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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

There is still an appetite for financing the stronger port projects going forward, but banks and equity providers will be more cautious towards projects with higher risk profiles, says Karsten Saethre, associate…

8th December 2008

More caution

8th December 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

An ad hoc Senate Committee in Nigeria has accused the Bureau of Public Enterprises of awarding the concession for Tin Can Port to ghost companies.

8th December 2008

Ghost companies buy Nigerian terminals

8th December 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Finlands Mantsinen Group has developed two new generation models of electrically powered cranes to meet the demands of increasingly environmentally-aware customers.

8th December 2008

Mantsinen launches greener unloaders

8th December 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Is finance still available for port expansions and acquisitions? The answer appears to be yes but it will cost more and it will be harder to get. Felicity Landon reports

5th December 2008

Safer than houses?

5th December 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Proof that rail mounted gantry cranes (RMGs) have a significantworking life can be seen by the two currently deployed at the UK portof Sheerness.

4th December 2008

Sheerness flies the RMG flag

4th December 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

RMGs get short shrift when operators consider quayside container handling options, but are they unfairly tagged as unflexible? Alex Hughes believes so

3rd December 2008

RMG article

3rd December 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority decision to allocate more than half of container handling operations at Tema Port to Meridian Port Services has been met with angry criticism.

3rd December 2008

Ghana in hot water over Meridian

3rd December 2008

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

That might be the motto for port and terminal operators as they and their brokers attempt to navigate the aftershocks of the capital markets crisis. Marine insurers are feeling the pinch in…

3rd December 2008

The Insurer

3rd December 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The cost of building the Mega Container Terminal at Chennai Port has risen by 21% to $740m,with spiralling dredging rates playing a large part in the price hike. 

3rd December 2008

Chennai box terminal costs soar

3rd December 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has slammed the uncompetitive nature of the countrys stevedoring industry. 

3rd December 2008

Uncompetitive stevedores come under fire

3rd December 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Seaports Authority has started a $140m development programme centred on Jeddah Islamic Port, which aims to reduce congestion brought about by increased throughput. 

3rd December 2008

Jeddah expansion under way

3rd December 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

FLTs can be adapted to fit a number of uses, but dont expect to make savings on operating costs. Alex Hughes reports

1st December 2008

FLTs

1st December 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Last month’s Port Strategy highlighted the importance of fender research, something that Australia’’s Newcastle port heartily supports.

28th November 2008

Newcastle Fender Study

28th November 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Middle East is known for both areas of political volatility and large infrastructure projects, and both are combining to motivate one development that would be the mother of them all -…

27th November 2008

Ships for the desert

27th November 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Macarthur Coal has expressed an interest in buying a stake in one of Australias largest coal ports, say industry sources.

27th November 2008

Miners interested in share of coal port

27th November 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Maersk, the first shipping line to recognise the Port of Tacomas significance to the US-Asia route over two decades ago is ceasing its service to the port from May next year, due…

27th November 2008

Port loses its old friend

27th November 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A scheme aimed at relieving the environmental strain on the road system recently celebrated an anniversary: HHLA’s Unikai affiliate and its partner Deutsche Binnenreederei have now transported 100,000 TEU by barge between…

27th November 2008

Intelligent in-port repositioning: an ecological solution to relieve the roads

27th November 2008

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

In Autumn 2008, Liebherr-Werk Nenzing celebrated its 200th LHM 400 mobile harbour crane. Introduced in 1996, the LHM 400 - characterised by a max. lifting capacity of 104 tonnes and a max.…

26th November 2008

200 up for the LHM 400

26th November 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Kuwait also has its possibilities - and its problems. Easily one of the richest nations on earth, Kuwait collapsed as the regions premier trade hub in the 1970s after the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran…

26th November 2008

Aiming upward

26th November 2008

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Some interesting plans are brewing in Beirut. Informedsources indicate that the Beirut port managementis planning a port extension which will incorporate a new container terminalfacility developed specifically for use by CMA CGM…

26th November 2008

Cooking up a storm in Lebanon

26th November 2008