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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Authorities in the ports of Guayquil and Puerto Bolívar have until June 30, 2007 to transfer existing terminal operations to private-sector companies.

1st March 2007

PRIVATISATION SPEEDS UP

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Hutchison Port Holdings has handed over the Ecuadorian Port of Manta to Terminales Internacionales del Ecuador (Tide),marking the start of a 30-year concession.The original  agreement, which had seen the transfer taking place…

1st March 2007

MANTA HANDOVER COMPLETE

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Small port terminal operators in Ecuador are somewhat worried by the emergence of major port development projects, such as Manta and Posorja.

1st March 2007

Ecuadorians fear competition from outsiders

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Kalmar has acquired American service company Port Equipment Service to strengthen its position in US ports.The deal, sealed at an undisclosed sum, will see the founders of PES, Dan Stevens and Tom…

1st March 2007

US PURCHASE FOR KALMAR

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Container radiation scanning specialist VeriTainer and shipping optical character recognition developer APS Technology have teamed up to offer high-tech box identification at ports.

1st March 2007

Scanning partnership to improve security

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Libra Group, Brazils leading port container operator, is looking to invest $12m in Terminal 37 at the port of Santos, which would also involve the acquisition of two quayside gantry cranes,…

1st March 2007

Libra moots Santos investment increase

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Santos Port Authority (Codesp) has asked the Port Authority Council (CAP) to be allowed to keep offering 50% discounts for transhipment and cabotage traffic in the port for at least a further…

1st March 2007

Port wants to keep short sea discounts

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Australia is taking advantage of the dry bulk boom to push through port developments as David MacIntyre finds out

1st January 2007

Coals from Newcastle

1st January 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Moving coal from A to B is simply not enough. Todays coal handling systems need to offer more, as Iain MacIntyre explains

1st January 2007

Conveying the load

1st January 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Samskip and terminal operator PSA HNN have announced that they are to cooperate in the development of the Port of Zeebrugge as an important hub for shortsea container activities in Northern Europe.

1st January 2007

Zeebrugge lures the big boys

1st January 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Across the Port of Rotterdam there are nearly 50 major development projects either under way or close to starting, including two liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, four electricity plants and eight new…

1st January 2007

A hive of Activity

1st January 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdams new port and industrial zone, is to be built right on the North Sea.Development is expected to take place over the next 20 to 30 years. The development will…

1st January 2007

Maasvlakte 2 in figures

1st January 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Crane classification is increasingly important in the market, but what does it mean? A crane must be a high-performance machine,with high lifting capacities, but what use is a powerful crane if it…

1st January 2007

A question of classification

1st January 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Globalisation, privatisation, competition and cost pressures are driving changes in the cargo handling business and in the design and construction of mobile harbour cranes, as David Foxwell finds out

1st January 2007

Upwardly Mobile

1st January 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Many ports and terminals continue to use cranes that are 15-20 or more years old,but once a crane reaches that sort of age inevitably electrical components begin to become unreliable, breakdowns can…

1st January 2007

New life for old cranes

1st January 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

There have been some amazing numbers achieved recently regarding port business sales, but perhaps even more amazing when you dig into this is that the high numbers are not seen by the…

1st January 2007

Under the Spotlight

1st January 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The capital outlay may be significant but can port executives really risk putting untrained staff into expensive cranes for on-the-job training? Alex Hughes reports

1st January 2007

Money well spent

1st January 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

It is not only the cynics who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. This is a quality of character occasionally displayed by the upper echelons of management in…

1st January 2007

Dont forget safety

1st January 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The port-ship communications interface needs to be seamless to combat rising congestion and improve operations. Stuart Butts explains

1st January 2007

The right connections

1st January 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Get ready to meet a new strategic priority in 2007 by following these eight steps: 1) Define the vision.Check with your IT Department if your port already has in place data transformation…

1st January 2007

New year,new strategy

1st January 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Undeterred by neighbouring Dubais bid to build a regional superport,Abu Dhabi is breathing new life into a decade-old port development plan. Alex Hughes reports

1st January 2007

Room for two

1st January 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Buoyed by booming throughput,Antwerp has set its targets on modernising work practices. Felicity Landon reports

1st January 2007

Locking on to labour

1st January 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

CCTV technology can offer everything from movement detection to automated number place recognition.But first,ports must make choices on monitoring levels,coverage and layout.Felicity Landon reports

1st January 2007

Under watchful eyes

1st January 2007