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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Germá n Correa, president of Valparaiso Port Company (EPV), said that he is awaiting resolution of pending injunctions before being able to issue a tender in respect of Berth 2.

9th November 2009

Valparaiso awaiting legal instruction

9th November 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Adani Petronet, has put in an order for two new Gottwald cranes for bulk handling. The new multi-purpose terminal for solid cargo is located in Dahej port, Gujarat, on the west coast…

9th November 2009

Cranes for new terminal at Dahej

9th November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Gothenburg is expanding its range of rail shuttles by once again offering a shuttle service to Drammen in Norway.

9th November 2009

Gothenburg-Drammen rail link re-opens

9th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

A power distribution network on APMs Rotterdam container terminal has just switched over to a wind-generated electricity plant. This will mean the terminal reduces its CO2 emissions by 45% per year, says…

8th November 2009

Rotterdam terminal powers up on Green

8th November 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ecuadors Under-Secretary for Ports and Maritime Transport, Jorge Vera, says that he has begun the procedure to terminate the concession awarded for the port of Esmeraldas to the Puerto Nuevo Milenium consortium.

8th November 2009

Esmeraldas contract to be rescinded

8th November 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The European Sea Ports Organisation, ESPO, recently issued its contribution to the European Commission’s Review on the Future of Transport. This consultation aims to set the basis for the preparation of a…

7th November 2009

ESPO sets out priorities

7th November 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port Otago and the Maritime Union of New Zealand have agreed to work collaboratively to handle the ports expected 15% loss in annual container throughput caused by Fonterras recent port usage review.

7th November 2009

Unity in NZ port restructure

7th November 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A consultant has warned that expansion of the port of Sã o Sebastiã o could have detrimental effects on the highly important tourist industry in the area.

7th November 2009

Expansion of São Sebastião questioned

7th November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Kotka ecoport is a project launched by the Port of Kotka as part of the City of Kotka and its EkoKotka project. Kotka ecoport considers the environment in all operations of the…

6th November 2009

Kotka joins EcoPorts network

6th November 2009

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

The Swedish Forest Industries Federation argues that the stringent regional sulphur rules of the SECA (the Sulphur Emissions Control Area, comprising the English Channel, North Sea and the Baltic Sea) was a…

6th November 2009

Lower sulphur levels in north Europe “are not sustainable”

6th November 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The new president of the Bahia Dock Company (Codeba) says that he hopes to resolve the impasse involving the expansion of the container terminal at the Brazilian port of Salvador at the…

6th November 2009

Resolution in sight for Salvador box terminal

6th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

With boxes out of favour, Eastern European ports are having to look elsewhere for business. Stevie Knight reports

5th November 2009

Power play

5th November 2009

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Much is written about the pioneering nature of the UK port model. Indeed, a fully privatised model was a thing of envy in the late 1990s when ports around the world were…

5th November 2009

Private concerns

5th November 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Its down to partnerships and innovation, claims the New Zealands Lyttelton Port of Christchurch, which has delivered a strong performance for the 2008/2009 financial year. Normalised profits for the year came to…

5th November 2009

Partnerships and innovation brings success

5th November 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An unchanged underlying profit before tax of NZ$11.4m (US$8.5m) and comparable 4% increase in revenue to NZ$55.1m (US$41.2m) for the 2008-2009 financial year was recorded by CentrePort Wellington.

5th November 2009

Diverse New Zealand financials released

5th November 2009

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