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AFRICA

AFRICA

Port concessionaires in Nigeria believe that they should be receiving the 7% surcharge levied on imported items that the government set up to develop port infrastructure.

31st August 2008

Nigerian concessionaires demand surcharge

31st August 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

FESCO transport group has acquired a 50% stake in Vladivostok Container Terminal, which it picked up after acquiring all of the shares of the National Container Company from the N-Trans group. The…

31st August 2008

FESCO Vladivostok deal

31st August 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World and Aden Port Corporation (ACT) have signed a joint venture agreement allowing the former to operate container handling facilities at both Aden Container Terminal and Maalla Container Terminal.

30th August 2008

DP World reaches into Aden

30th August 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Maersk has withdrawn its South Iberia feeder service from the port of Alicante after just three months.

29th August 2008

Maersk departure hits Alicante

29th August 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Simpson, Spence and Young Australian Coal Port Congestion Index has dropped to 7.1 days, the lowest it has been since October 2006.

28th August 2008

Oz port congestion improves

28th August 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Algeciras Bay Port Authority (APBA) has approved an investment package of ¢ 59m ($87.9m) to expand existing port infrastructure, including construction of the new Adosado terminal and reinforcement of Juan Carlos I…

28th August 2008

Algeciras funds secure

28th August 2008

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

It used to be that recessions were linked to parachuting. Soft landings, hard landings, crash landings... The world is changing. Today there is not a day that passes without some new letter…

27th August 2008

The Alphabet Recession Scenarios and Irrational Exuberance

27th August 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Are there too many port cranes and not enough transport options? Opinion is divided as Alex Hughes finds out

27th August 2008

Maritime crane transport article

27th August 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Portek isone of very few companies offering turnkey solutions, organising the entire logistics chain in the movement of maritimehandling equipment. Specialist maritime transporting companies also dothis, although invariably feel more comfortable leaving…

27th August 2008

Nose to tail solutions

27th August 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Getting credit for cargo handling equipment in the current financial climate need not be too much of a problem with manufacturers offering a number of finance deals, reports Patrik Wheater

27th August 2008

Credit in the crunch

27th August 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A new two-year collective employment agreement has been reached between Port Otago and the Combined Unions.

27th August 2008

Otago dispute settled

27th August 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World (60%) and Zim (40%) have bought Tarragona container terminal operator Contarsa, which is currently handling 150,000 teu.

27th August 2008

New blood at Tarragona

27th August 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Users of the Costa Rican ports of Moín and Limón have called on the government to declare a state of national emergency for port operations.

27th August 2008

Emergency call in Costa Rica

27th August 2008

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