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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Environmental protesters temporarily blockaded rail access for coal trains to the Australian port of Newcastle in August. In the first five months of this year, throughput has increased by 1.5m tonnes to…

26th August 2008

Newcastle blockade

26th August 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russia is to spend ¢ 7.6bn ($11.3bn) on developing ports in the North West, of which ¢ 2.1bn ($3.1bn) will come from the Federal Budget. Ust-Luga should be handling up to 130m…

26th August 2008

Russian port commitment

26th August 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Unilateral imposition of a new tariff system from August 15 has prompted the Ethiopian government to criticise Djibouti ports tariff plan as being both unfair and difficult to accept.

25th August 2008

Djibouti tariff criticised

25th August 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The South African government has abandoned plans involving the transfer of port operations from Transnet to a separate entity.

24th August 2008

Transnet port spin-off quashed

24th August 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port authority of Genova has asked the government for help to resolve the legal impasse that is threatening to stall operations in the port.

24th August 2008

Genova seeks legel assistance

24th August 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

South Africas largest stevedore company, Transnet, has committed to an order of 32E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Kalmar. The 1-over-5 high and 1+6 wide units- scheduled for delivery starting in June 2009…

22nd August 2008

Cape Town to get Kalmar RTGs

22nd August 2008

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Winning and losing are words that are best avoided in the nuanced world of ports and terminals insurance.

20th August 2008

The Insurer September

20th August 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Wing Kah-goh finds investment conditions on the ground in south Asia still hard to fathom

20th August 2008

Tough nut to crack

20th August 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The foreign minister of Burmas visit to New Delhi in January this year paved the way for the long awaited signing of a $100m project on the river Kaladan that will provide…

20th August 2008

Mazoram waterway pact

20th August 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Karachi Port has been one of the bright spots in the south Asian ports constellation this year.

20th August 2008

Karachi

20th August 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Indias ports are looking to build dedicated terminals for ships that ferry cars and roll-on roll-off vessels to cater to the increasing demand for export of cars, as Wing Kah-goh discovers

20th August 2008

Roro terminals spread across India

20th August 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Spains ports are having to seriously re-think long term strategic goals in the light of Moroccos Tanger Med success. Alex Hughes investigates

20th August 2008

Opinion piece: impact of Tanger Med on Spain

20th August 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

LLX Logí stica (LLXL3),  logistics arm of Brazils  EBX group, plans to double the capacity of Sudeste port to 50m tonnes and Aç u port to 100m tonnes by 2012, LLX chief…

20th August 2008

Double bubble at Brazilian ports

20th August 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

As yard space becomes an increasing problem, careful forklift truck selection to optimise yard space should be a growing concern on dock.

18th August 2008

Space saving forklifts

18th August 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Dighi Port Ltd has entered into an agreement with the Maharashtra Maritime Board, State Government of Maharashtra, to run a 50-year development and operations concession at the port near Mumbai.

18th August 2008

Dighi Port concession

18th August 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Terminal and ro-ro tractors will now be distributed by a jointpartnership between Cooper Specialised and MAFI, the manufacturer ofin-plant transport systems.

15th August 2008

One-stop for port equipment

15th August 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spanish company Fabrisem SL has broken into the Russian/CIS marketwith a contract for 17 trailers for National ContainerCompany. Twelve trailers will be delivered to First Container Terminalin St Petersburg with the other…

14th August 2008

Russian market for Spanish engineer

14th August 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

With lines increasingly seeking cold chain solutions around the world, ports are today under pressure to deliver reefer capacity. Alex Hughes reports

13th August 2008

Reefer article

13th August 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Garden City container terminal at the Port of Savannah, administered by Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), first introduced fixed, direct-wired reefer plugs in the 1970s, but in recent years has had to…

13th August 2008

Reefer

13th August 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

VanOord has taken delivery of HAM 318, the worlds largest trailingsuction hopper dredger, after Chinese shipbuilder Cosco lengthened thevessel by 52m, increasing capacity from 23,783 m³ to 37,293 m³ .

13th August 2008

More capacity to take up the slack

13th August 2008