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EUROPE

EUROPE

European ports have come a step closer to transparent reporting with the beginning of a research project to establish performance indicators.

24th January 2010

EU performance indicators

24th January 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Low levels of growth and reduction in revenue brought about by the global economic crisis can only be combated by terminal operators and vessel owners working together, claims Christian Moller Laursen, the…

24th January 2010

Terminals and lines need to work together says ex-Maersk CEO

24th January 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Marylands Seagirt Marine Terminal has been signed over on a 50-year lease to Ports America Chesapeake in a public-private partnership valued at $1.3bn to the State of Maryland over the life of…

22nd January 2010

Ports America seals Seagirt deal

22nd January 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The newly-appointed New South Wales ports minister has quickly moved to reinforce his governments commitment to improving the performance of Sydneys Port Botany stevedores.

22nd January 2010

Performance axe hangs over Botany stevedores

22nd January 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) general secretary Joe Fleetwood says Kiwi ports are cutting safety corners due to the economic recession and increasing competition for available cargo.

20th January 2010

Unions bemoan unsafe ports working

20th January 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

If a German plan to put a group ship layup in place gets past the European Commission, it might well further impact on already burdened European ports.

20th January 2010

Layup plan may impact ports

20th January 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Yeoman Bontrup, the first ship carrying stones for the hard sea defences for Maasvlakte 2, was unloaded in Rotterdam.

17th January 2010

1st Stones shipment for Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 sea defences

17th January 2010

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Ports are as vulnerable as any other business to problems sprung on them from the blind side. Take the outbreak of swine flu, which hit Ukraine in the autumn, causing initially 30…

13th January 2010

The Insurer

13th January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Electronic heavy machinery online marketplace Mascus has added three new languages to its platform: Korean, Japanese and Chinese.

13th January 2010

Mascus speaks up

13th January 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Early indications on final import figures for US ports in 2009 reveal a 17% slump in traffic, despite overcoming a trough in the first half of the year.

13th January 2010

Limited growth in 2010 best US ports can hope for

13th January 2010

ASIA

ASIA

The Port Authority of Thailand has been ordered to complete a new set of safety measures for emergencies in a bid to help make its deepwater port Laem Chabang the countrys first…

13th January 2010

Thailand safety rules

13th January 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Noting a container rebound on the far horizon and a year ahead that will continue to be challenging, Drewry Shipping Consultants has questioned the financial bail-outs of suffering shipping lines.

13th January 2010

Rescues not in industrys best interests?

13th January 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

A Netherlands court has finally given its approval for the Scheldt deepening project on the Dutch side, removing a thorn in the side of neighbour Antwerp who has already completed its dredging…

13th January 2010

Dutch bow to Scheldt dredging pressure

13th January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The port of Gothenburgs new CATOS terminal management system has, after just a week of the system roll-out, allowed Gothenburg to hit 137 moves per hour at peak.

12th January 2010

Gothenburg goes live

12th January 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The London Gateways port construction site got a visit from Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson in January as work started on the project. The Prime Minister called the…

10th January 2010

DPW still committed to London Gateway

10th January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DP World has returned to cable reel specialist Cavotec to equip its new container terminal at Jebel Ali Port.

8th January 2010

Cavotec reels in DP world

8th January 2010

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Light at the end of the tunnel or just a train coming the other way?

6th January 2010

PS PAGE

6th January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Telestack has designed and manufactured a customised Hopper feeder and Radial Telescopic ship-loader to load woodchips to handymax and panamax ships in Africa.

6th January 2010

Chip off the old block

6th January 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Spreaders have an impressive working lifetime on the frontline, with up to 10-20years service the norm rather than the exception.

30th December 2009

A question of timing

30th December 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec is to work with Singapore Technologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics) to develop and launch hydraulic hybrid technology in terminal tractors as an option for Kalmar terminal tractors.

30th December 2009

Cargotec partners ST Kinetics

30th December 2009