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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The port of Santos needs investment of $5bn to prevent capacity restraints stifling economic growth, a recent study has concluded.

30th October 2009

Santos needs $5bn investment

30th October 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Fork lift trucks are being confined to an ever smaller pool of duties, operators confide in Alex Hughes

29th October 2009

FLTs

29th October 2009

ASIA

ASIA

China claims that the new Shanghai Yangshan port that entered operations this autumn is the worlds largest in terms of container handling. Construction began in 2002 and culminated in the building of…

29th October 2009

Yangshan now biggest port in the world

29th October 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The opening of the Bahrain Gateway is not to the detriment of Mina Salman,as Patrik Wheater finds out

28th October 2009

KBSP: all part of the Master Plan

28th October 2009

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The Black Sea, the so-called inland sea borderedby Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, is one of the areas of the world mostnegatively impacted by the recent economic downturn. But longer term this…

28th October 2009

PS PAGE COPY

28th October 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani handed out the first Gijón. The Award, a wooden work of art designed by the Belgian artist Francois Schuiten, was given during a festive ceremony held at…

28th October 2009

Port of Gijon wins first ESPO award

28th October 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

28 October...The seventh annual facilities engineering awards - a salute to exemplary port programs and best practices – took place during the 98th AAPA Convention in Galveston.

28th October 2009

AAPA Annual Awards Program

28th October 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Syrias Tartous International Container Terminal (TICT) recorded a 44% increase in container throughput during the first six months of the year over the same period in 2008 and is gearing up for…

27th October 2009

Throughput boost for Syrias TICT

27th October 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Are port infrastructure development projects aimed at placing Saudi Arabia as the transhipment hub of the Middle East? Patrik Wheater reports

26th October 2009

By-passing the Gulf

26th October 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Dockworkers Company of the State of Sã o Paulo (Codesp) has issued a tender for the bulk solids terminal formally managed by Cargill, whose own contract expired in 2005, but was…

26th October 2009

Cargill terminal tender issued

26th October 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The London-based private-equity investor, 3i Group Plc, which has amassed a $1.2bn infrastructure fund for India, has announced it is seeking a third investment opportunity in the country.

26th October 2009

3i eyes third port project in India

26th October 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Bangladeshs Anti-Corruption Commission has appointed a three-person team to look into corruption allegations at the port of Chittagong. The decision was prompted by a request from the Shipping Ministry.

25th October 2009

Chittagong corruption commission

25th October 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. The first departure will be at the beginning of November…

23rd October 2009

Gothenburg to Drammen – new rail shuttle link

23rd October 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Growingglobal concerns for the environment are beginning to make theirpresence felt in the fender market, where ports are beginning to givegreen materials a greater importance.

20th October 2009

Green importance grows slowly in fenders

20th October 2009

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

More and more, moving a container from A to B is becoming like flying with a low cost budget airline. You book your ticket, you pay the fare only to find that…

20th October 2009

Fly by night

20th October 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

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20th October 2009

DP World not selling stake

20th October 2009

ASIA

ASIA

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20th October 2009

Buy now-pay later in Busan

20th October 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Vietnams Saigon Newport Company has signed a contract for six all-electric Kalmar E-One rubber-tyred gantry cranes for the first phase of its Tan Cang-Cai Mep International Container deepwater port near Ho Chi…

20th October 2009

Saigon orders Kalmar RTGs

20th October 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Growing concern about mooring accidents, from both the shipping and stevedoring organisations, has led to calls for improvements in best practice to prevent deaths and injuries, particularly in dry bulk and containers…

20th October 2009

Larger ships and less experience to blame for mooring incidents

20th October 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

October 20...The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) Board today adopted the first major update to the organization’s strategic plan in several years. The plan highlights Charleston’s tremendous harbour depth advantage, refines…

20th October 2009

South Carolina Ports’ Strategic Plan Highlights Harbour Depth Advantage

20th October 2009