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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Nevertheless in the meantime, infrastructure bottlenecks are creating major congestion.Dubai Ports Authority's (DPA) executive director of operations, Mohammad Majid Bin Theniyah, noted recently that the addition of new berths at Jebel Ali…

1st September 2005

DPA TOOLS UP FOR 14,000TEU SHIPS

1st September 2005

ASIA

ASIA

A US$302m bond issued by PSA Singapore Terminals operator the PSA Corporation, is expected to raise capital expenditure for expansion plans and refinance an Augustmaturing US$500m bond.

1st September 2005

Singapore uses bond issue to grow

1st September 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has announced a three-part strategy to redevelop South Asias largest natural harbour at Trincomalee. Available land will be divided into three distinct zones. One of these will…

1st September 2005

TRINCOMALEE IN THREE-PHASE DEVELOPMENT

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

A scheme to clean up the UKs River Tyne has celebrated the launch of two new vessels. Local children were tasked with finding a name for the larger debris collection vessel and…

1st September 2005

Clean-up craft devours cars

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

PD Ports has appointed Royal Haskoning to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for its proposed deepsea terminal at Teesport, including the preparation of a construction and engineering report on the…

1st September 2005

Royal Haskoning to carry out Teesport EIA

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK governments go-ahead for a deepsea container port at London Gateway (Shellhaven) on the Thames should mean that Bathside Bay is reprieved, the RSPB says.

1st September 2005

RSPB swoops on Bathside

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports and Forth Ports both report buoyant performance for the first half of this year, bolstered by property sales and cargo volume growth.

1st September 2005

UK PORTS STRONG FIRST HALF BUT . . .

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

After a decade of hopes and plans, Antwerp has officially opened the Deurganckdock, intending to relieve northwest European port congestion. The dock adds 1.4m TEUs of capacity to the market, and Antwerps…

1st September 2005

Deurganckdock opens – finally

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The E470m Vuosaari Harbour project will sweep up cargo operations from the existing city centre North and West Harbours, which are constrained by the surrounding city.PSA International, together with construction company Turkish…

1st September 2005

PSA moves on Mersin

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish cabinet has reserved 708ha of land for the construction of the Outer Harbour at La Coruna. Work will consist of the construction of a dyke 3.36km long and a contra-dyke…

1st September 2005

LA CORUNA GETS ITS OUTER HARBOUR

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

P& Os £ 1.5bn plans for a new terminal near London have at last been given a tentative thumbs-up by the government, provoking a predictable scramble for attention among other port development…

1st September 2005

London Gateway almost there

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development…

1st September 2005

CEST CERES CERES

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK may be top of the Rotterdam container customer throughput league table, but China is snapping at its heels.

1st September 2005

CONTAINER MILLIONAIRES HAVE CLOSE RACE

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development…

1st September 2005

EUROGATE EXPANSION IS GO

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Redler, the bulk materials handling specialist, is to undertake the mechanical and electrical design and construction elements of a new 75,000 tonne animal feed store planned to be built within the port…

1st September 2005

Feeding Belfast livestock

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Four super post-Panamax cranes recently delivered to New York Container Terminal (NYCT) by Liebherr Container Cranes feature an ultramodern trailer positioning system (TPS).

1st September 2005

Trailer positioning system for New York

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

APL Kaoshiung recently set a new productivity record at the port loading and discharging an average of 164 containers per hour over 21 hours from a single vessel. This record exceeds the…

1st September 2005

Navis/APL get results

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald has recently delivered its first MHC to Bulgaria. The 100-ton HMK 300 E, Gottwalds current bestseller, will be operated as a container crane at Varna.

1st September 2005

Gottwald supplies Varna and Antwerp

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The third of five gantry cranes was taken ashore at berth 1 of the Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg from ZPMCs ZHEN HUA 8. ZPMC ensured the 1,800 ton giant was pulled onto…

1st September 2005

Gantry cranes

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

CEO Sergio Kano, says: "The new container handling equipment will boost SCT's crane capacity twofold. The fully erect delivery was an important consideration in the selection process. SCT is experiencing massive growth…

1st September 2005

Libra in crisis negotiations with Codesp

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A local businessman in Honduras has revealed that the government is trying to force the national parliament to allow two groups based in El Salvador and Mexico to take over the running…

1st September 2005

THE HONDURAN WHISTLE-BLOWER

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils seven largest ports will receive US$263m of federal investment in infrastructure this year. The money is earmarked to finance improvements to road and rail links, deepen the draught in access channels,…

1st September 2005

Santos the winner in federal handout

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The off-peak PierPass programme designed to shift Los Angeles and Long Beach port cargo operations to nights and Saturdays has commenced, but the controversy promises to rage on. Residents living near the…

1st September 2005

PierPass controversy

1st September 2005