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AFRICA

AFRICA

Namibia Ports Authority is to deepen the draught of Walvis Bay to 15 metres, as well as adding bulk and break bulk handling facilities.

19th May 2008

Namibia upgrades Walvis Bay

19th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The new Saigon Premier Container Terminal in Vietnam operated by DP World has ordered a batch of 13 ECO-RTGs from Zhenhua Port Machinery Company in Shanghai. Siemens will deliver the hybrid ECO-RTG…

19th May 2008

Saigon’s ECO-RTG order

19th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World has acknowledged that it is exploring maritime opportunities in Russia, in conjunction with Russian partners. The company already jointly operates the Vostochny International Container Services terminal.

18th May 2008

DPW Russian exploration

18th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Investors from the United Arab Emirates have expressed an interest in investing in ports in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul as a means of accessing agricultural products produced there.…

18th May 2008

Rio Grande interest

18th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

An innovative lighting product developed in Sweden is rapidly securing business in the UK ports market. Tilbury Container Terminals, operators in Southampton and Dover Harbour Board are among the UK operators that…

18th May 2008

Prismalence sheds new light

18th May 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Newcastles Port Waratah Coal Services is to invest over A$1bn (US$937m) in an expansion to be completed after 2010, increasing production at the terminal by 40%. It will include new coal-handling equipment,…

17th May 2008

Newcastle growth

17th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The proposed fifth container terminal at the port of Valencia, which could also be divided into two different concessions, has drawn interest from shipping lines Maersk, CMA CGM and MSC, as well…

17th May 2008

International operators eye Valencia

17th May 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Paceco has pressed home its green credentials by entering into an agreement with flywheel energy storage manufacturer, Vycon.

17th May 2008

Crane manufacturer goes for green

17th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Kalmar Industries’ on-going programme of investment in research and development into environmental improvement and fuel efficiency has helped win an order for six E-One+ rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for Thailand’s LCMT…

17th May 2008

LCMT chooses fuel-saving solution

17th May 2008

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The shipping-related industry is suffering as it never has done before:ships are being laid up in record numbers, bulk companies are going under, shiporders are being cancelled or delayed, and profitability is…

17th May 2008

Glimmer of Hope

17th May 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Over the period of the last five years the Liebherr mobile harbour crane population in Africa has more than doubled, reaching 42 in total. Last year saw Liebherr handing over a record…

16th May 2008

Liebherr scores in Africa

16th May 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Optimising container terminal capacity through new plant and systems development, and adding incremental reclamation through dredgings, are key elements of the Port Development Plan published by Ports of Auckland. Currently handling 773,200…

16th May 2008

Auckland lays out plan

16th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Central American ports plan to invest more than $1bn on modernisation to cash in on the expansion of the Panama Canal and to capitalise on new trade agreements signed with Europe and…

16th May 2008

Investment boom for Central America

16th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Santos Brasil has been awarded a 25-year concession to operate a container terminal in the port of Imbituba in Santa Catarina state, for which the company will pay $72m. Capacity will be…

16th May 2008

Santos Imbituba move

16th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution has launched a new ship-to-shore cold ironing solution to enable ships in port to be connected to the medium voltage network of the local power supply company.

16th May 2008

Siemens launches new ‘cold ironing’ solution

16th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A tender covering operation of the container terminal at the port of Manzanillo, Mexico, will be issued in June. This will also involve expansion of capacity at the terminal to 4.5m teu.

15th May 2008

New Manzanillo terminal

15th May 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The northeast England port of Blyth found second-hand to be the best option when it required an additional reachstacker for its container operations; it has recently bought a second-hand Terex TFC45 R.

14th May 2008

Second-hand, not second class

14th May 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

While some aspects of the anç ien ré gime remain, Ukraine ports are undertaking a more environmentally-conscientious approach to their operations, according to Kateryna Protsenko, a lawyer at Odessa-based law firm International…

14th May 2008

The might of the Ukrainian port inspector

14th May 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Brokers claim that marine construction projects are often difficult and challenging - and not the favourites of underwriters.  Felicity Landon investigates why this is the case

14th May 2008

Not the underwriters favourite

14th May 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Ports should get their insurance broker involved at the earliestpossible stage of a major project, says specialist Marsh. Every riskis unique when it comes to ports and we need to go through…

14th May 2008

Early involvement

14th May 2008