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POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The global credit crunch may be in play and this may be adding percentage points to the borrowing of port businesses, but this does not mean that the interest of what can…

3rd March 2008

PS OPINION PIECE

3rd March 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Work on new $62m Vietnam port jointly developed by forwarding company Gemadept (51%) and steel sheet manufacturer Hoa Sen Group (45%) is to start in April.

3rd March 2008

New port to take shape

3rd March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The French government has introduced a ports reform programme, which will allow the privatisation of cargo handling at ports.

3rd March 2008

French now open to privatisation

3rd March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Two ship-to-shore gantry cranes at Felixstowes Landguard Terminal ended up in a mangled heap on the quayside at the weekend after a ship delivering three new ship-to-shore cranes to the port broke…

3rd March 2008

Felixstowe

3rd March 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

KGL Investment Company has established a $500m fund to finance port projects in emerging markets.

3rd March 2008

KGL rolls out ports fund

3rd March 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A port climate conference is to be held in Rotterdam on 9, 10 and 11 July 2008, entitled the “2008 C40 World Ports Climate Conference.” In preparation for this, the Port of…

3rd March 2008

Ports take action against climate change

3rd March 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Ports looking to take a bigger chunk of the supply chain take a bigger chunk of risk, warns Eric Buur, underwriting coordinator cargo liability at Fortis Corporate Insurance (FCI).

3rd March 2008

COntainer insurance: A bigger chunk of risk

3rd March 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The TT Club is working on an in-depth analysis of claims from terminals, in an effort to help prevent future losses. Results of this study will be published soon, it says -…

3rd March 2008

Container insurance: TT Club warning

3rd March 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

NgaiTahu Property property development general manager Ian McNabb is tosucceed Des Ashton as the chief executive of Port Marlborough andsubsidiary company Sounds Property Holdings.

1st March 2008

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1st March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The EuropeanInvestment Bank has granted a ¢ 900m ($1.3bn) loan to the Port ofRotterdam to finance infrastructure expansion. The financing contractfor the first ¢ 100m ($145m) has already been signed.

1st March 2008

EIB funds Rotterdam expansion

1st March 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

As GreenPort journal was going to press on Monday 18 February, the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners was due to vote on the following day (Tuesday 19 February 2008), on the…

1st March 2008

Long Beach votes on Clean Truck concessions

1st March 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Portof Napier and the Maritime Union of New Zealand have agreed the portcompany will retain the services of International StevedoringOperations while allowing shipping lines to also use alternativestevedores.

28th February 2008

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28th February 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Plans foran A$1bn (US$896m) ocean terminal at Townsville have moved closer withthe release of an environmental impact statement. The developmentincludes construction of a terminal with international-standardcruiseship facilities, and residential and marina precincts.Construction…

27th February 2008

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27th February 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Maputo and Durban limber up for battle over lucrative southern African trade. Alex Hughes reports

27th February 2008

Maputo

27th February 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

South Africas port controller Transnet has been pumping investment into a wide range of projects. Port Elizabeth, which can nowadays handle up to 500,000 teu annually, will soon be able to count…

27th February 2008

Transnet invests for the future

27th February 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Former US Senator Warren Rudmans recent concerns over port security should not be taken lightly given his history as co-chair of a bi-partisan committee assigned to investigate the threat of international terrorism…

27th February 2008

Container Security: Is it Feasible and Who Pays?

27th February 2008

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The US ended 2007with the spectre of a recession hanging over it while Asia and Europewere riding on a high, expecting 2008 to be another year of growth andprosperity. The financial crisis…

27th February 2008

Risk, Uncertainty and the Spectre of a Recession

27th February 2008

ASIA

ASIA

EvergreenMarine Corp (Taiwan) has extendedits lease on its Container Terminal No 4 facility (Piers 115 and 116) in the Port of Kaohsiung for a further 10 years toFebruary 2018.

27th February 2008

Kaohsiung commitment

27th February 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A web-basedapplication for dry bulk terminal management pledges to manage a dry bulkterminal no matter what type or number of products, warehouses, activities orcustomers.

26th February 2008

Flexible dry bulk application

26th February 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Portequipment specialist Kalmarhas confirmed an order from PSA Singapore Terminals for in excess of 200 terminaltractors to be delivered this year.

26th February 2008

Kalmar Eastern coop

26th February 2008