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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Mobile Container Terminal, a joint venture between APM Terminals and the Terminal Link subsidiary of the CMA CGM group, has started operations at the US port of Mobile. Its current capacity of…

20th January 2009

Mobile box terminal opens

20th January 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World says that the economic downturn will not have any impact on completion of the new international transhipment terminal at Kochi in India.

19th January 2009

DP World unfazed by economic downturn

19th January 2009

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

It is not often that we can clearly identify distinct changes in economic realities but we can safely say that September 2008 was just such a critical time point.

16th January 2009

Economic Reality

16th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Mutual insurer TT Club has retained the vast majority of its prime ports and terminals portfolio, following hard fought start-of-the-year renewal negotiations.

16th January 2009

TT Club confident after renewals battle

16th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The latest report from Drewry Shipping Consultants points out what some may feel is the obvious - that 2009 will be the toughest test yet for the container industry and there is…

16th January 2009

Drewry paints bleak picture

16th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

After 30 months of negotiation, trade unions at the Port of Algeciras have finally agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement.

16th January 2009

Algeciras unions strike deal with Maersk

16th January 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Logistics company Import Services has found a niche for storage combined with high volume retail pick and pack, close to Southampton container port.

16th January 2009

Logistics winner for Southampton

16th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

London Thamesport has introduced an e-mail alert system to update hauliers and port users on operational conditions.

15th January 2009

Email alerts from Thamesport

15th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Union has approved $765m of public funding for the $1.2bn new deepwater port of Wilhelmshaven in Germany. The money will come from the federal states of Bremen and Lower Saxony.…

15th January 2009

Public funding for JadeWeser approved

15th January 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils Special Secretariat of Ports (SEP) has published a tender in respect of the deepening of the access channel at the Port of Rio Grande. Investment will be $84m, of which $63m…

14th January 2009

Rio Grande to deepen access channel

14th January 2009

ASIA

ASIA

China Merchants Holdings (International) is to cut back plans to develop terminals and also possibly adjust capital expenditure as the economic downturn begins to impact in China.

13th January 2009

CMH announces cut backs

13th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

As part of port expansion plans, Portroe Stevedores Ltd has taken delivery of six Liebherr rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for the Port of Dublin, Ireland.

12th January 2009

Dublin and Algeria plan on Liebherr

12th January 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Chiles port of Mejillones plans to upgrade its facilities in order to be able to store and ship iron ore from mid-2009 onwards, media have reported.

12th January 2009

Chile

12th January 2009

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