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EUROPE

EUROPE

COSCO Pacific Limited is buying a 25% shareholding in P& O Ports new container terminal, Antwerp Gateway.

1st December 2004

Cosco buys into Antwerp Gateway

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam's container movements jumped by more than 12% to 9.3m TEUs whilst Antwerp registered 6.5m TEUs up nearly 7% on the previous year.Le Havre port authority and stevedores Generale de Manutention Portuaire…

1st December 2004

LE HAVRE SIGNS FIRST NEW BOX TERMINAL CONCESSION

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Germany's DVD Bank is also participating in the transaction in syndication.Portugal's Setubal and Sesimbra port authority and the Tersado and Sadaport companies have signed concession contracts covering zones one and two of…

1st December 2004

SETUBAL AWARDS MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL CONCESSION

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

British MP Gwyneth Dunwoody has opened a new deepwater berth at Felixstowes Trinity container terminal, Trinity lll.2.

1st December 2004

New deepwater berth

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Chemion Logistik has inaugurated a new container terminal at Bayer Chemiepark in the city of Leverkusen.

1st December 2004

NEW HAZ-MAT TERMINAL IN GERMANY

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Half the available plots at Fos Distriport - the Port of Marseilles logistics zone being developed alongside the existing Fos container terminal - have now been taken following the sale of 9.5…

1st December 2004

New deal at Fos Distriport

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Marseilles Authority (PMA) has approved the terms of the agreement under which MSC is to operate one of two new facilities within the ports Fos 2XL container terminal development.…

1st December 2004

Marseilles approves Fos 2XL terms with MSC

1st December 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Indias Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) has directed Chennai Container Terminal Ltd to reimburse all special service request charges it levied on containers stored in its stacking yard during the strike…

1st December 2004

CCTL ORDERED TO REIMBURSE USERS

1st December 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA) chairman Dileepa Wijesundare pointed out that the previous administration planned to invest US$29m on what would have been an inferior Terminal Management System resulting in a waste…

1st December 2004

SLPA not to buy previous TMS

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Union general secretary Trevor Hanson says a sudden flood of requests for imported labour in other industries indicates a concerted campaign to "open the New Zealand labour market up to sweatshop-style conditions".The…

1st December 2004

MARSEILLES TO ASSIST COTONOUS DEVELOPMENT

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The dockers and seafarers sections of the of both the International and European Transport Workers Federations (ITF and ETF) are expressing their " deep regret and grave concern" at the European Commissions…

1st December 2004

ECs proposed Port Services Directive slammed – again

1st December 2004

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand port companies will retain title to reclaimed land required for infrastructure development through the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act introduced last week.

1st December 2004

Ports breath sigh of relief

1st December 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Transas Group has developed a new VHF communication system incorporating a radio-station remote control capability and based on the advantages of SPRadios (Denmark) 4000 series transceivers.

1st December 2004

New VHF communication solution for shore-based systems

1st December 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr-Werk Nenzing has responded to what it sees as a market niche for MHCs (LHMs in Liebherrs nomenclature) to operate in confined spaces. " Various ports dont have the spacious preconditions or…

1st December 2004

Liebherrs portal solves space problems

1st December 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Norcontrol IT has developed its third generation of AIS network infrastructure software with new functionality integrated into the previous version to provide AIS operators with more access and greater control of the…

1st December 2004

Norcontrol IT launches new AIS software

1st December 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The five-month struggle with congestion and labour shortages at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach appears to be easing.

1st December 2004

Los Angeles/Long Beach congestion eases

1st December 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

After having spent approximately US$1.5m over eight years on studies to justify dredging to 40 feet the access channel at the port of Barranquilla, it now seems that the Colombian government is…

1st December 2004

DREDGING FIASCO AT BARRANQUILLA

1st December 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The growth is expected to continue over the next ten years as the port follows through on plans designed to secure future volumes. These include the purchase of 119 acres on the…

1st December 2004

TUBARAOS CONTAINER DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

1st December 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The growth is expected to continue over the next ten years as the port follows through on plans designed to secure future volumes. These include the purchase of 119 acres on the…

1st December 2004

Italian investors

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Belgium and the US have agreed to co-ordinate security at Belgian ports to detect illicit trafficking in nuclear and radioactive material. The US government will invest € 11.25m in the next three…

1st December 2004

US SIGNS WITH BELGIUM

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Whether known as hurricane or typhoon, we are all too familiar with these most ferocious of storms and their consequences: damage, destruction and, for some unfortunate souls, death.Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants…

1st December 2004

MUSC WINS €7MVENICE PORT SECURITY CONTRACT

1st December 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

US Transportation Security Administration officials have entered a new phase of testing the Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) programme at Long Beach Container Terminal. The credential programme is in the prototype phase…

1st December 2004

TWIC goes to prototype

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

A leading British underwriter has warned that global super ports represent an attractive target to terrorists. Justin Priestley, head of the special risks and terrorism team at Aon Corp says transport infrastructure…

1st December 2004

Terrorist warning from underwriter

1st December 2004