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VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

In the BBC Radio 4s Something Understood programme, Sir Mark Tully examines some of the larger questions of life by taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through the thoughts, ideas and…

1st October 2004

LETS TALK

1st October 2004

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Drewry Shipping Consultants has released its latest port sector report, " Annual Review of Global Container Terminal Operators 2004" . The most significant effect on the league of global operators, according to…

1st October 2004

CARRIER-STEVEDORE PARTNERSHIPS MARK INDUSTRY GROWTH

1st October 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Kuwaits KGL has been awarded a 21-year BOT contract to develop a new container terminal at the UAE port of Saqr, in Ras Al Khaimah.

1st October 2004

NEW EMIRATES BOX FACILITY

1st October 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Justifying the request, Lyttelton Port chairman Barney Sundstrum says an independent study revealed the board's current pay is "substantially below equivalent companies". However, the major South Island port recently reported a comparable…

1st October 2004

NIGERIA TO CONDUCT STUDY TOUR IN ADVANCE OF PORT CONCESSIONS

1st October 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Indias Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given the nod to Dubai Ports International (DPI) to take over management of the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal (RGCT) at the port of Kochi (Cochin)…

1st October 2004

DPI looks to Vallarpadam

1st October 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

The management board of Transnet, South Africas state-ownedtransport organisation, was replaced recently after losses of $940m reported for the year. Transnet is responsible, amongst other sectors, for South Africas ports and South…

1st October 2004

TRANSNET BOARD FIRED

1st October 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has revealed that its earlier proposal to invite in private operators to convert an existing shallow berth currently used for new vehicles traffic to work with container…

1st October 2004

JNPT rethinks container berth privatisation

1st October 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is investing heavily in upgrading both the leading import-export port of Mombasa and the socalled Northern Corridor which links it with Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo.

1st October 2004

KPA invests $25m in IT at Mombasa

1st October 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Madagascar has hired the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to advise on the structuring and implementation of a PPP for the container terminal of the countrys largest port, Toamasina.The port handles 1.5m tons…

1st October 2004

MADAGASCAR GOES FOR PPP

1st October 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigeria' s Federal government has given permission for the construction of two seaports and one river port costing a combined $1.1bn.

1st October 2004

NIGERIA TO BUILD THREE PORTS

1st October 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Port Community Cards (PCC) has been introduced for truck drivers to access Customs electronic gatehouse at Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) and Shenzhen Customs. Using infrared technology, the card can automatically verify…

1st October 2004

YICT improves truck entry/exit process

1st October 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.The ADB is to lend $570…

1st October 2004

$570M FOR SRI LANKA

1st October 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.Taiwan-based Evergreen group has sent a…

1st October 2004

Majors move further into China

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

To reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality, a group of terminal operators has announced a plan for all 13 Long Beach and Los Angeles port container cargo terminals to phase in…

1st October 2004

..but Californians are still serious about it ?

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners and British Petroleum have agreed to a historic voluntary air quality improvement project that will allow BP vessels to cold iron - shut down their…

1st October 2004

..and BP too

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Passengers, terminal staff and residents are benefiting from the ports noise policies.

1st October 2004

Casella measures noise at Dover

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The dominance of Maersk can be seen in figures released by Algeciras port authority covering January and February 2005 during which throughput at the port amounted to 501,514 TEUs.Willem Scholten, former chief…

1st October 2004

Loans guarantee scandal escalates

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The long drawn-out privatisation process at Malta Freeport has finally been concluded with CMA CGM taking a 30-year concession from the government for $421m. P& O Ports will manage the Freeport which…

1st October 2004

Malta Freeport goes to CMA CGM

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam is forecasting a 20% increase in port related land use over the next 15 years.

1st October 2004

ROTTERDAM TO GROW BY A FIFTH

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam Shortsea Terminal (RST) expects throughput to grow considerably this year.

1st October 2004

EXPANSION WILL BOOST SHORTSEA

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The dominance of Maersk can be seen in figures released by Algeciras port authority covering January and February 2005 during which throughput at the port amounted to 501,514 TEUs.Container growth at Marseilles…

1st October 2004

MARSEILLES MAINTAINS BOX GROWTH

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Euro Tank Terminal (ETT) has started construction of a new tank terminal for mineral oils at Rotterdam.

1st October 2004

NEW TANK TERMINAL FOR EUROPOORT

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

A recent report identified Spain as Europes fourth most important country in terms of port traffic. While the UK attracts 18% of the combined 3.05 billion tonnes handled by the Continents ports,…

1st October 2004

Spanish ports rank fourth in Europe

1st October 2004