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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar Industries has received an order for14 forklifts trucks from one of the Beneluxregions leading suppliers of concrete products - a first for the Swedish manufacturer.

9th March 2008

Firm set for concrete debut

9th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

ICTSIhas contracted Kalmar to supply 13 fork lift trucks, four emptycontainer handlers and 18 terminal tractors for its Contecon Guayaquilcontainer terminal in the Ecuardorian port of Guayaquil.

9th March 2008

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9th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A traffic management plan in place on roadsleading to the UKs Port of Felixstowe to combat port-inducedcongestion has been revised.

8th March 2008

Operation Stack gets an overhaul

8th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

TheBrazilian port of Paranaguá has issued a dredging tender worth $61.6m.It is the first ever issued in that country allowing internationalcompetition in this sector. The contract is for five years and involveswork…

8th March 2008

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8th March 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Shipping line Neptune Orient Lines is tocreate a separate business for its container terminal unit known as APLTerminals.

7th March 2008

NOL terminal spin-off

7th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

CMACGM is to invest ¢ 130m ($188.6m) in expanding the Malta Freeportcontainer terminal, which the group first acquired in 2004. This willboost throughput from 1.9m teu to 3m teu.

7th March 2008

Malta Freeport expands

7th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazilhas admitted that many of its port access channels lack sufficientdepth to accommodate modern ships meaning that ports such as Santos andItaguaí cannot receive the latest generation of container vessel.

7th March 2008

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7th March 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

. The Port of Seattle Commission has voted to adopt the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy, a joint effort to reduce seaport-related air emissions with the Port of Tacoma and the Vancouver…

7th March 2008

Port of Seattle adopts regional Clean Air Strategy

7th March 2008

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

After much deliberation and no doubt plentyof sleepless nights, PD Ports has joined the chosen few in the circle of UK deepseacontainerport development granted planning permission.

6th March 2008

Full house

6th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

BrazilianNational Waterways regulator, Antaq, is reviewing the possibility ofallowing new private port terminals to be established.

6th March 2008

Private operators eye openings in Brazil

6th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

TheBulgarian port of Varna is to build a new container terminal through ajoint venture including municipal authorities in Varna. Private sectorinvolvement in the ¢ 90m ($130.6m) will be restricted to 30%. Work…

5th March 2008

Varna to build box terminal

5th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

CSN is to invest $17m in the container terminal it operates at the Brazilian port of Sepetiba. Expansion of the terminal will allow it to function as a distribution hub for both…

5th March 2008

Sepitiba to expand to hub status

5th March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

TheJapanese Bank for International Cooperation has reached an agreementwith Kenya Port Authority to provide the finance for a new containerterminal at the port of Mombasa. This will require investment of $240m.It will…

4th March 2008

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4th March 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cavotec MSL chief executive Ottonel Popescohas been elected as the new president of the Port Equipment ManufacturersAssociation (PEMA).

4th March 2008

Cavotec boss awarded PEMA role

4th March 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Castrol Marine, Eco Ports, IMarEST and ProSea have joined forces in a campaign to raise the awareness of the problem of environmental damage from oil leaks from ships in ports and harbours.

4th March 2008

Awareness campaign

4th March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mallam Abdusalam Mohammed, managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority, claims that the ports privatisation programme launched two years ago has been a success.

3rd March 2008

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3rd March 2008

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