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VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

With credit running dry and real costsspiralling, the UKsrevision of business rates for port operators could not have come at a worsetime. And when that revision slaps bills running into millions of…

14th November 2008

Perfect storm

14th November 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Chiles National Association of Shipping Agents has urged the government to continue its privatisation programme after the recent suspension of tenders associated with the privatisation of both Valparaiso and San Antonio.

14th November 2008

Chilean ports plea

14th November 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A new degree course has been launched to help inform the future managers of our natural marine resources.

14th November 2008

New marine environments course

14th November 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Indias Ministry of Shipping has given the go-ahead for the construction of the Vizhinjam Deepwater Container Transhipment Terminal, which will be located 16 kilometres from Thiruvanthapuram.

13th November 2008

Thumbs up for Vizinhjam

13th November 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Valencia Port Authority has issued a tender for the construction and management of four cement terminals at the Port of Sagunto. The terminals, which will be used to store and distribute bulk…

13th November 2008

Sagunto sets cement tender

13th November 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Seaports Authority is to implement a $143m capacity enhancement programme. The main focus of attention will be at Jeddah Islamic Port, where money will be spent on boosting productivity.

13th November 2008

Investment plan in Saudi

13th November 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A crane especially designed for the extreme climatic conditions of an intermodal terminal in Artem has been ordered from Baltkran.

13th November 2008

Extreme cranes

13th November 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

International transport and logistics insurers TT Club have appointed Brian Sullivan to the new post of Logistics Insurance Director.

13th November 2008

Logistics insurance director for TT Club

13th November 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Portland handles a diverse portfolio of cargoes and this has helpedbalance out the drop in container and breakbulk volumes this year, saysspokesman Joshua Thomas.

12th November 2008

Portland

12th November 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

On 1 October 2008, Roger Clasquin (46) started in the position of Director of ‘Port of Rotterdam International’ (PORint), which is responsible for all the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s foreign activities.

12th November 2008

PORint Director named

12th November 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D., has assumed chairmanship of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA). Knatz was installed as board chairman for 2008-09 at the association’s annual…

11th November 2008

Knatz becomes AAPA Chairman

11th November 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In a tough year on the US West Coast, those representing ports in Southern California have warned that port operators need more certainty if they are to invest for the future. Felicity…

10th November 2008

Tough times

10th November 2008

ASIA

ASIA

There is rising disquiet in Vietnam that international stevedoring groups are holding too much power at national ports, something which could eventually work against the interest of local traders.

10th November 2008

Too much foreign influence in Vietnam?

10th November 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr has boosted its European presence with a clutch of recent orders.

10th November 2008

Liebherr grows European orders

10th November 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Visibility and a mandate for change are key things that shippers are hoping for in a post-liner shipping era according to the various presentations made at the recent Shipper Forum in Oslo.…

10th November 2008

Shippers look for change in a post-conference era

10th November 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Qatar is to build a new container terminal on a 1.08m sq m site at Kovalam. It will have a capacity to handle 5.3m teu when all three phases have been completed.…

9th November 2008

Qatar box terminal boost

9th November 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A new container terminal is to be built on land formerly occupied by the Navy at Philadelphia. This will be taken forward as a public-public partnership. A concession award is to be…

9th November 2008

Philly box terminal

9th November 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The conversion of RTGs from diesel to electric power (or to switchable diesel/electric power) is an emerging trend in container ports around the world. The port of Los Angeles and a significant…

9th November 2008

Converting diesel RTGs to electric

9th November 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A total of 10 companies have bid for the contract to design and supervise the expansion of Salalah Port in Oman. Halcrow, Consulting Engineering Services, Dar al Handasah, Khatib & Alami, Jurong…

8th November 2008

Salalah attracts 10

8th November 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) specialist, Cavotec MSL, has won an order from Taiwan’s CSBC Corporation to supply four AMP systems for installation on four new-build container vessels for Yang Ming Marine Transport.

8th November 2008

Yang Ming selects AMP from Cavotec

8th November 2008