for APM

14th May 2008

ASIA

ASIA

PSA has awarded a S$160m (US$118m) contract for 79 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction from South Korea. The RTGs will be deployed at PSAs new berths at…

14th May 2008

Doosan does it for Singapore

14th May 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Ports and terminals looking to expand the knowledge base of staff can now make use of eLearning products specific to the ports industry.

14th May 2008

Ports eLearning to target knowledge gaps

14th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Railpower Technologies Corp. and TSI Terminal Systems Inc have confirmed the results of the EcoCrane hybrid power plants installed on TSI Rubber Tyre Gantry cranes (RTGs).

14th May 2008

Ecocrane hybrid offers 70% fuel economy

14th May 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

John Polatz, investor relations director with New Zealand-headquartered Cavotec MSL, believes the newly-signed contract with Denmarks Nordic Ferry Services will prove vital to sales of its vacuum mooring units in Europe.

13th May 2008

Cavotec celebrates European opening

13th May 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Longview Commissioners unanimously voted to sell wetland property for preservation.

13th May 2008

Longview sells “green” property for preservation

13th May 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Victorias newest terminal operation, Port of Gippsland, is expected to be open for business this month. Gippsland Maritime Logistics will run the terminal as a common-user offshore support facility.

12th May 2008

Victorias opening

12th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Association of Ecuadors Private Port Operators has asked the government to avoid creating monopolies.

12th May 2008

Monopoly concerns in Ecuador

12th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Chilean port of Coronel is to raise $20m of new capital for the construction of a second quay and also to finance other investments. The port, which is Chiles main outlet…

12th May 2008

Second quay for Coronel

12th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

On 14 May, the Port of Rotterdam Authority, the DCMR Environmental Protection Agency Rijnmond (DCMR) and a ministerial delegation from Oman signed an agreement governing the establishment of an environmental protection agency…

12th May 2008

Rotterdam/Oman environmental protection service

12th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Stevedoring companies have taken equity control of 19 of the 36 Port Labour companies in Spain, which will become Economic Interest Port Groups (APIEs).

11th May 2008

Spanish stevedores seize labour company control

11th May 2008