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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Port Louis is making sure that it secures a long term future to evade the threat of extinction. Stevie Knight reports

3rd November 2008

Port Louis

3rd November 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Queensland port of Gladstone is consolidating as Australias major port for liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments. Arrow Energy, LNG Ltd and Shell are planning a 1m tonnes/year LNG export plant at…

3rd November 2008

Gladstone gets gassy

3rd November 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Touting itself as the most modern of the Baltic harbours, Finlands massive port relocation project is to open this month.

3rd November 2008

Finland mega port project opens for business

3rd November 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Two 2.4m plastic buoys ordered by Associated British Ports from British manufacturer XJF Plastics are to be followed by another order after proving their effectiveness at Fleetwood, UK, in guiding the freight…

3rd November 2008

Low maintenance plastic for Fleetwood port

3rd November 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A supplier of specialist cables, Tratos are always seeking to work with customers to find better, more environmentally friendly solutions to their challenges, one of its greatest strengths is the ability to…

3rd November 2008

Green initiatives from Tratos

3rd November 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd (GPPL) has filed its draft prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India for an initial public offering of 5bn Rupees ($100.2m). The shares will be listed…

2nd November 2008

GPPL offering

2nd November 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A study prepared on behalf of the European Commission identified a mounting need for investment in port infrastructure, specifically to handle containers and liquefied natural gas.

1st November 2008

Container and LNG infrastructure lacking in Europe

1st November 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Global engineering group, Cavotec MSL, has appointed Christer Granskog, former CEO of Kalmar Industries, to the Cavotec Board of Directors.

1st November 2008

Granskog joins Cavotec Board

1st November 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The port authorities of Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion and Seychelles are all members of the Association of Ports of the Indian Ocean Islands (APIOI), which was officially established last year.

31st October 2008

Association provides common platform

31st October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Algeciras Bay Port Authority has agreed a series of very modest container traffic figures over the next five years.

31st October 2008

Algeciras downbeat on short term box figures

31st October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Former chief operating officer for Transnets container business, Solly Letsoalo has taken over as chief of operations at the company. Reporting to Mr Letsoalo will be a team of divisional executive managers,…

31st October 2008

Transnet appointments

31st October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Port Authority unexpectedly cancelled a tender for a second grain handler at the port of Mombasa just three days before the bidding deadline.

31st October 2008

Mombasa cancels tender for second grain handler

31st October 2008

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

After successfully completing the testing phase, Siemens Energy and the Lübeck utility have commissioned Germany’s first shoreside power supply system for merchant shipping. The shoreside power supply, installed at the port of…

31st October 2008

First shore-side power supply for merchant shipping in Germany

31st October 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A dedicated bulk ports corporation is to be set up in Queensland with another body set to administer the far norths smaller community ports.

30th October 2008

Port body to service north-east

30th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish Port of Valencia has overtaken Algeciras as the countrys leading container port.

30th October 2008

Valencia no 1 Spanish box port

30th October 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new container recognition system is being installed at the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. This will be the first port in Europe to take up the technology after its successful deployment…

30th October 2008

Container recognition in Europe

30th October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The European Commission has decided not to raise objections to plans to extend a scheme piloted by Austria’s federal government, aimed at promoting a modal shift to inland waterways. Under the pilot…

30th October 2008

Green light for Danube environmental initiative

30th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Madagascar International Container Terminal at Toamasina, run by Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) through a 20-year concession signed in 2005, is also looking for transhipment; Madagascar International Container Terminal Services (MICTS)…

29th October 2008

Madagascar investment continues

29th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Port Reunion is looking to increase its transhipment business, and the expansion of its container terminal this year is a key part of this ambition.

29th October 2008

Port Reunion

29th October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

UK Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick has announced a £67m boost to the Sustainable Distribution Fund that will help the freight industry reduce costs and cut emissions.

29th October 2008

Funding to cut freight emissions

29th October 2008