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EUROPE

EUROPE

Phase I of Terminal XXI offers 320 metres of berth with 16-metre draught, two post-Panamax quay cranes and three RTGs providing it with an annual handling capacity of 250,000TEUs.Halfway through the fruit…

1st June 2004

Rotterdams fruit throughput up

1st June 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Sharjah' s new ICD ( PS May 2004 ) has been designed to handle containers moving from Khorfakkan to the West Coast Terminal at Sharjah. According to operators Gulftainer, the ICD is…

1st June 2004

New ICD Emirates fourth port

1st June 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

There has been a boom in sea trade between the United Arab Emirates and Iraq in the post-Saddam era, mostly using traditional dhows plying between Dubai Creek and ports such as Umm…

1st June 2004

UAE cements maritime ties with Iraq

1st June 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DONT OVER-COMMIT!

1st June 2004

TERMINAL PERFORMANCE EASING CONGESTION

1st June 2004

ASIA

ASIA

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

1st June 2004

Online payment facility at MICT

1st June 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Poland offers the largest market out of all the new countries joining the EU and has recently been the subject of strong container traffic growth at the nations premier port gateway, the…

1st May 2004

POLAND: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL

1st May 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Inadequate port infrastructure or specific operational economics still prompt some stevedores to make use of sophisticated floating terminals, reports Alex Hughes .

1st May 2004

TOUGH OPERATIONAL ECONOMICS MAKE THIS A MARGINAL BUSINESS

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Germanys seaports, including its now integrated former GDR facilities, expect to benefit greatly from the EUs eastern extension, reports Tom Todd.

1st May 2004

GERMAN PORTS BATTLE BULGES AND EYE THE FUTURE

1st May 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Its the familiar trickle-down effect. Trade grows. Ships get bigger to gain economies of scale. Hub ports order bigger quay cranes to work the bigger ships. Meanwhile smaller ports are growing and…

1st May 2004

THE SHORTER THE VOYAGE THE MORE LIKELY THE VIABILITY

1st May 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The idea of having lines of trucks backed up outside the terminal while gate operators deal with several troublesome containers and cranes in the port stand idle, is the stuff of nightmares…

1st May 2004

CLEAR THE WAY

1st May 2004

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

In the first part of his port marketing study (PS November/December 2003), Bill Oakes considered the information a marketing department should have at its fingertips. Whilst detailed knowledge of traffics is a…

1st May 2004

ITS A PEOPLE GAME MARKETING: PART 2

1st May 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

As Frans Kok at LXE highlighted, 2.4GHz broadband is opening up opportunities for the transmission of more than just data, and new opportunities are presenting themselves at both extremes of wireless technology…

1st May 2004

THE FUTURE IS SPELT OPPORTUNITY

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Setubal Port Administration has embarked on a privatisation process that flies in the face of the widely anticipated benefits of a more competitive and lower cost operating environment.

1st May 2004

SETBACKS SETUBAL

1st May 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The Indian west coast port of Jawaharlal Nehru (JNPT), with two container terminals already operational, is on the verge of awarding a third box handling concession. However, even with plans being progressed…

1st May 2004

A DESPERATE RACE TO ADD MORE CAPACITY

1st May 2004

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Tick tock goes the clock as the compliance deadline looms for ports and terminals under the ISPS Code. Sure as anything is sure, there are a good many ports who have not…

1st May 2004

THE CLOCK TICKS

1st May 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Spanish company Repsol-YPF has made an initial payment of $3.4m to the port authority of Mexicos Lazaro Cardenas port as part of its concession to establish an LPG terminal there.

1st May 2004

Spaniards bring LPG to Mexico

1st May 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

The 44% stake in Kingston Wharves held by Grace, Kennedy has been bought by Jamaican/ Canadian billionaire Michael Lee Chin for $10m, thus ending the companys relationship with the port, which has…

1st May 2004

Kingston Wharves has new shareholder

1st May 2004

ASIA

ASIA 1st May 2004

PSA shows interest in Mumbai

1st May 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Mexicos Transport Ministry (SCT) claims that five current LNG terminals will absorb $3bn in investment.

1st May 2004

Five new LNG terminals for Mexico

1st May 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST 1st May 2004

New inland terminal in Sharjah

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE 1st May 2004

New long term policy for Genoa

1st May 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Singapore' s crane leasing, engineering and terminal operating group Portek International seems to have patched up its relationship with the Hong Kong HPH group. Hutchison reportedly decided to end certain equipment leasing…

1st May 2004

Portek and HPH unlock horns

1st May 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Attempts by the federally owned Docas management company of the Brazilian port of Rio de Janeiro to attract new business to the port are being seriously questioned by local companies.

1st May 2004

Docas wants new blood in Rio

1st May 2004