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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Marine Terminals Corporation, the biggest operator of ports on the US west coast, has declared an interest in bidding for the second container terminal at the Mexican port of Lá zaro Cá…

9th April 2008

MTC eyes Mexican terminal

9th April 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mombassa Port has issued a tender in respect of seven new gantry cranes.

8th April 2008

New cranes for Mombassa

8th April 2008

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Few purchases ever get much cheaper, but one which does on a cyclical basis is the price of insurance. Ports and terminals operators can expect reductions in 2008 on their property and…

7th April 2008

Insurance Opinion

7th April 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A World Bank study has found that Israeli facilities lack efficiency compared with those in other countries, ranking them 33 out of 150. 

7th April 2008

Israel port ranking blow

7th April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Local members of Parliament in Peru have called on the government to invest urgently in the port of Paita, which has a key export function. Local authorities have also put together a…

7th April 2008

Paita privatisation no

7th April 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Busan Port Authority (BPA) in Korea has established cooperative ties through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dafeng Port, located in Chinas Jiangsu Province.

6th April 2008

Korean and Chinese ports to cooperate

6th April 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Optical character recognition-specialist Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS) and port automation provider Dalosy Industrial Systems (DIS) have teamed up to provide a Europe with innovative solutions for port security, container handling, and automatic license…

6th April 2008

Security venture improves automated options

6th April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Trade unions representing road haulage companies in Genova, Italy, are taking out a class action against PSA International, claiming damages in excess of ¢ 5m ($7.7m) because of the decision to temporarily…

5th April 2008

Crisis deepens at Genova

5th April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Perus Transport and Communications Minister, Veró nica Zavala, has announced that the ports of Pisco, Pucallpa, Iquitos and Paita will be offered for concessions between July and September this year. The government…

5th April 2008

Peruvian privatisation plan unveiled

5th April 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A $5-million grant program to help fund environmentally friendly cargo cranes and improve air quality at the Port of Long Beach has been approved by the Board of Harbor Commissioners.

5th April 2008

Cargo cranes to get $5 million environmental upgrade

5th April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

PSA, which is building the new Panamanian port of Rodman, has written to the government to advise that it will not be bidding in the tender for a second port to be…

4th April 2008

PSA turns down Farfán

4th April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Ports Authority has announced that an upgrade to one of its container berths at the Port of Savannah is now complete, with installation of electrified refrigerated cargo racks, and transfer of…

4th April 2008

Savannah touts sustainibility

4th April 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Innovation is the watchword for equipment designers purveying a new generation of floating crane solutions to port executives, as Mike King discovers

2nd April 2008

Floating cranes

2nd April 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Mario Terenzio, formerly of CoeClerici Logistics, remains one of the stalwarts of the floating crane handling sector with a string of successes in the bulk market. Now plying his trade as chief…

2nd April 2008

A viable container solution?

2nd April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The early arrival of Hamburg Suds Rio has South American ports in a giddy dance. Rob Ward reports

2nd April 2008

South America

2nd April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Opinions are mixed in Brazil over government plans to privatise the port authorities of all but the leading ports in the South American country, as Rob Ward finds out

2nd April 2008

South America pics

2nd April 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mombassa Port has temporarily stopped handling transhipment cargo bound for Dar es Salaam in an attempt to reduce congestion at the Kenyan port.

2nd April 2008

Mombassa ends Dar transit cargo

2nd April 2008

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

At a recent maritime and logistics conference in Israel, (Port2Port) the Israeli ports of Haifa and Ashdod were heavily represented, as was the Port of Aqaba, Jordan, and the subject of port…

2nd April 2008

Port Reform and the Art of Privatisation

2nd April 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Christchurch City Holdings (CCHL) acquisition of 75% of Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has alarmed the local Keep Our Port Public (KOPP) coalition.

2nd April 2008

Coalition against Lyttelton sell-off

2nd April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Noble Denton Group, the global offshore and marine consulting firm, has joined an elite group of British businesses to secure a place in this years UK Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100…

2nd April 2008

Noble Denton success

2nd April 2008