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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

More dangerous cargoes in greater volumes place more demands on the people who must load and unload them, as Stuart Pearcey discovers

28th April 2010

A dangerous game

28th April 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

An auction which took place on the Montevideo stock exchange for the rights to build a second terminal at the Port of Montevideo attracted no bids and was consequently scrapped.

28th April 2010

Montevideo second box terminal concession bombs

28th April 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Aberdeen Harbour Board has started work on its Torry Quay development to provide stronger quays for heavy lifts and create more room in the River Dee for vessels to navigate.

28th April 2010

Aberdeen’s development starts

28th April 2010

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Mr Heinrich Goller of Hamburgs HHLA believes there has to be a better way of comparing operations than the present system.

27th April 2010

Disparate measures

27th April 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Eight consortia have pre-qualified for the Guaymas container terminal project in Mexico.

27th April 2010

Eight pre-qualify for Guaymas

27th April 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Israels Minister of Finance has signed the ports user rates reform, which will eventually allow Haifa Port Company and Ashdod Port Company to be privatised.

27th April 2010

Go ahead for Israeli ports privatisation

27th April 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports America Group has announced that Michael F Hassing is to be the company’s president and chief executive. Mr Hassing, 51, has served since 2008 as chief executive of Scandlines GmbH, one…

27th April 2010

CEO appointment at Ports America

27th April 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The closure of Scotline’s Goole operation was down to UK Valuation Agency incompetence, Scotline director Peter Millat has told Port Strategy.

26th April 2010

Goole failure caused by valuation mistake

26th April 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals has achieved AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) certification in Rotterdam.

26th April 2010

Security certification for APM

26th April 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is to develop Marseille’s future Fos 4XL container terminal. The terminal will be developed as a twin to HPH’s Rotterdam facilities, linked to its “sister terminal” by a…

26th April 2010

Fos 4XL goes to HPH

26th April 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Plans to further address the Port of Salalah’s carbon emissions have been unveiled.

26th April 2010

Salalah aims lower on CO2

26th April 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A recent visit to Dubai by a UK trade minister resulted in him commenting that some progress has been made by Dubai World in renegotiating the terms of its debt. The company,…

26th April 2010

Dubai World rescheduling debt

26th April 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have launched a bid for the sale of around $117m in consolidated bonds to help refinance existing debt.

26th April 2010

PANYNJ launches refinancing bonds

26th April 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The almost complete destruction of the Chilean Port of Talcahuano during the recent earthquake may ironically help to boost Chiles longer term ability to handle larger vessels.

26th April 2010

Silver lining in Chilean quake

26th April 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Loading operations at Dalrymple Bay and Hay Point coal terminals have returned tocloser to normal conditions after being hit by Cyclone Ului three weeks ago - although operations at Hay Point are…

21st April 2010

Coal dust settles, but the point’s been made

21st April 2010

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

When I was a young commodity analyst, one of my mentors told me “if you torture the data long enough, it will say what you want it to.

21st April 2010

Keep a weather eye on the broader picture

21st April 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australia’s west coast iron ore ports are suffering from the sort of congestion normally associated with the nations east coast coal ports, reports Michael King

19th April 2010

Capacity crunch

19th April 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Investors are looking for that “added value” ingredient in a port project, according to consultant Nigel Nixon.

15th April 2010

The worth of adding value

15th April 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The second phase development of Ngqura Port in South Africa will not now be completed for at least five years, despite Transnet Port Terminals having earlier suggested work could be finished within…

14th April 2010

Ngqura development drastically delayed

14th April 2010

ASIA

ASIA

China’s boycott of Australian and Brazilian ore could hit both Qingdao and Rizhao ports in the short term, since these handle a large proportion of the iron ore imports that enter China.

14th April 2010

Chinese ore boycott to hit nations ports

14th April 2010