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ASIA

ASIA

The 3i Group is apparently considering investing up to $219m for a 26% stake in a southern Indian port operator, believed to be Krishnapatnam Port Company, which is developing a deepwater port…

10th October 2008

3i eyes south India

10th October 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

According to an International Transport Forum study published in May, ecodriving has become a key element of national strategies to reduce CO2 emissions in a number of countries.

9th October 2008

Ecodrive your way to energy savings

9th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenyas key port of Mombasa is winning the battle against port congestion after enforcing 24 hour operations.

9th October 2008

Mombasa tackles congestion head on

9th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Nearly 10,000 people attended the fourth annual Port of Long Beach Green Port Fest on 4 October. The Port hosted a daylong block-party for Long Beach residents, their families and friends, transforming…

8th October 2008

Thousands attend Long Beach Green Port Fest

8th October 2008

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Whatever happened in recent weeks at the Georgian port of Poti, it gave everyone in the formerly economically buzzing facility quite a fright. Russian troops swept into the Black Sea town to…

8th October 2008

Theinsurer James Brewer

8th October 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mitsui is supplying 11 hybrid transtainer units to the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. These cranes feature diesel engines which vary the engine speed depending on load, and also have capacitors…

8th October 2008

Mitsui cranes for Asia

8th October 2008

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Considerable interest is being shown in environmental problems in Korea, which is now becoming a growing issue in Korea. ‘Green’ issues relating to harbour development, management and operation is becoming increasingly important.

7th October 2008

Korea focuses on ports and the environment

7th October 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

For little or no cost, ports can saves thousands by optimising the way they use energy, but key to it all is awareness and communication, as Patrik Wheater finds out

7th October 2008

Please turn off the light!

7th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

More than $2bn will be invested in container and ro-ro facilities at Russias Baltic ports over the next four years. At present, a significant proportion of this traffic passes through ports in…

7th October 2008

Russia upgrades Baltic ports

7th October 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Costa Ricas Atlantic Port Authority (Japdeva) is seeking to implement privatisation of Limón Port by the end of the current year to improve the short term outlook for the port.

7th October 2008

Limón concession desperately needed to boost efficiency

7th October 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A two-month delay in privatising El Salvadors La Unión-Acajutla port system, after one of the parties in the ruling coalition raised serious objections to bidding rules, has pushed the tender back to…

7th October 2008

Delay in El Salvador privatisation

7th October 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Dave MacIntyre learns it’s best to go direct to get the definitive line on best fender practise.

6th October 2008

The horse’s mouth

6th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

As part of its “Pledge for Growth” environmental initiative, the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) has released the first port air emissions inventory ever compiled in the Southeast of the USA,…

5th October 2008

SCSPA completes air emissions inventory

5th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

A cutting-edge automated gate is now in operation at the Pier 1 Container Terminal in Durban.

5th October 2008

SA Ports New Technology Goes Live

5th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Implementation of a $1.24bn expansion project by South Africas Transnet Port Terminals is being hampered by a critical skills shortage.

5th October 2008

Skills shortage in South African ports

5th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Modernisation has begun off Angolas Lobito Commercial Port at a cost of $1.8bn. New infrastructure is planned, while existing installations are to be upgraded.

4th October 2008

Lobito modernised

4th October 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Belgium-based Vigan Engineering is to be the major supplier for the new Fauji Abkar Portia Marine Terminals project, a joint programme between the Fauji Foundation and the Akbar Group.

4th October 2008

South Africa goes with the grain

4th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Mitsui OSK Lines and California based Clean Air Logics, Inc have successfully tested a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled shore power supply system on the containership MOL Enterprise (4,500 TEU).

3rd October 2008

MOL tests LNG-fueled shore power system

3rd October 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A Chile-China partnership gives Valparaiso boss reason to be cheerful, as Michael Mackey finds out

3rd October 2008

Valparaiso interview

3rd October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port-based businesses across the UK are reeling from the effect of abackdated business rate charge that will put many out of business.

3rd October 2008

UK ports revolt on crippling backdated rates charges

3rd October 2008