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EUROPE

EUROPE

Port of Liverpool owner Peel Ports has submittedplans for the construction of more than 400,000 sq ft of warehousing to boostthe ports logistics capacity.

15th February 2008

Liverpool boosts logistics capacity

15th February 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Trainingprovider Securewest has launched an on-line training package for port facilitysecurity awareness courses.

15th February 2008

Securewest online training

15th February 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Argentinean port of Comodoro Rivadavia is to have a new container terminal costing $2.55m. The terminal will cover an area of 11,500 sq m in the south of the port and…

14th February 2008

New Argentinean box terminal

14th February 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Environmental clearance has now been given for the construction of Wiggins Island Coal Terminal at the port of Gladstone, Australia.

13th February 2008

Green light for Gladstone terminal

13th February 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

UkrainesPrivat Group has finalised plans for the countrys largest independent privatecontainer terminal, International Container Terminal Peresyp. Covering 62 haand with 1,300 metres of quay wall, construction of the terminal - sited nextto…

13th February 2008

Ukraine terminal beast

13th February 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Portequipment manufacturer Kalmarhas added to its cache of automated products with a tool to aide positioning ofcontainers.

13th February 2008

Smart Kalmar spots positioning gap

13th February 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dragados-SPL has begun the final phase construction work at its new ¢ 50m ($74.3m) dry bulk terminal in the port of Santander. Start-up traffic this year is expected to be 1.5m tonnes,…

12th February 2008

New Santander bulk terminal

12th February 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UKs Port of Tilbury is seeking toharness wind power in a bid to cut carbon emissions and power consumption. Ithas submitted a planning application to Thurrock Council for the development ofits…

12th February 2008

Putting wind in Tilburys sails

12th February 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Philadelphias MaritimeStakeholders Group was dealt a bitter blow to its campaign to stop aland swapin the port to a non-maritime business when Pennsylvania CommonwealthCourt Judge Dan Pellegrini denied their request to a…

12th February 2008

Philadelphia contentious land swap to go ahead

12th February 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The Indian government has conceded that it may well have to look into alternative models to finance construction of the projected new deep-sea port on the west Bengal Coast.   

12th February 2008

New finance models for Bengali port

12th February 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A 180% increase in seabourne traded coal over two decades has spurred the worlds dry bulk ports into action, as Stuart Pearcey finds out

11th February 2008

Coal: fuel for the future

11th February 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Continuing increases in shipped coal volumes have led Italian company Coeclerici to think outside the box and create a means of expanding ports seawards rather than landwards.

11th February 2008

sidebar for coal

11th February 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Despite being more environmentally-friendly than other transportation sectors, the shipping industry continues to lessen its environmental impact, as Patrik Wheater finds out

11th February 2008

Encouraging Gaia to slow down (amended)

11th February 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Shipping remains the more environmentally-friendly transportation model and despite accounting for 70% of the global goods transportation sector emits just 2% of the 26,583m tonnes of the CO2 annually derived from burning…

11th February 2008

Fact box

11th February 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Carbon dioxide emissions are becoming a major issue and talks are already under way to establish a CO2 emission certificate trading system for shipping. First though, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has…

11th February 2008

Ports could benefit from CO2 indexing

11th February 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mombasa has turned its back on Belgium dredging company Jan de Nuland temporarily suspended its dredging programme after receiving abetter offer from rival Dredging International.

11th February 2008

Mombasa reneges on dredging contract award

11th February 2008

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Is the last major listed port group in the UK, Forth Ports, about to be acquired by Babcock & Brown, the same Australian-based infrastructure fund that recently acquired the PD Ports Group?…

11th February 2008

Forth Ports, going, going gone?

11th February 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland chief executive Jens Madsen has incensed Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns with criticism the latters MetroPort Auckland inland port is an illogical supply chain.

11th February 2008

NZ news snippets

11th February 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

US-based VYCON has teamed up with crane manufacturer ZPMC to offer energy storage flywheel systems as a standard option to customers.

11th February 2008

ZPMC throws weight behind power regeneration

11th February 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

US-based SARS has expanded itsinternational network of Automatic Identification System (AIS) sites with theaddition of five sites in Chileand three in Mexico.The companys network of AIS receivers delivers vessel traffic information forkey…

11th February 2008

SARS steps out

11th February 2008