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EUROPE

EUROPE

US consultants Moffatt & Nichol are due to complete a feasibility study for the proposed Colombian port on the Aguadulce Peninsula by the end of this year.

1st September 2003

Aguadulce study

1st September 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

A senior official at South Africas Public Enterprises Ministry, Dr Ian Phillips, conceded recently the national ports authority had had to support a huge financial burden in attempting to keep afloat the…

1st September 2003

Pension problems delay investment

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Volumes at Vostochny International Container Services (VICS) increased by 48% in the first half of 2003. Under the joint management of CSX World Terminals (CSXWT) and P& O Ports since 1995, the…

1st September 2003

..Meanwhile in Siberia

1st September 2003

ASIA

ASIA

The third container terminal being developed by Indias Jawaharlal Nehru Port is almost certain to be offered as a concession based on minimum guaranteed throughputs (MGTs), rather than revenue sharing.

1st September 2003

JNPT gets third box terminal

1st September 2003

ASIA

ASIA

PSA Corp' s sale of a 49% stake of its Pasir Panjang terminal to Cosco follows a policy shift by the state-owned operator.

1st September 2003

PSA policy shift nets Cosco

1st September 2003

ASIA

ASIA

PSA Corp has negotiated pay cuts with its unions in an effort to be more competitive.

1st September 2003

PSA Corp cuts wages

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT 1st September 2003

J.F.J. DE NUL

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Tyne has improved cargo handling of non-palletised goods at its Tyne Dock by purchasing a Loron fork-mounted Push Pull from B& B Attachments.

1st September 2003

Tynes push pull

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar is to supply two ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes to EUROGATE' s Container Terminal Hamburg (CTH). The contract includes an option for a third crane.

1st September 2003

Eurogate orders STSs . . .

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Following an order from HHLA of Hamburg for eight of its sixth generation CSC340 straddle carriers Kalmar has been awarded two further contracts by HHLA, one for 12 more CSC340 machines and…

1st September 2003

. . . whilst HHLA takes strads

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Israel Ports Authority (IPA) has ordered 24 new generation RTGs from KCI Konecranes and reserved an option to buy 15 more. The order (excluding the option) is worth € 29m and…

1st September 2003

Israel orders RTGs

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT 1st September 2003

LUKoil selects Transas

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald Port Technology has appointed Transmate to market its Wide Span Gantries in Holland.

1st September 2003

Gottwald expands representation

1st September 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has formed a committee to investigate waterfront operations at Mombasa Container Terminal. The team is expected to recommend an appropriate IT system for the management of water and…

1st September 2003

Mombasa audited and re-equipped

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Buffalo Bayou Partnership with the Port of Houston and the local flood control agency, have commissioned a new trash skimmer vessel named " Mighty Tidy" , designed to remove floating rubbish…

1st September 2003

Mighty Tidy beats out Stinky Pinky

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

The EU has announced that the investment subsidy obtained by Huisvuilcentrale Noord-Holland (HVC) to build a new river container terminal at Alkmaar in The Netherlands does not breach community regulations.

1st September 2003

EU OKs investment subsidy to Dutch box terminal

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Hudson Trident has been appointed by the port of Gothenburg to conduct an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code assessment of the port authority' s facilities.

1st September 2003

Gothenburg gets help on ISPS

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port Authority of Jamaica has committed over $1bn to upgrade port security in Kingston and Montego Bay.

1st September 2003

Jamaica spends a billion on upgrade

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Chuck Raymond, ceo of Horizon Lines, has said that container security cannot become a reality unless there is " a coordination of all parties participating in cargo movement."

1st September 2003

Transhipment hubs warned

1st September 2003

ASIA

ASIA

China has formally joined the Container Security Initiative (CSI) to target and pre-screen containers shipped from Shanghai and Shenzhen to US ports.

1st September 2003

China signs CSI

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The UN-hosted Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries has come up with a plan to reinforce the right of all countries to enjoy secure access to the sea. The plan incorporates…

1st September 2003

Landlocked countries get relief

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Maersk Sealand is negotiating with Dragados with a view to basing its enhanced North African container services at Terminales del Sudeste, which the construction company is building at the southern Spanish port…

1st September 2003

Maersk diversifies across southern Spain

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Freight Investor Services (FIS) has launched two new iron ore price estimates prompted by the buoyant 530m tonne seaborne trade. They will be known as Iron Ore 1 (C& F Rotterdam) and…

1st September 2003

Iron ore indices launched

1st September 2003