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EUROPE

EUROPE

Grupo Boluda Corporacion Maritima confirmed an order for eight rubber-tyred gantry (RTGs) cranes, while Dragados ordered a further six RTGs from Konecranes.

1st June 2007

SPANISH RTG BOOST

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Steel specialist ThyssenKrupp Steel has announced that it will favour Rotterdam when it expands its manufacturing capacities around the world. 

1st June 2007

Rotterdam on the slab with ThyssenKrupp deal

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

In an attempt to put crippling strike action earlier this year behind it, Marseilles has announced a string of investments to secure its future growth. 

1st June 2007

Marseilles takes the long view

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK’ s Argyll Telecom has launched a waterproof device for mobile personnel monitoring allowing easy pinpointing of workers in an emergency. The MaxCare device, which can be worn on the arm,…

1st June 2007

Port workers need never be alone

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Partial opening of Barcelona’ s El Prat Quay has been put back to mid-2009. This follows the collapse on January 1, 2007 of one third of the 1,500 metre quay line.

1st June 2007

EL PRAT PUT BACK TO 2010

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has spearheaded a drive to develop a benchmarking system for terminals. 

1st June 2007

Mark of quality for container terminals

1st June 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Personal injury and handling equipment incidents on the quayside are on the up in Europe and the US, as ports struggle to boost capacity to meet the challenge of China. 

1st June 2007

Personal injury claims on the rise

1st June 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Oman-based Port Services Corporation, which operates and manages Port Sultan Qaboos, has revealed that it is seeking additional port management possibilities both within Oman and also abroad. Initially, negotiations are to be…

1st June 2007

PSC SEEKS CONTRACTS

1st June 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Truck parking around the Nigerian port of Apapa, as well as the location of tank farms on the main road to the facility, are causing serious congestion in the immediate area. A…

1st June 2007

TRUCKS CLOG APAPA

1st June 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

KGL Ports International has signed a memorandum of understanding with Qatar-based Tatweer Infrastructure Company to undertake joint port infrastructure projects wherever they present themselves.

1st June 2007

KGL AND TATWEER JV

1st June 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Kenyan government is to fund a € 37m ($49.9m) dredging programme at the port of Mombasa.Work,which will involve deepening and widening the port channel, will be completed within three years. It…

1st June 2007

DREDGING PROGRAMME FOR MOMBASA

1st June 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World has placed an order for 129 terminal trailers with global handing solutions provider Gaussin.The trailers, due for delivery this summer, will operate in the new Terminal 2 expansion phase of…

1st June 2007

DPW JEBEL ALI INVESTMENT

1st June 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World reported a net profit of $216.9m in 2006 compared with one of $242.5m in 2005. 

1st June 2007

DP World profits take a tumble

1st June 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Labour Court in the Israeli city of Haifa has determined that local port workers will be personally fined € 182 ($248) for every hour that they go on strike. Should the…

1st June 2007

Yellow card for Haifa strikers

1st June 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Jordan is readying itself for a $3bn project to relocate its only port, Aqaba, to deeper waters 20 km south to expand its handling capacity. The government has confirmed that it has…

1st June 2007

Jordan prepares Aqaba tender

1st June 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

South Africa’ s National Port Authority has decided to implement the € 363m ($489.7m) first phase development of Ngqura without private sector partners. However, it is still interested in collaborating with external…

1st June 2007

Ngqura development ploughs ahead

1st June 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Gulftainer’ s Khor Fakkan Terminal produced record handling figures of 237 moves per hour with four super post-panamax cranes when the CMACGM La Traviata called last month. 

1st June 2007

Khor Fakkan boasts record moves

1st June 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

San Vicente Terminal Internacional has been granted a 15-year extension to its container terminal concession at the Chilean port of the same name.The concession will now run for 30 years as from…

1st June 2007

SAN VICENTE EXTENSION

1st June 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Spanish company Alinport has begun construction of the port of Posorja in Ecuador, which will occupy a 200,000 square metre area.Total cost is $450m.

1st June 2007

ALINPORT STARTS POSORJA

1st June 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Santa Catarina, with investment of € 491m ($664.3m), is Brazil' s leading port this year in terms of private capital.Part of the money is being spent on constructing two new complexes, various…

1st June 2007

SANTA CATARINA LEADS

1st June 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Halifax Port Authority has awarded a wide-area surveillance contract to PureTech Systems.The technology will be installed under a C$8m (US$7.2m) contract.

1st June 2007

PURETECH HALIFAX COUP

1st June 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Terminales Internacionales del Ecuador (TIDE) believes that there are bureaucratic obstacles in place that mean potential cargo is still being displaced to terminals in Guayaquil rather than going through its port of…

1st June 2007

Burden of bureaucracy

1st June 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The governor of the Panamanian province of Chiriquí has asked Panama Maritime Authority to have another look at the concession awarded to a company in Pedregal port, which he believes has not…

1st June 2007

Pedregal port concession challenged

1st June 2007