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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

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Panama Maritime Authority has voided the tender issued in respect of the new $500m Farfá n mega-port on its Pacific coast. The project will now be taken forward by a consortium…

10th May 2008

Farfán tender withdrawn

10th May 2008

ASIA

ASIA

PSA will issue preference shares to raise $60m to invest in ABG Kandla Container Terminal Ltd. These will be convertible into equity shares after October 2011, but will not exceed 49% of…

10th May 2008

PSAs $60m for Kandla

10th May 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

By Autumn 2008, every drop of fuel powering equipment at the Port of Charleston’s public facilities will be cleaner ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD), reaffirming the port community’s commitment to cleaner air and…

10th May 2008

Charleston commits to cleaner air

10th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Gothenburg is investing heavily in expanding rail traffic to and from the port. Last year 42,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide were saved by transporting goods in and out of…

8th May 2008

Gothenburg saves emissions

8th May 2008

ASIA

ASIA

A transit port reserved for Laos commodities will be built this yearat the Vung Ang Port in the central Vietnamese province of Ha Tinh.

7th May 2008

Transit port for landlocked Laos to be built in central Vietnam

7th May 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Buying second-hand equipment can save youtime and money - and there is even the useful side-effect that you are savingenvironmental resources, too. Felicity Landon reports

7th May 2008

Second-hand – saving time, money and resources

7th May 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Come 2010 a slew of new terminals should help Vietnam realise its exporting potential, writes Wing Kah-goh from Ho Chi Minh City

7th May 2008

Saigon Port runs with the big boys

7th May 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Work is to start at Dande Bay this year on construction of a new harbour to serve the Angolan capital of Luanda. This will have double the capacity of Luandas existing port,…

7th May 2008

New Luanda harbour

7th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Classification society Germanischer Lloyds award of its first Container Terminal Quality Indicator (CTQI) standard is an important step towards meeting the challenge of comparing global box terminals.

7th May 2008

Container terminal meets the mark

7th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

DPWorlds monster London Gateway port project has received the final seal ofapproval from the UK Government, making its dream of creating the countrysmost advanced container port a reality.

7th May 2008

London Gateway clears final hurdle

7th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dramatic photos taken as the Port of Liverpool disposed of two redundant quayside cranes mark striking images of port progression in the 21st Century.

7th May 2008

Liverpool crane crashing marks a sign of the times

7th May 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Workforce management specialist Rostima is gearing up for two large scale roll-outs of its products in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.

7th May 2008

Rostima update

7th May 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Houston Authority has transferred to the City of Seabrook the new 41-acre Seabrook Wildlife Park, taking the last step of their historic November 2007 agreement.

7th May 2008

City and Port celebrate Earth Day Park dedication

7th May 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The next phase of the Clean & Green Port of Houston Program has been launched with a new multi-faceted advertising campaign promoting the environmental initiative.

7th May 2008

“Clean & Green” ads encourage Houstonians

7th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Seven of Frances nine public ports - Bordeaux, Dunkirk, La Rochelle, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes-Saint-Nazaire and Rouen - are to be privatised, with investment made available by the state to boost throughput…

6th May 2008

France to privatise ports

6th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Questions are being raised as to whether the Brazilian port of Paranaguá is abiding by security measures contained within the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code.

6th May 2008

ISPS code doubts at Paranaguá

6th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Completion of phase two of the Port of Oslos container terminal at Sjursø ya has been put on hold and is unlikely to open before 2014.

6th May 2008

Sjursøya Phase Two delayed till 2014

6th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marí tima Valenciana and MSC have ended the management contract that the former has at the latters home terminal in the port of Valencia.

5th May 2008

Marval and MSC end cooperation

5th May 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has completed its Container Berth 2 Upgrade, including the installation of electrified refrigerated cargo racks and the transfer of GPA’s ship-to-shore cranes to electric power. “These projects will…

4th May 2008

Savannah achieves sustainability initiatives

4th May 2008