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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Michael King examines whether traditional Terminal Operating Systems can be expanded to manage entire ports

23rd February 2010

TOs vs POS

23rd February 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Chittagong Port Berth Operators and Ship Handling Operators Association has emphasised the need to get private investors involved in the introduction of modern maintenance systems at the port.

23rd February 2010

Private investors needed in Chittagong

23rd February 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland has issued requests for expressions of interest documents to 16 potential contractors in container lashing, shuttle and supplementary straddle, and crane driving services.

23rd February 2010

Auckland issues auxiliary tenders

23rd February 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Mexican port authority API Lázaro Cárdenas, which operates Lázaro Cárdenas port, is preparing a tender to concession a second container terminal, commercial director Julián Pérez Rodríguez has confirmed.

22nd February 2010

Lázaro Cárdenas tender back on the table

22nd February 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Employees of Eilat Port Company Ltd are seeking to obtain 15% of the companys equity when it is eventually privatised, despite a government offer of just 10%.

22nd February 2010

Eilat workers up the ante

22nd February 2010

ASIA

ASIA

JP Morgan Chase & Company is predicting that iron ore volumes dispatched by sea will grow by 5.7%, while both coal and grain will go up by 3.8%.

22nd February 2010

Good year ahead for dry bulk

22nd February 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Indias Private Public Partnership Advisory Committee has given the go-ahead for a new $776m container terminal to be built at Chennai.

22nd February 2010

Green light for second Chennai box terminal

22nd February 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma is reaping the rewards of the green revolution. Its all-electric Greenline spreader is winning orders, 70 in the last quarter alone.

22nd February 2010

All-electric spreads the gain

22nd February 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Turkey’s Yilport has implemented Navis SPARCS N4 terminal operating system to support the terminal’s anticipated capacity growth of 2m teu in five years.

22nd February 2010

Yilport harnesses SPARCS

22nd February 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Puerto Rico Port Authority has added to its training suite with Globalsim’s ML4000 crane simulator.

22nd February 2010

GlobalSim lands Puerto Rico order

22nd February 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Madagascan port Toamasina is the only one in the country exempt from new US Coast Guard rules imposed by authorities unhappy with inadequate security precautions at other seaports.

22nd February 2010

Tough calls: U.S. Coast Guard demands tigher control on Madagascar visits

22nd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Swedish port of Gothenburg is to be radically restructured with the port authority ceding handling operations to three private companies, allowing it to retain landlord and regulatory functions only.

22nd February 2010

Gothenburg to re-structure

22nd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Great Yarmouths new outer harbour at EastPort UK opened in January, with PSA International, Gleadell Agricultural Ltd, and Stema Shipping (UK) Ltd all confirming long-term commitments to the port.

22nd February 2010

Great Yarmouth’s £80m outer harbour opens its doors

22nd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Container traffic in Spain’s Port of Valencia climbed 1.44% in 2009 to 3.7m teu, buoyed by transhipment traffic which accounted for nearly half the port’s throughput.

22nd February 2010

Valenciaport enjoys growth

22nd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Copenhagen Malmö Port AB (CMP) saw traffic slump by 17% in 2009, led by declines in ferry traffic and car distribution, where volumes halved.

22nd February 2010

Malmo traffic drop

22nd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Riga port authority has reportedly contacted companies leasing port territory to advise of the cancellation of existing lease contracts due to late payments or lack of use.

22nd February 2010

Riga’s tough stance on defaulters

22nd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

River deepening work on the Thames is scheduled to start this month to allow the world’s largest container ships to call at the UK’s London Gateway.

22nd February 2010

Thames dredging poised to start

22nd February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

France’s Marseilles Fos was hit by a 13.3% drop in throughput last year to 83m tonnes compared with 96m tonnes in 2008.

22nd February 2010

Marseilles drop fails to dent optimism

22nd February 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’s Securities Commission may investigate the recent purchase of 45,500 Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) shares by Christchurch City Holdings (CHH).

22nd February 2010

Lyttelton share-buy complaint

22nd February 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A change in focus is required throughout the supply chain for sustainable growth to be achieved in the post-recession environment, said Ports of Auckland managing director Jens Madsen.

22nd February 2010

New Zealand needs a strategy re-think

22nd February 2010