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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Panama Canal executive Rodolfo Sabonge has stressed the need for US ports to be ready for larger and bigger ships on the back of the Canal expansion work currently underway.

14th March 2008

US Ports must prepare for Panama traffic

14th March 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Following the USS Cole attack in 2000, the US Navy was compelled to install intelligent surveillance systems for in-port force protection and late last year contracted ObjectVideo to develop a mast-mounted in-port…

13th March 2008

US Navy invests in intelligent video system

13th March 2008

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Greece is at last moving down the path of port privatisation with thepartial concessioning of container terminal capacity in Piraeus and thefull concessioning of container terminal facilities in Thessaloniki.But is it a…

13th March 2008

PS OPINION PAGE

13th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Despite the fact that the Mexican government announced in mid-2007 that it would issue a tender in the first quarter of 2008 in respect of the concession for the port of Colonet,…

13th March 2008

Delays dog Colonet tender

13th March 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Next generation intelligent surveillance technology promises to detect security breaches before they occur. Patrik Wheater investigates

13th March 2008

Somebodys watching you

13th March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

It not all about boxes in Algeria ... yet. Barry Cross reports on the plans to boost container volumes

13th March 2008

Algerian one page article

13th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Polands Port of Gdynia is restructuringto dispose of non-core units, including a number of terminals.

12th March 2008

Gdynia slims down to boost competitiveness

12th March 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

RAM Spreaders has lengthened its reach inthe Middle East with new orders from Egypts Damietta InternationalPort. The port has ordered 18 RAM Model 2940 CenterSpread separating twinlift telescoping spreaders for ship-to-shore cranes,…

12th March 2008

Egypt tames RAM

12th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

ThePeruvian Transport Ministry has announced that the regional ports ofPisco, Paita and Ilo, as well as the river ports at Pucallpa andIquitos, will be put out of concession in 2008. Investment of…

12th March 2008

Five Peruvian terminals to be privatised

12th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The new container terminal development at the Italian port of Vado Ligure appears to now be in doubt.

11th March 2008

Vado Ligure residents reject container terminal

11th March 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UKsPort of Liverpool has announced plans to constructa £ 6m fresh produce terminal to reduce unnecessary truck movements andconsequently carbon emissions.

11th March 2008

Fresh plan ripens for Liverpool

11th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port rankings produced by the World Economic Forum have placed Peru at the very bottom when it comes to infrastructure.

11th March 2008

Callao inefficient port slur

11th March 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Oakland and its partner, CleanAir TransPort, recently announced an initiative that will help clear the air, “Early Action for a Healthy Community.”

11th March 2008

Oakland’s Clean Air Programme

11th March 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Shanghai has remained the worlds leading port for the third successive year. In 2007, it handled 560m tonnes, up 4.2% over the previous year. Container throughput, at 26.1 5m teu, represented an…

10th March 2008

Shanghai still number one

10th March 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealands Lyttelton Port Co has recorded a near 10% growth in revenue over the first six months of its 2007/08 financial year.

10th March 2008

Lyttelton figures buoyed by container growth

10th March 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

ChinasHarbour Contracting Engineering Company in partnership with localcompany the Rafid Group has been awarded a $586.7m contract toundertake infrastructure work at Saudi Arabias proposed Ras Al-Zourport. To be completed by 2010 this…

10th March 2008

Chinese land Saudi contract

10th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Terminal Pací fico Sur Valparaí so (TPS) is to overhaul its fleet of equipment this year with the purchase of three reachstackers and six terminal tractors at a cost of $2m, and…

10th March 2008

TPS in major investment initiative

10th March 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Shaw Group has announced that its Environmental & Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract by the General Electric (GE) Company for work on the Upper Hudson River dredging project.

10th March 2008

Shaw Group awarded contract by GE

10th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Piraeus Port Authority has agreed to put out to concession for 30 years Berths 2 and 3, which are dedicated to container handling operations. These have backup land of 690,000 sq m.…

9th March 2008

Piraeus box handling offer

9th March 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has acknowledged the growing importance of Mexico to its orderbook by establishing a newsales office in the Americas.

9th March 2008

Kalmar plants stake in Mexican turf

9th March 2008