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EUROPE

EUROPE

Fifteen jobs under threat on the back of falling car volumes at Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) have been saved in an agreement thrashed out with unions.

3rd October 2008

Malmö eleventh hour agreement saves threatened jobs

3rd October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A joint venture of Laing ORourke and Dredging International has signed a contract to transformed the 1,850 acre London Gateway site into the worlds most advanced container port and Europes largest logistics…

2nd October 2008

London Gateway signing

2nd October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority managing director Abdallah Mwaruwa has been relieved of his command by the countrys prime minister.

2nd October 2008

Kenya relieves ports chief

2nd October 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese city of Shenzhen has received backing from the National Development and Reform Commission to build six new ports. These will include facilities at Liantang, Longhua and Dachan Gulf Harbour, and…

2nd October 2008

Six new Shenzhen ports

2nd October 2008

ASIA

ASIA

A 30-year concession to operate the recently built New Mooring Container Terminal at Chittagong Port is to be offered to the private sector.

1st October 2008

Chittagong concession

1st October 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

CEM Systems has released a security reader which meets the requirements for three stage identity authentication - card, PIN, and biometric verification - in one device.

1st October 2008

Three in one security from CEM

1st October 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Container Management magazine has lifted Ports of Auckland eight places to 104th in the world for the total volume of teu handled during the 2007 calendar year.

30th September 2008

Auckland ranking lift

30th September 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Asmall port being built in the south of Madagascar by a subsidiary ofmining group Rio Tinto will be operated by UK port consultancy Portiaand Australias Strang Logistics, which joined forces to bid…

30th September 2008

Madagascar mining

30th September 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar is to supply 11 of its green E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to Gateway Terminals India (GTI) at Nhava Sheva.. This latest order - due to commence next January - follows…

30th September 2008

More green for India

30th September 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The UKs Marine Bill promises ports a streamlined planning process - surely something to be welcomed in an industry used to fighting its way through a planning quagmire. So whats the catch?…

29th September 2008

Marine Bill

29th September 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Kuwait Ports Authority has advised the government that access channels to existing port facilities be extensively dredged, since currently these offer a draft of no more than 8.5 metres. Neither Shuwaikh nor…

29th September 2008

Kuwait draught is a concern

29th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The Cai Mep container terminal and the Thi Vai general cargo terminal at the Vietnamese port of Cai Mep-Thi Vai are to be built by two Japanese joint ventures. Of the total…

29th September 2008

Japanese to build Vietnamese terminals

29th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

CMA CGM subsidiary Terminal Link is to undertake a 50-year joint venture with Tianjin Port Development Holdings (TPDH) and Grand Asia International Shipping to manage a new container terminal at the port…

28th September 2008

CMA CGM in Tianjin development

28th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) has formally handed over Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) to Mindanao International Container Terminal Services Inc (MICTSI) at a ceremony held at the MCT berthside attended by Phividec officers,…

27th September 2008

PIA turns over Mindanao port to ICTSI

27th September 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

To pay or not to pay? The row over massive backdated business rates demands that broke out in Hull this summer is set to roll its way round the UK. Felicity Landon…

26th September 2008

Legal Eagles – rates row

26th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Arshiya International has ordered seven E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and 10 DRF450 reachstackers, complete with maintenance agreements, from Kalmar. The new green units will initially be deployed at Arshiyas FreeTrade Warehousing…

26th September 2008

Green option for Mumbai and Delhi

26th September 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Euromax terminal,  operated by Europe Container Terminals (ECT) in Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, is now up and running.

25th September 2008

SEPTEMBER PS News Euromax

25th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Limas chamber of commerce has warned that Callao port will reach full capacity by 2010 and that investment in alternative outlets such as Paita and Pisco must be speeded up to help…

25th September 2008

Callao will reach capacity limit in 2010

25th September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Following a successful pilot programme at the Pakistani port of Qasim, US officials are now extending measures to scan all US-bound containers at the port of Karachi.

25th September 2008

100% box scanning for Karachi?

25th September 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Alex Hughes warns of the perils of investing in cut-price grabs

24th September 2008

Grabs article

24th September 2008