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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Problems surrounding the startup of the Perus Paita port concession stem from a lack of communication, the foreign trade and tourism (Mincetur) minister Martí n Pé rez has said.

5th November 2009

Lack of communication compounds Paita problems

5th November 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Shanghai International Port Group has entered into an agreement with the municipality of Yibin to build and manage a new container port. Yibin, which is located at the confluence of the Yangtze,…

5th November 2009

Yibin to get box terminal

5th November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Members of AIVP elected Jean-Pierre Lecomte, to the Chairmanship of AIVP, at their most recent General Assembly in the Icelandic port city of Reykjavik.

4th November 2009

New chairman for AIVP

4th November 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A temporary structure is the obvious choice if the building has to come down again, because other developments earmarked for the site, or those sticky permissions mean that you cant put a…

4th November 2009

Playing with the possibilities

4th November 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Mexicos transport and communications ministry has revised bidding rules for the Punta Colonet port project in Baja California state.

4th November 2009

Punta Colonet

4th November 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Following a delay of four years, a tender encompassing construction of a second container terminal at the south Indian port of Tuticorin is finally to go ahead. The original tender resulted in…

4th November 2009

Second Tuticorin box terminal tender

4th November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Fifty-five ports from all over the world have come together to form the World Ports Climate Initiative. Under the leadership of the IAPH they have committed to jointly reduce the threat of…

3rd November 2009

WPCI update and call for OPS website volunteers

3rd November 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Israeli government is to go ahead with the privatisation of the Ashdod and Haifa port companies.

3rd November 2009

Israel to privatise Ashdod and Haifa

3rd November 2009

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Port Botany’s Container Terminal expansion has passed its compulsory first year environmental audit, exceeding all compliance requirements and winning an unqualified endorsement for a raft of environmental management initiatives.

2nd November 2009

Port Botany container terminal “ticks the green boxes”

2nd November 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A secondhand market for fork-lift trucks certainly exists - even if its sold back to the dealer under buy back terms included in the original tender.

2nd November 2009

Secondhand units not the steal they appear to be

2nd November 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

Tanzania International Container Terminal Services has lost its right to exclusively handle containers in the port of Dar es Salaam for 25 years.

2nd November 2009

TICTS loses exclusivity

2nd November 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An asset-sale, reduction to skeleton three-person staff and returning of governance to the Grey District Council are among measures being pursued for the debt-ridden Port of Greymouth.

2nd November 2009

Drastic measures for Greymouth

2nd November 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Mitsui OSK Lines subsidiary TraPac has renewed its long-term lease contract for a container terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.

2nd November 2009

MOL renews LA lease

2nd November 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A healthy, growing port and a cleaner, healthier environment are compatible goals, as the Port of Charleston demonstrated at a “World Maritime Day” event; an annual event sponsored by the International Maritime…

1st November 2009

Charleston promotes green initiatives for World Maritime Day

1st November 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Representatives of workers, business and local Government have established a Timaru Port Network to advocate for the port and users interests, following Fonterra switching the majority of its local Clandeboye dairy exports…

1st November 2009

Primeport advocacy formed

1st November 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The latest US containerised import statistics reveal a 19.3% drop in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the same period last year, according to PIERS Trade Horizons.

31st October 2009

US figures still in decline

31st October 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The Japanese terminal group Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has cancelled plans to build a dedicated container terminal at the US port of Tacoma, which would have required investment of $300m.

31st October 2009

NYK pulls out of Tacoma terminal agreement

31st October 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

On the green side, fork-lift truck technology is moving on apace.

30th October 2009

FLTs Andy Andrews

30th October 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

The new deepwater Port of Ngqura, South Africa, has welcomed its first commercial containership - the MSC Catania.

30th October 2009

Ngqura unloads its first ship

30th October 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK port executives have urged the government to start supporting the port industry, or risk losing out on business to mainland Europe.

30th October 2009

UK government urged to act now to protect port assets

30th October 2009