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EUROPE

EUROPE

Louise Ellman, UK MP for Liverpool Riverside, has again taken her fight against port rate rises, and the attempt of the UK Valuation Office Agency to push through three years of backdated…

4th February 2009

Rates – no handing back the yolk

4th February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Polish container terminal operator DCT Gdansk passed the 100,000 teu mark ahead of expectations in mid December, helped by the arrival of Maersk Line at the port on the 1 December.

4th February 2009

Gdansk tops 100,000 teu in 2008

4th February 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The new Doha Port in Qatar is to be designed through a partnership between WorleyParsons Qatar WLL and Royal Haskoning, which will develop the ports master plan and full engineering design.

4th February 2009

Doha to have Dutch design

4th February 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Perus port authority, APN  has met port operator DP World to express concerns about the latters plans to modernise a second terminal at Limas Callao port.

4th February 2009

Peru ports

4th February 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Mexicos mega-port of Punta Colonet looks set to among the casualties of the world financial crisis.

4th February 2009

Punta Colonet delay

4th February 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Los Angeles has rebuked negative claims in local media about its Clean Trucks Program.

4th February 2009

Not running on empty says LA

4th February 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Toledo Port Authority and Melford International Terminal have signed an agreement which will see Toledo function as an inland port receiving boxes from a projected new container terminal that Melford plans to…

4th February 2009

Toledo strikes Novia Scotia deal

4th February 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has delivered its 4,500th straddle carrier to Eurogate at Bremerhaven, Germany.

4th February 2009

Kalmars 4,500th straddle carrier

4th February 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Indonesias coal ports have forced a rethink on traditional handling options

3rd February 2009

Coal port logistics

3rd February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam Port Authority has invited bids for construction of phase two of its Euromax Terminal, despite the fact that phase one has yet to be completed. The work involves building 300 metres…

3rd February 2009

Euromax stage two tender

3rd February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad in the Baltic is to go ahead with construction of a new port at Baltiijsk.

3rd February 2009

Kaliningrad hub project gathers steam

3rd February 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

São Sebastião Port Authority is seeking government help to undertake restructuring of the port, where it is hoping to build a further four deep water berths. These will be developed and operated…

3rd February 2009

São Sebastião turns to government

3rd February 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Livorno port in Italy has invested in a set of six all-electric RTGs from Kalmar. Two cranes have just been delivered and the rest are expected in the summer of 2009.

3rd February 2009

Electric RTGs for multipurpose port

3rd February 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Tianjin port in northern China handled 354m tonnes in 2008, compared with 300m tonnes in 2007. Container traffic, at 8.5m teu, was up 19.7%

2nd February 2009

Traffic up at Tianjin

2nd February 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Plans to move cargo terminals away from the Saigon River outside Ho Chi Minh City are unlikely to be fulfilled before 2010, because of a lack of investment capital.

2nd February 2009

Capital shortage holds up Saigon

2nd February 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Transportation and logistics company NZL Group is planning to establish an independent container terminal operation at Port of Taurangas Sulphur Point.

2nd February 2009

Private Tauranga terminal plan announced

2nd February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World has been cleared by European Union competition authorities to form a joint venture to handle break bulk at the Port of Antwerp with partners Conti 7 and Rickmers. The three…

2nd February 2009

DPW Antwerp nod

2nd February 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Expressions of interest have been invited for companies interested in building a deep water bulk jetty at the Port of Sohar in Oman. The jetty will be 600 metres long and connected…

2nd February 2009

Sohar bulk jetty to go ahead

2nd February 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Tallinn has cancelled the project to build new handling facilities at the Port of Muuga, given the difficulty in raising the necessary investment capital and an inability to sign…

1st February 2009

Markets kills Muuga project

1st February 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Santos Port Authority has begun preparing tender documents covering port terminals whose current contracts come up for renewal within the next few years. This will affect at least 10 terminals. Three of…

1st February 2009

Santos makes an early start in re-tendering

1st February 2009