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TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

ICHCA International is involved in the progress of a number of initiatives that are aimed at improving safety in ports.

18th March 2008

Declaring dangerous goods

18th March 2008

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The topic of port congestion is never far from headlines and conference presentations. I have argued in the past that it is more of a management and space utilisation issue than an…

18th March 2008

Port Congestion: Fact or Myth?

18th March 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

In recent months, DEME has obtained new contracts with a value of €300 million. The new projects only represent its international business (outside Belgium) and are in addition to the deepening of…

18th March 2008

Busy start to 2008 for DEME

18th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

In2007, Valencia Port Authority invested more than ¢ 128m ($185.7m) ininfrastructure upgrades and it plans to spend a further ¢ 150m ($217.7m)on average a year for the next two years.

17th March 2008

Valencia keeps up investment programme

17th March 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Equipment manufacturer Liebherr has smashedits own records, handing 88 mobile harbour cranes (MHC) in 2007.

17th March 2008

Liebherr powers ahead in MHC sector

17th March 2008

ASIA

ASIA

ChinasMinistry of Communications has revealed that in 2007 Chinese portshandled a combined 112.7m teu, while total throughput amounted to 6.4bntonnes. China now has 14 ports each handling 100m tonnes, which is morethan…

16th March 2008

Chinese ports post record numbers

16th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Frances Port of Marseilles is adding to its oil export capabilities with the construction of a ¢ 200m ($294m) refined products depot at its Fos terminal.

16th March 2008

Marseilles oils the wheels of export

16th March 2008

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

After recent positive trials on a Pacific cruise liner, Krystallon is now receiving widespread interest from across the industry in its innovative scrubber system. The Krystallon technology effectively scrubs marine exhaust gases…

16th March 2008

Seawater scrubber interest accelerates

16th March 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The project - to be built on Mei Shan Island, near Ningbo - will include a manufacturing zone, business, research and design districts, and leisure facilities.

15th March 2008

Atkins wins China design bid

15th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

TheItalian government has approved a project covering the development ofthe port of Civitavecchia, which involves finance of ¢ 71.5m ($103.8m).Work includes construction of an additional 400 metres of quay and thebuilding of…

15th March 2008

Civitavecchia green light

15th March 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

JordanPorts Corporation has announced a three-year, $69m development planinvolving upgrades to infrastructure, construction work, quayrehabilitation and improvements to dock services. In 2007, Jordansports handled 17.8m tonnes, a 4% improvement over the previous…

14th March 2008

JPC development plan

14th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Thedirector of Terminales del Ecuador Paul Gallie has asked the governmentto eradicate some of the obstacles that could deter shipping lines fromcalling at the port of Manta.

14th March 2008

TIDE seeks government help

14th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Panama Canal executive Rodolfo Sabonge has stressed the need for US ports to be ready for larger and bigger ships on the back of the Canal expansion work currently underway.

14th March 2008

US Ports must prepare for Panama traffic

14th March 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Following the USS Cole attack in 2000, the US Navy was compelled to install intelligent surveillance systems for in-port force protection and late last year contracted ObjectVideo to develop a mast-mounted in-port…

13th March 2008

US Navy invests in intelligent video system

13th March 2008

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Greece is at last moving down the path of port privatisation with thepartial concessioning of container terminal capacity in Piraeus and thefull concessioning of container terminal facilities in Thessaloniki.But is it a…

13th March 2008

PS OPINION PAGE

13th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Despite the fact that the Mexican government announced in mid-2007 that it would issue a tender in the first quarter of 2008 in respect of the concession for the port of Colonet,…

13th March 2008

Delays dog Colonet tender

13th March 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Next generation intelligent surveillance technology promises to detect security breaches before they occur. Patrik Wheater investigates

13th March 2008

Somebodys watching you

13th March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

It not all about boxes in Algeria ... yet. Barry Cross reports on the plans to boost container volumes

13th March 2008

Algerian one page article

13th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Polands Port of Gdynia is restructuringto dispose of non-core units, including a number of terminals.

12th March 2008

Gdynia slims down to boost competitiveness

12th March 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

RAM Spreaders has lengthened its reach inthe Middle East with new orders from Egypts Damietta InternationalPort. The port has ordered 18 RAM Model 2940 CenterSpread separating twinlift telescoping spreaders for ship-to-shore cranes,…

12th March 2008

Egypt tames RAM

12th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

ThePeruvian Transport Ministry has announced that the regional ports ofPisco, Paita and Ilo, as well as the river ports at Pucallpa andIquitos, will be put out of concession in 2008. Investment of…

12th March 2008

Five Peruvian terminals to be privatised

12th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The new container terminal development at the Italian port of Vado Ligure appears to now be in doubt.

11th March 2008

Vado Ligure residents reject container terminal

11th March 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UKsPort of Liverpool has announced plans to constructa £ 6m fresh produce terminal to reduce unnecessary truck movements andconsequently carbon emissions.

11th March 2008

Fresh plan ripens for Liverpool

11th March 2008