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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Latest figures from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) detail a 6.8% drop in numbers of containers handled in the 20 leading ports in South America last year.

5th June 2010

Santos heads Latin American ports

5th June 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russian ports may see container traffic rise by 3% to 7% in 2010, despite a disproportionately high boost in throughput in the first quarter. For the first three months, tonnage handled rose…

5th June 2010

Russian box traffic in the ascendency

5th June 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Ports Authority’s silt suspension system in place at the Port of Savannah has not only reduced the demands of maintenance dredging, but has also been modified to increase oxygen levels in…

5th June 2010

Silt system brings life

5th June 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

With a number of customers already signed up before any final landscaping has been added, Great Yarmouth’s new outer harbour at EastPort UK, offers a promising start having just opened in January.

4th June 2010

Opening of the Outer Harbour at Great Yarmouth

4th June 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Dryports are increasingly attracting interest from shipping lines, shippers and logistics providers, as Felicity Landon explains

4th June 2010

Ticking the ‘E’ boxes

4th June 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Valencia has bucked the downturn with a sophisticated IT system and varied cargo streams. Stevie Knight reports

3rd June 2010

Keeping its head

3rd June 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The São Paulo-based Ambitec group is to build a $462m port at Aracruz, to be known as the Terminal Multimodal Capixaba. Operations are scheduled to start in 2014 and will cover an…

3rd June 2010

Ambitec plans new Brazilian port

3rd June 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Some US ports could well be riding the “Indian Tiger” as talks have begun on possible exports of coal from the US to India, with officials from Coal India visiting the United…

3rd June 2010

US ports may rise on Indian coal market

3rd June 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

In the future there will be pressure to make whole transport systems change, adapt and improve, but “policy innovation is less discussed, and perhaps is the greatest challenge for us”, said Jack…

3rd June 2010

The evolution of global transport

3rd June 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Panama Canal Authority, (ACP) has announced that it is looking to raise its charges from January next year.

2nd June 2010

Panama charges to rise next year

2nd June 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Southern Europe gateway ports have generally fared better than a lot of the transhipment ports in the downturn, observes Roman Poersch of Wilhelm Borchert GmbH.

2nd June 2010

Looking south-east

2nd June 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald has recently sold two 4-rope grab Mobile Harbour Cranes for bulk handling to Loxus Granéis Ltda at the Port of Imbituba and Vanzin Serviços Aduaneiros Ltda at the Port of Rio…

2nd June 2010

Rope grab purchases for Brazil

2nd June 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Tianjin Port Development claims it will make a profit this year, despite racking up a $6.1m net loss in 2009. This compares with a net profit of $16.8m the previous year.

2nd June 2010

TPD bullish over 2010

2nd June 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Vilagarcía Port Authority is winding up the concession awarded to Tercovi to operate the ports container terminal. The process was begun in October following the non-fulfilment of both concession conditions and infractions…

2nd June 2010

Contenemar terminal to close in Vilagarcía

2nd June 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Draft recommendations for Australia’s National Ports Strategy would see ports extending their sphere of influence into inland freight corridors, in order to streamline port interfaces.

2nd June 2010

Freight corridor to come under port umbrella

2nd June 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Over the past 10 years there has been a significant reduction in pollutants released into the atmosphere around Antwerp harbour. According to the findings of a survey conducted by the large-scale industry…

1st June 2010

Major air quality improvement for Antwerp port area

1st June 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ukraines anti-monopoly committee has fined the state-owned Yuzhny (Southern) commercial seaport $125,000 for abuse of monopoly position in the provision of safe navigation services.

1st June 2010

Yuzhny fined for anti-competitive practices

1st June 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

In one sense, operations in southern Europe can be seen as a game of two halves, as those ports with captive customers and feeder and ro-ro links to Africa are doing better…

1st June 2010

A game of two halves

1st June 2010

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Ports these days are the link rather than the culmination of specific transport operations, so it is vital for them to be watchful over trends elsewhere within the supply chain.

31st May 2010

Look to the supply chain for insurance inspiration

31st May 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The largest order in the world for the reeling cable used on high speed cranes has been won by Tratos Ltd. The Tratosflex-ESDB cable will be used in 38 ZPMC cranes at…

30th May 2010

Busan places worlds largest cable order

30th May 2010