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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A Port Otago restructuring proposal has been strongly rejected by the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union. MUNZ national president Phil Adams says the proposal…

28th August 2009

Otago port restructure rejected

28th August 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Following Julys crane incident at DP World Southampton which happened when the boom of a crane collapsed, trapping and seriously injuring the crane driver, Jay Squibb, the company says that Mr Squibb…

28th August 2009

Southampton crane incident

28th August 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The forklift truck industry was one of the earliest sectors to feel the effects of the economic downturn but could be one of the first to emerge from the recession, says John…

28th August 2009

Forklift sales indicate rising economies

28th August 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese city of Wuhan is investing $3.4bn in building a major port complex. There are two main projects being developed across two phases. One of them will be a bulk terminal…

27th August 2009

Wuhan building major port complex

27th August 2009

ASIA

ASIA

A joint PSA and Hanjin consortium has been awarded the operating rights to Phase 1-1 at Busan New Port, consisting of three berths.

27th August 2009

Busan picks New Port partner

27th August 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Nine consortia have registered to participate in the tender for the 20-year concession for the second container terminal at the port of Manzanillo in Mexico.

27th August 2009

Nine eye second Manzanillo box terminal

27th August 2009

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The summer period of vacations, leaving offices and governments with skeleton staff, is known as the silly season in the UK and the dead season in France. There are few events of…

26th August 2009

The Silly Season

26th August 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Questions are being asked about the second stage development of Moroccos Tanger-Med Mediterranean transhipment hub.

26th August 2009

Delays to Tanger-Med II

26th August 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Ports Corporation of Jordan, which is due to be transformed into a standalone company, could take longer than expected.

26th August 2009

Jordan ports body hits a wall

26th August 2009

ASIA

ASIA

A single consortium, consisting of Aitken Spence and China Merchant Holdings, has bid for the contract to design and build the proposed new container terminal in the Sri Lankan port of Colombo.…

25th August 2009

One bid for new Colombo box terminal design

25th August 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port of Barcelona is on course to handle a maximum of 1.86m teu this year, a decrease of 700,000 teu over 2008.

25th August 2009

Significant box losses at Barcelona

25th August 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

After ten years of operating two Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTGs) cranes, Buenos Aires Container Terminal Services has looked to Cargotec Argentina to raise the performance of their existing RTGs from 1 over…

24th August 2009

Raised to new heights

24th August 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The government of Venezuela has signed a decree terminating concessions of all private port terminals in the country. Henceforth, these will report to state-owned companies Bolipuertos and Puertos del Litoral Central. To…

21st August 2009

Venezuela privatises ports

21st August 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Recently published statistics suggest that traffic at Chinese ports is making a recovery.

20th August 2009

Second half recovery forecast for Chinese ports

20th August 2009

ASIA

ASIA

According to official Chinese sources, construction began on 28 July of two new terminals in the port of Tianjin. These were the Nanjiang Special Ore Terminal and the Shenhua Coal Terminal. The…

20th August 2009

Two new terminals for Tianjin

20th August 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The business world has witnessed unprecedented collaboration betweencompetitors during the economic downturn that would have seemedunthinkable a few years ago.

19th August 2009

Love thy neighbour

19th August 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

JP Morgan is reported to still be interested in acquiring Dragados-SPL from the Spanish ACS group, although it is said to be hesitant about buying the port assets given the high price…

18th August 2009

Dragados-SPL privatisation now without rail interests

18th August 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

In the interests of keeping operator costs at a minimumthroughout the lifetime of cable reel equipment, many operatorspurchase cables and reels together as a package, says Cavotec Specimas ERTG product manager, DiegoSanchez.

17th August 2009

Buy in bulk to save costs

17th August 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The current state of the global container market has prompted DP World to delay its $1.5bn investment in a proposed third terminal at Jebel Ali. The project will be re-visited once business…

15th August 2009

Plug pulled on Jebel Ali 3

15th August 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

In the highly competitive UK grain market, terminals are reluctant to release information on actual volumes handled or, indeed, forecast how much grain will pass through terminals this year.

12th August 2009

Side 2

12th August 2009