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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils Transport Ministry is to release US$44.8m out of a possible budget of US$74.66m to enable some emergency measures to be undertaken and also permit immediate investment in development of the quays.

1st March 2005

EMERGENCY FINANCE FOR SANTOS

1st March 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Some funding will go towards landside construction and also to deepen the access channel to the port to 15 metres.Standard & Poor's Rating Services has raised the Port of Long Beach's credit…

1st March 2005

AA FOR LB

1st March 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

International Terminal Solutions (ITS) have announced the successful implementation of their external Automated Trucker Identification system (ATI), to allow the automatic identification of the external truckers, containers carried, and planned positions in…

1st March 2005

International Terminal Solutions

1st March 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Navis says its new PrimeRoute increases utilization of terminal tractors by estimating the optimal yard work assignment for each available tractor and automatically dispatching it to the appropriate RTG, railhead or quay…

1st March 2005

Navis Delivers PrimeRoute for Terminal Tractors

1st March 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

RESON has sold its SeaBat 8125 multibeam echosounder to Brisbane, Melbourne and Newcastle to support their hydrographic survey and dredging activity within the strict environmental guidelines set by the Australian government. "…

1st March 2005

RESON performs in the East

1st March 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has received an order for five additional super postPanamax STS cranes from MSC Home Terminal, Antwerp on top of the ten cranes ordered last year (the biggest European STS order ever).…

1st March 2005

MSC boosts Kalmar STS order

1st March 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SIMTAG, a consortium of leading companies in manufacturing, transportation and services to logistics involved in the development of an intermodal portal solution, and Savi Technology, have announced a joint field trial based…

1st March 2005

SIMTAG and Savi cooperate

1st March 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT), has installed a new container crane from Italian crane maker OMG to boost productivity and cut both turnaround times and downtime.

1st March 2005

La Spezia opts for Control Techniques

1st March 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

The shocking death toll resulting from the Indian Ocean tsunami has stunned the world by its sheer scale. Yet despite the damage wreaked on homes and hotels, the port and shipping industries,…

1st January 2005

TSUNAMI SPARES PORTS

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

LOCATION PROJECT STATUS THAMES Tilbury Container ABP/Forth Ports (FP)/P& O Ports TCS recently installed second berth, new gantry cranes and railhead totalling £ 50m.

1st January 2005

PRINCIPAL CONTAINER PORT PROJECTS

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

There is an urgent need for more deepsea container port capacity in the UK. Port operators have expressed their fear that without substantial expansion the UKs major ports will run out of…

1st January 2005

PORT BOSSES EXPRESS URGENCY

1st January 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With so much coal and iron ore nowadays going into China, it is not surprising to find that manufacturers of grabs and grab cranes are reporting buoyant sales. Indeed, as Alex Hughes…

1st January 2005

CHINA DRIVES SALES

1st January 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

An example of how the industry has risen to the challenge of environmental imperatives, is Jan de Nuls acquisition of soil and groundwater treatment specialist, Envisan. The company offers groundwater remediation, decontamination…

1st January 2005

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE

1st January 2005

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Exit arrangements from terminal concessions are not always high on the agenda when it comes to drawing up such agreements. Mark Lloyd-Williams, Partner at Norton Rose, suggests they are worthy of more…

1st January 2005

MIND THE EXIT ARRANGEMENTS

1st January 2005

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

When reviewing recruitment and training for PS in September 2003 there were still organisations that expected to dip into a pool of management experience and talent and be able to employ what…

1st January 2005

JUMPING FROM SHIP OR SHOP FLOOR

1st January 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The good news is that Malaysias premier port, Port Klang, situated on the countrys west coast midway along the Straits of Malacca, was not badly affected by the recent tsunami that caused…

1st January 2005

NOT A PORT TO OMIT

1st January 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

41.6m tonnes of bulk vegetable oils and fats was traded by sea in 2003 according to Oil World data reported by Intertanko. Nick Elliott looks at the principal commodities and trade flows…

1st January 2005

FUELLED BY A HEALTH CONSCIOUS WORLD

1st January 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Ronald Okker, md for Vopaks Vlaardingen facility, told PS the applications for palm oil or vegoils in general, have grown significantly in recent years. " Apart from the food industry there is…

1st January 2005

GREATER PREDICTABILITY EQUALS REDUCED DEMAND FOR STORAGE

1st January 2005

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

In the immediate aftermath of the events on 26th December last year, the maritime sector as a whole seemed to have escaped rather lightly in the tragic circumstances. Only Chennai in India…

1st January 2005

Tsunami update

1st January 2005

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The globalisation of trade brought with it a transformation in the way the supply chain operates, writes Ben Hackett.

1st January 2005

JIT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR PORTS

1st January 2005

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Cause and effect is a common method of organizing and discussing ideas so lets take a look at some cases relevant to this issue of PS. Mankind has always favoured coastal dwelling.…

1st January 2005

Cause and Effect, Control and Responsibility

1st January 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.South Africa's National Ports Authority (NPA) is objecting to plans to give the new independent ports regulator…

1st January 2005

SAPO OBJECTS TO REGULATORS PROPOSED POWERS

1st January 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.The Nigerian government has confirmed that 10,000 employees of the Nigerian Ports Authority will be made redundant…

1st January 2005

10,000 TO GO IN NIGERIAN PORT PRIVATISATION

1st January 2005