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EUROPE

EUROPE

Dibden Bay will be safeguarded for future use within Southamptons port masterplanning exercise, it has been revealed.

13th July 2008

Dibden Bay safeguarded for the future

13th July 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Chennai container terminal operator DP World has agreed to pay $22m in compensation for not having covered minimum container throughput figures for non-transhipment traffic between December 2006 and November 2007.

12th July 2008

DP World falls short of Chennai performance targets

12th July 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dorset County Council has withdrawn its objections to a major expansion at the south coast port of Portland, after the port agreed to contribute to the cost of local road improvements.

12th July 2008

Dorset withdraws objections to Portland plans

12th July 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Panama Port Authority is aiming to boost its logistics provision to enable national ports to operate as international hubs.

12th July 2008

Panama targets canal traffic

12th July 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Duisburg is to be the home of a new 35,000 sq m trimodal container terminal, part funded by South Africas Imperial Group. Due to open in spring 2009, the terminal will be…

11th July 2008

Duisburg multimodal terminal

11th July 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The latest version of Terminal View, a 3D tool that enables port and intermodal operators to zoom into any area of the terminal and monitor operations in real-time, has been released by…

11th July 2008

Terminal View release

11th July 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) is deploying 17 electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes (eRTGs) in the first phase of a HK$140m (US$18m) crane-electrification programme that will reduce emissions at Kwai Tsing Container Port.

10th July 2008

Rubber Gantries Part of Green Initiative in HK

10th July 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A community fund in Felixtowe has been launched with the backing of twelve local shipping and transport companies.

10th July 2008

Charity begins at home

10th July 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Maersk Line has signed a ten-year agreement with the Port of Felixstowe which will give the shipping line priority terminal usage.

10th July 2008

Maersk signs up with Felixstowe

10th July 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian logistics company LLX is to sell a 30% stake in its operations to a strategic investor for approximately $3.5bn. The sale is slated to take place before the end of…

10th July 2008

LLX to shed 30% equity stake

10th July 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Los Angeles is coming down hard on polluting terminal tugs, as Stuart Pearcey finds out

9th July 2008

terminal tractor item

9th July 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Once viewed as a fashionable green statement, self sufficient power generation is in todays ports less of a luxury and more a necessity, as Patrik Wheater finds out

9th July 2008

The electrification of ports

9th July 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Saline and the erosion of port structures go hand-in-hand, so why arent ports doing more to protect their assets, asks Carly Fields

9th July 2008

Corrosion feature

9th July 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Operators looking to start construction of a new portor terminal should consider corrosion early on. While its often low onthe list of priorities, a few dollars spent at the start could protectports…

9th July 2008

Get in early and get the jump on corrosion

9th July 2008

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The global shipping market is in somewhat of a flux, with a possible world recession, sharply fluctuating bulk shipping rates and liner rates trying to decide what to do.

9th July 2008

Bulk Into Containers

9th July 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Shipping lines Crowley and APL have warned the Costa Rican ports of Limó n and Moí n that they are considering dropping calls on the back of poor service.

9th July 2008

Threat of boycott hangs over Limón and Moín

9th July 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has launched an electric forklift series, designed as a productive, cost-effective, fossil-fuel free and environmentally-friendly unit.

9th July 2008

Future electric

9th July 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

VeriTainer, specialist in crane-mounted radiation scanning solutions, has been invited to participate in an Operational Readiness Test by US customs and security departments at the Port of Tacoma.

9th July 2008

Seamless radiation scanning

9th July 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Recent shipping service losses have forced PrimePort Timaru to make 23 permanent full-time and part-time positions redundant.

7th July 2008

NZ news snippets for July (pics to come)

7th July 2008

ASIA

ASIA

China Merchants Holdings predicts that Shanghai International Port will handle 30m teu this year, despite the slight downturn in the global economy. However, in the four months to the end of April,…

6th July 2008

Traffic slowing at Shanghai

6th July 2008