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EUROPE

EUROPE

Dramatic drops in traffic at Valencia at the end of 2008 have continued into 2009, leaving some 400 dockworkers with practically no work to do.

2nd April 2009

Declining work for Spanish dock workers

2nd April 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Effective hydrographic surveying demands a great deal more than simply buying in the latest equipment or calling in outside contractors, as Felicity Landon explains

1st April 2009

A clear understanding

1st April 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigerias Sifax group, which is involved in port concessions and in the management of bonded warehouses, has revealed it is in discussions with DP World regarding the construction of a modern port…

1st April 2009

New Lagos deep water port planned

1st April 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Mutual insurer the TT Club has reported what it terms satisfactory financial results for 2008 amid market conditions which have drastically reined back earnings elsewhere in the insurance industry.

1st April 2009

TT Club slips into deficit

1st April 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Amsterdams Ceres Paragon terminal has changed its name to Amsterdam Container Terminals (ACT) effective immediately. The name change follows a share-swapping agreement, signed in December 2008, when Hutchison Port Holdings became the…

1st April 2009

Ceres identity shift

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Manta port authority APM is analysing a number of alternatives to continue the development of the port, APM president Lucí a Ferná ndez has said amid press reports suggesting Chinese, Spanish and…

1st April 2009

Manta

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US container ports on both coasts are acutely suffering from major downturns in traffic.

1st April 2009

Traffic downturn widespread across US

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports America beat off the competition to win a 50-year concession for five container terminals at the US Port of Oakland.

1st April 2009

Oakland concession granted

1st April 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Kalmar has also received an order to supply 15 of its ESC W straddle carriers to DP World Southampton in the UK. Two of the machines will be fitted with Kalmar’s new…

1st April 2009

Kalmar hybrids for DP World Southampton

1st April 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

With fuel costs increasing and growing pressure to reduce exhaust emissions, many terminal operators are now evaluating Kalmar’s new ‘hybrid’ straddle carrier. Tilbury Container Services (TCS), operators of the only dedicated, modern,…

1st April 2009

Kalmar: TCS goes green

1st April 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Despite financial turmoil around the world, Ports of Auckland has not initiated a major equipment outsourcing programme, preferring to make better use of in-house staff.

31st March 2009

Rob van Hove

31st March 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says it plans to help the region overcome current and long-term difficulties by adopting similar strategies to those developed during the Asian meltdown of 1997-98.

31st March 2009

Asian bank looks to increase capital

31st March 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Will the credit crisis send ports scuttling to outsource costly equipment maintenance, or will greater in-house commitments be the answer? Alex Hughes finds out

30th March 2009

Maintenance outsourcing

30th March 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

There are few signs that liquidity is returning to the world of port finance, as Mike King discovers

30th March 2009

All quiet on the lending front

30th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Year-end throughput figures for the US Port of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) make ugly, albeit expected, reading reporting flat growth in container activity for the first time since 1993.

30th March 2009

New York/New Jerseys flat figures

30th March 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Swiss transport and power technology expert Numexia SA has adapted its groundbreaking contactless energy transfer technology to pioneer a zero-emission energy solution for Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in use at container terminals.

29th March 2009

ZERO- Emission AGV technology developed by Numexia and TTS

29th March 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cosco has officially been granted a 35-year concession by the Greek government to run the port of Piraeus.

29th March 2009

Cosco cements relations with Piraeus

29th March 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Long Beach has taken delivery of a new environmentally friendly dolphin-class, diesel electric hybrid tugboat, a vessel custom-built by Foss Maritime of Seattle to help ports clean the air.…

27th March 2009

New enviro tug joins Long Beach fleet

27th March 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Capacity at the Brazilian port is set to double over the coming year. Rob Ward reports

27th March 2009

Santos capacity set to double

27th March 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Japan has always been a difficult market to crack. Not only has the country a traditionally protectionist mentality toward its own industries - especially when it comes to any perceived Chinese encroachment…

26th March 2009

Japan – from under its shell

26th March 2009