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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Two post-Panamax cranes were delivered by Liebherr to the United Arab Emirates in a ready to go state recently - despite high seas which meant the delivery barge had to take shelter…

14th May 2009

Cranes sail into port upright

14th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

PIANC 2009 Resolution on Climate Change During its Annual General Assembly in Helsinki at the end of May, PIANC prepared the following 2009 Resolution: “With the impact of Climate Change now being…

13th May 2009

PIANC 2009 Resolution on Climate Change

13th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Jakartas key port is taking a leaf out of Rotterdams books on management, as Mike King discovers

13th May 2009

Jakarta port profile

13th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Kalmar has won a five-year equipment servicing and maintenance contract from Durres Port Authority (DPA) in Albania. Part of the ports drive to a landlord model, DPA said the partnership with Cargotecs…

13th May 2009

Durres plumps for Kalmar

13th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The UK Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the Environmental Audit Committee’s report on carbon emissions from shipping and its promotion of a more robust methodology to determine the UK’s share of…

12th May 2009

FTA urges caution over shipping emissions report

12th May 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Many of South East Asias key ports are taking advantage of the sliding box sector to focus attention on non-containerised cargo.

12th May 2009

A chance for non-container cargoes to shine

12th May 2009

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Public-private partnerships (PPP) are back in the news. In March, ata time when reports of slower trade growth continued to mount, reportsof two fresh US port privatisations (one agreed upon, one at…

12th May 2009

New Yorker April Opinion

12th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseilles Fos has set out its goals through to 2013 in line with sweeping reforms to the French port industry introduced last July.

12th May 2009

Marseilles sets four-year path

12th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils National Agency for Waterborne Transport (Antaq) has confirmed that demand is sufficient for the national government to expand Santos Port.

12th May 2009

Santos expansion confirmed as viable

12th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Bremen Exhibition and Conference Centre will play host to the 33rd TOC Europe, from 16–18 June 2009, where more than 120 exhibitors will showcase the latest in cutting edge technology, alongside…

11th May 2009

TOC Europe 2009: helping the ports industry ride out the storm

11th May 2009

ASIA

ASIA

South East Asian ports are tightening the purse-strings as the recession bites out east. Mike King reports

11th May 2009

Asias year of thrift

11th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

PD Ports has voiced strong concerns to the UK governments proposed hike in light dues which, it believes, will add significantly to the annual costs of goods passing through UK ports.

11th May 2009

PD Ports criticises light dues hike

11th May 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Chinese investment is being sought to boost the development of Port Kembla in New South Wales. Ports Minister Joe Tripodi announced the establishment of an economic development committee to attract Chinese investment…

10th May 2009

Kembla seeks Chinese investors

10th May 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Lebanese government will issue a tender by the end of April for a $120m expansion of the port of Beirut. Work is due to take no more than 30 months and…

10th May 2009

Expansion at Beirut

10th May 2009

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Executives at ports in the Asia/Pacific region will shortly beturning their attention to an annual financial exercise which should beconsiderably more straightforward than the complexities occasioned bythe downturn in trade volumes.

9th May 2009

The Insurer

9th May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Los Angeles will begin generating one megawatt of electricity via 71,500 square feet of solar panels on its World Cruise Center rooftop by the end of 2009. A $9…

9th May 2009

Port of Los Angeles to start rooftop solar power project

9th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Crippling backdated rates demands still hang heavy over UK port businesses. Felicity Landon takes stock of the sorry affair

8th May 2009

Port business rates – Defending the indefensible

8th May 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The polarisation of the two sides was well illustrated by the furore earlier this year when Maersk, one of the carriers most willing to embrace charging transparency in the post-conference era, adjusted…

7th May 2009

Maersk tackles THC transparency

7th May 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec has won its first commercial contract: an order from US-based security company Lockheed Martin for a spreader-mounted radiation detection system.

7th May 2009

Cargotec wins commercial contract

7th May 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

With the end of the container line conference system in Europe, the battle over terminal handling charges has now moved to Asia. Mike King examines this controversial fee

6th May 2009

polarisation at ports

6th May 2009