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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The trick is to design a low cost terminal with an early start-up,which is ready for future expansion, as Felicity Landon finds out

1st March 2007

Future-proofing

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A glistening future beckons as Shanghai proves its dominance in the port world. Wing Kah-goh reports

1st March 2007

Crowning glory

1st March 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Denmarks piloting sector has opened its doors.Will this overhaul further improve an already well-performing industry or become a massive cross to bear? Alex Hughes finds out

1st March 2007

Changing course

1st March 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Australias experience of liberalisation of its pilotage industry has been less than positive.Alex Hughes examines what went wrong

1st March 2007

Lessons to be learnt

1st March 2007

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Environmentis a word that will progressively burn its way into the psyche of business in the 21st century. Inevitably, with trends in motion such as global warming, there will increasingly be a…

1st March 2007

Green credentials

1st March 2007

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

More labour trouble in Gioia Tauro to the extent that Contship Italia, the transhipment terminals operator, has issued threats about exiting the terminal. The visible cause of the problems is the newly…

1st March 2007

More trouble at the transhipment mill

1st March 2007

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

There has been much speculation on the highly unusual activity of a group of business and academic persons who, under C C Tung as convener, have been charged with making Hong Kong…

1st March 2007

Costly Hong Kong

1st March 2007

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The flurry of activity at shipyards, as new orders come in for ever larger containerships, appears to have no end in sight.Combine this with the increasing size of terminal operators and the…

1st March 2007

A dose of collective amnesia

1st March 2007

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

This issues article, Easy Money, highlights the increasing attractiveness of the ports sector to investment banks, infrastructure and pension funds. They are now figuring to an increasing extent in the growing port…

1st March 2007

Money vs expertise

1st March 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

In a bid to address one of the biggest threats to maritime trade and one widely feared by terminal operators, the TT Club now offers cover for nuclear and bio-chemical terrorism. This…

1st March 2007

TT terrorism coverage

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Following a pilot scheme in February, Port Qasim is expected to start screening US-bound containers from March this year. There will be a live video link between customs authorities in both Pakistan…

1st March 2007

PORT QASIM SCREENS US BOUND BOXES

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Vietnam International Container Terminal has decided to upgrade infrastructure at its facility in Ho Chi Min City.Work will include extending the quay by 192 metres to 678 metres, thereby allowing the terminal…

1st March 2007

VICT EXPANDS INFRASTRUCTURE

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

A consortium led by Orissa Stevedores Limited has begun handling cargo at the minor Indian port of Gopalpur.Within four years, it plans to have developed facilities to handle 20m tonnes annually,which it…

1st March 2007

OPERATIONS RECOMMENCE AT GOPALPUR

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

While plans by the state government of Andhra Pradesh in India to build a deepwater port at the town of Machilipatnam have been generally welcomed, the proposed location of the port has…

1st March 2007

CONTROVERSIAL PLANS AT MACHILIPATNAM

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

International Container Terminal Services Inc and subsidiary Manila International Container Terminal have given the go-ahead for the development of a disaster recovery site through DataOne Asia. The site will allow business to…

1st March 2007

Disaster recovery plan for MICT

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Busan marks the latest port to sign up to Savitraks Radio Frequency Identity (RFID) service. The product is built on an opentechnology network that captures data from all types of standards-based Automatic…

1st March 2007

Busan won over by Savitrak

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

PSA has received a letter of intent confirming the build-operatetransfer contract to run the Pakistani port of Gwadar as part of a 40-year concession. Three quarters of the $248m project was financed…

1st March 2007

PSA to run Gwadar

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Bangladeshs leading port of Chittagong claims to have overcome industrial action by its workers unhappy with plans to privatise operations at the container terminal.

1st March 2007

Labour peace returns to Chittagong

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

DP World has revealed that it is seeking new infrastructure projects in the Indian state of West Bengal.The company is already heavily involved in the Kulpi port construction project, which also features…

1st March 2007

DPW EYES WEST BENGAL

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

With throughput in excess of 530m tonnes, Shanghai remains the worlds busiest port for the second consecutive year,with traffic growth of 19.8%. In terms  of box traffic, it handled more than 20m…

1st March 2007

SHANGHAI STILL NO.1

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

The Japanese government is to spend $9m on rehabilitating the Angolan ports of Namibe and Lobito.The former,which was built in 1961, has 680 metres of quay, but its existing container stacking yard…

1st March 2007

JAPANESE INVEST IN ANGOLA

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

To facilitate the entry of postpanamax ships, Karachi Port Trust is to rebuild berths 14-17 and widen the access channel at Junabunder.At present, the 12.2 metre draught restriction will remain, although dredging…

1st March 2007

KPT DEEPENS DRAUGHT

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Competition from China and other Asian countries has prompted the port of Kaohsiung to announce a $1.5bn investment programme, which aims to increase traffic and upgrade infrastructure over the next eight years. …

1st March 2007

Kaohsiung invests to compete with China

1st March 2007