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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Emerging nation ports were once the poor relations of the port business in terms of finance options but with interest in the emerging world at an all time high things are changing.…

1st September 2007

More cash on the table

1st September 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Port authorities are increasingly reluctant to provide services themselves if somebody else can do it cheaper and more efficiently, as Alex Hughes finds out

1st September 2007

The outsourcing evolution

1st September 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The introduction of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code in 2004 forced a sharp rethink on the best and most cost effective route to improving security at ports around the…

1st September 2007

A question of security

1st September 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Maintenance dredging is an area where ports are increasingly seeking external input and Rotterdam has proved itself an expert in this regard – it has never undertaken this activity in house.

1st September 2007

Shifting the sediment

1st September 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Land reclamation is often viewed as the only answer to space constraints, but it is not without its own problems, warns Alex Hughes

1st September 2007

From sea to shore

1st September 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Settlement, regarded by some as one of the huge unknowns in any land reclamation project, need not be a major problem, if reclaimed areas are subjected to a geo-technical improvement programme as…

1st September 2007

Settling down to business

1st September 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Colombo prepares to fight off nearby transhipment challenges. Wing Kah-goh outlines the main contender

1st September 2007

Gloves are off

1st September 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

How does a port choose the right X-ray screening system for its operations? It depends what you’ re looking for. Felicity Landon reports

1st September 2007

Deep Vision

1st September 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

X-ray scanning technology is somewhat mature, according to Rapiscan’ s Peter Kant. “ We have multiple players in the market to deliver it, and the technology today isn’ t all that different…

1st September 2007

Look to software for improved outputs

1st September 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Removing the human element could avoid the time-consuming interpretation of X-ray images, as Felicity Landon finds out

1st September 2007

Dodging detection delays

1st September 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Smiths Detection, part of the global Smiths Group, recently delivered two HCV-Mobile systems to French customs, to screen trucks for narcotics, contraband and counterfeit goods. It is the first time the French…

1st September 2007

Mobile solutions win over French officials

1st September 2007

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

The UK Government delivered its port policy interim review document in mid- July and this raises a number of interesting issues. One in particular appears worthy of comment. The point is made…

1st September 2007

UK ports need realism, not optimism

1st September 2007

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

In the world of shipping we have eternal optimists who would have us believe that growth in trade has reached runaway proportions and will not stop in the foreseeable future. There is…

1st September 2007

Shipping and the sun spot theory of economic cycles

1st September 2007

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Give or take a few US politicians, no-one thinks its workable, no-one wants it, it will be expensive but it is in the pipeline. “ It” is, of course, new legislation in…

1st September 2007

Burst that bubble

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

China’ s Ministry of Communications predicts that domestic ports will be handling 6bn tonnes by 2020 compared with 3.95bn tonnes in 2006. It also anticipates an increase in the amount of foreign…

1st September 2007

CHINA GROWTH EXPLOSION

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Russia is to invest $1.2bn on a new dry port in the Krasnodar region as a means of reducing the amount of domestic coal and containers shipped from ports in Ukraine. The…

1st September 2007

RUSSIA SIDELINES UKRAINE

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Six foreign companies and nine Indian companies have indicated in interest in the project to develop a RoRo car terminal at the port of Chennai costing € 142m ($193.7m). This will be…

1st September 2007

CHENNAI CAR TERMINAL

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

A lack of concrete progress on many of Vietnam’ s proposed port projects is being blamed on consultants. 

1st September 2007

Go slow on Vietnamese port projects

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Port Klang Authority is seeking consultants to carry out a feasibility study on developing a plot of industrial land next to Sungei Puloh. This will be incorporated into the Northport concession. The…

1st September 2007

KLANG TO EXPAND NORTHPORT

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Myanmar is to build a new deep seaport on its western coastline at Mayday island near Kyauhphyu. Privately-owned Asian World will undertake construction; it originally carried out the project survey.

1st September 2007

MYANMAR DEEP AMBITIONS

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Group, parent of Shanghai-listed Lianyungang Port Co Ltd (SHA 601008), has issued Yuan400m ($53m) worth of 365-day discount bills on the interbank bonds market to optimise its loan structure.

1st September 2007

LIANYUNGANG BOND ISSUE

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

The fortunes of DP World flagship facility Busan Newport (PNC) have improved with confirmation that the world’ s  largest containerline is moving in. 

1st September 2007

Busan New Port secures Maersk calls

1st September 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Divers have wrapped wharf posts at New Zealand’ s South Port in plastic in an attempt to suffocate the invasive underwater pest Undaria. A recent check of 65 boats at the port…

1st September 2007

PLASTIC UNDARIA BATTLE

1st September 2007