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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Work is now underway on a high efficiency coal loader, rated at 2,000 tonnes per hour, for Slovenian company Luka Koper, to be installed in the Port of Koper.

11th January 2009

Loads more for Koper

11th January 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Dover has had its own dredger for some time. Nigel Stokes, assistant harbour master, explains that the David Church, which carries out both suction and grab dredging, is in…

9th January 2009

Doing it for themselves

9th January 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

According to San Antonio Port Company (EPSA), several global stevedoring groups have expressed an interest in the 30-year concession to build and operate the new Costanera terminal at the port. With an…

9th January 2009

International interest in San Antonio

9th January 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maintaining channels and berth depths has become an operational migraine as dredgers flock to more lucrative reclamation projects instead, as Stevie Knight discovers

7th January 2009

Dredging – no bottom in sight

7th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new ship-to-shore gantry crane has arrived at the Port of Liverpool for the Royal Seaforth Container Terminal where berthing for deep sea ships is to be increased by a third.

6th January 2009

Crane corners deep sea shipping

6th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Riga saw volumes increase by 13.8% to 21.9m tonnes in the first nine months of this year. The increase reflected growing volumes in dry bulks, mostly coal but also…

5th January 2009

Riga projects

5th January 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Port Services Engineering Ltd (PSEL) has added another facet to its competencies by acquiring a training and HSE company.

4th January 2009

PSEL adds global training arm

4th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Lithuanian port of Klaipeda handled a record 27.36m tonnes lastyear (2007), an increase of almost 16% on 2006. At the time of writing,the forecast was another 10-15% increase for 2008, to…

2nd January 2009

Klaipeda cargo record

2nd January 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The very first two Liebherr rail-mounted stacking container cranes are on order for Russia.

1st January 2009

Cranes go east

1st January 2009

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

As 2008 draws a close, its time for a little reflection on what this year has brought us. But will we learn from the lessons, or will our memories revert to the…

31st December 2008

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31st December 2008

ASIA

ASIA

A giant share swap-shop has been taking place between Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), and the Evergreen group.

31st December 2008

Share swap-shop for HPH

31st December 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Bucking the trend, Busan Port is to globalise its operations in the face of the economic slowdown.

31st December 2008

Busan committed to global programme

31st December 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Kalmar has been awarded a contract to supply 42 Ottawa 4x2 terminal tractors for the expansion of the Port of Salalah, located in the southern region of Oman.

31st December 2008

Salalah expansion signs up tractors

31st December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Strong signs are emerging of a shake-up in Perus ports sector with the Prime Minister Yehude Simon stating that the government plans to prioritise ports, especially concessioning.

31st December 2008

Peru Ports Concessioning

31st December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US investors have shown great interest in financing the improvement of Pimentel port in the northern Peruvian city of Chiclayo, local mayor Roberto Jacinto Purizaca has said.

31st December 2008

Pimental woos Americans

31st December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Mexican deep water Port of Tuxpan will definitely go ahead at a cost of $280m. Finance will come from a consortium of ports and industrial parks, as well as from the…

31st December 2008

Tuxpan to go ahead

31st December 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Demand for Brommas Greenline range of all-electric spreaders showed no sign of waning in the last quarter on 2008.

31st December 2008

Ongoing orders for electric spreaders

31st December 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Competitive trading conditions have seen Auckland Regional Holdings drop Ports of Aucklands book-value from NZ$587.8m (US$323.4m) to NZ$495.7m (US$272.7m). The Auckland Regional Council subsidiary also expects a NZ$24.3m (US$13.4m) dip in the…

30th December 2008

Auckland revaluation

30th December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Maryland Port Authority has hired consultants to identify potential bidders interested in spending $100m-$120m on boosting capacity at the Seagirt Marine Terminal in return for a lease agreement.

30th December 2008

Seagirt terminal upgrade

30th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A Baltic Port Barometer study carried out in June-August this yearpainted a rosy picture of growth and investment. Felicity Landonexamines the findings

29th December 2008

Painting a rosy picture

29th December 2008