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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Optical character recognition-specialist Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS) and port automation provider Dalosy Industrial Systems (DIS) have teamed up to provide a Europe with innovative solutions for port security, container handling, and automatic license…

6th April 2008

Security venture improves automated options

6th April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Trade unions representing road haulage companies in Genova, Italy, are taking out a class action against PSA International, claiming damages in excess of ¢ 5m ($7.7m) because of the decision to temporarily…

5th April 2008

Crisis deepens at Genova

5th April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Perus Transport and Communications Minister, Veró nica Zavala, has announced that the ports of Pisco, Pucallpa, Iquitos and Paita will be offered for concessions between July and September this year. The government…

5th April 2008

Peruvian privatisation plan unveiled

5th April 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A $5-million grant program to help fund environmentally friendly cargo cranes and improve air quality at the Port of Long Beach has been approved by the Board of Harbor Commissioners.

5th April 2008

Cargo cranes to get $5 million environmental upgrade

5th April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

PSA, which is building the new Panamanian port of Rodman, has written to the government to advise that it will not be bidding in the tender for a second port to be…

4th April 2008

PSA turns down Farfán

4th April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Ports Authority has announced that an upgrade to one of its container berths at the Port of Savannah is now complete, with installation of electrified refrigerated cargo racks, and transfer of…

4th April 2008

Savannah touts sustainibility

4th April 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Innovation is the watchword for equipment designers purveying a new generation of floating crane solutions to port executives, as Mike King discovers

2nd April 2008

Floating cranes

2nd April 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Mario Terenzio, formerly of CoeClerici Logistics, remains one of the stalwarts of the floating crane handling sector with a string of successes in the bulk market. Now plying his trade as chief…

2nd April 2008

A viable container solution?

2nd April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The early arrival of Hamburg Suds Rio has South American ports in a giddy dance. Rob Ward reports

2nd April 2008

South America

2nd April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Opinions are mixed in Brazil over government plans to privatise the port authorities of all but the leading ports in the South American country, as Rob Ward finds out

2nd April 2008

South America pics

2nd April 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mombassa Port has temporarily stopped handling transhipment cargo bound for Dar es Salaam in an attempt to reduce congestion at the Kenyan port.

2nd April 2008

Mombassa ends Dar transit cargo

2nd April 2008

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

At a recent maritime and logistics conference in Israel, (Port2Port) the Israeli ports of Haifa and Ashdod were heavily represented, as was the Port of Aqaba, Jordan, and the subject of port…

2nd April 2008

Port Reform and the Art of Privatisation

2nd April 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Christchurch City Holdings (CCHL) acquisition of 75% of Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has alarmed the local Keep Our Port Public (KOPP) coalition.

2nd April 2008

Coalition against Lyttelton sell-off

2nd April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Noble Denton Group, the global offshore and marine consulting firm, has joined an elite group of British businesses to secure a place in this years UK Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100…

2nd April 2008

Noble Denton success

2nd April 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Dredging work on Israels Carmel port that was halted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection has not delayed development plans of the port, according to Israel Port Company.

2nd April 2008

Carmel port construction choas

2nd April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) broke past throughput records in 2007 with 4% cargo growth, an improvement on other major US ports which declined or grew less than…

2nd April 2008

PANYNJ shatters throughput records

2nd April 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Software specialist Barloworld Optimus hasunveiled a carbon optimisation tool that has delivered a 28% reduction incarbon emissions, coupled with a 9% decrease in costs, in trials

29th March 2008

Downsizing the carbon footprint

29th March 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland and Sea-Tow parent SeaBiz have launched the SeaFuels joint venture to ensure the ongoing security of fuel supply to Auckland-calling cruise ships and Pacific Islands trading vessels.

28th March 2008

NZ bunker security

28th March 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Central Queensland Ports Authority (CQPA), which controls the ports of Gladstone and Alma, has changed its name to Gladstone Ports Corporation. The change is part of a plan to become a public…

28th March 2008

Gladstone change

28th March 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland has lost its CMA CGM New Europe Mascarene Oceania (NEMO) round-the-world service call to the Port of Tauranga.

28th March 2008

Auckland Nemo loss

28th March 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Babcock and Brown Infrastructures Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal phase one upgrade is complete. The terminals capacity has increased from 59m tonnes to 68m tonnes per annum at a cost of $556m.

28th March 2008

Extra Oz News Fillers from Dave Mac

28th March 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A northbound Napier port call has been added to the weekly US Lines-ANL service to the United States West Coast. Port of Napier commercial manager Chris Bain said the call opens the…

28th March 2008

Napier call added

28th March 2008

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

After many years of planning – and a long approval process – work has now begun on the deepening of the entrance channel to the port of Melbourne.

28th March 2008

Project Melbourne

28th March 2008