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ASIA

ASIA 1st September 2003

Pusan loses transhipment customers

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE 1st September 2003

Grangemouth reactivates rail

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Gavin van Marle voyages to the Baltic states and assesses the need for extra port capacity in light of impending EU accession and the not always easy relations with a sometimes obstinate…

1st July 2003

LIVING WITH BIG BROTHER

1st July 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Paul Eastaugh analyses the pros and cons of AIS in the context of growing VTS utilisation.

1st July 2003

AIS Boosts VTS Effectiveness

1st July 2003

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The mobile harbour crane is proving to be a popular cargo handling solution due to its versatility and cost effectiveness, writes Benedict Young

1st July 2003

Jack of all TRADES

1st July 2003

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

In the first of two articles Gustaaf de Monie considers what pricing principles landlord ports should adopt in an economic and structural environment that has changed dramatically for them.

1st July 2003

Show me the MONEY

1st July 2003

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Does shipping line self-interest serve box terminal operations? There is a growing debate in port circles as to whether shipping lines can make effective common-user container terminal operators.

1st July 2003

NORTH OR SOUTH – RESTRUCTURING BRINGS BOTH THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES

1st July 2003

ASIA

ASIA 1st July 2003

P&O Ports buys Adani

1st July 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Francisco Lopez Barredo has been awarded the concession to operate the Terminal Especializada de Contenedores box handling facility at the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas. His bid included investment of US$7m compared…

1st July 2003

Lazaro Cardenas box terminal out to concession

1st July 2003

ASIA

ASIA

The Port Authority of Thailand has earmarked 16bn baht (US$385m) to convert Laem Chabang into a dominant regional hub.

1st July 2003

Major upgrade for Laem Chabang terminals

1st July 2003

ASIA

ASIA 1st July 2003

Maersk India launches SMS service

1st July 2003

ASIA

ASIA

Pusan Newport Co (PNC) has received financial backing of US$480m for the construction of its new terminal in Pusan.

1st July 2003

Funding for Pusan project

1st July 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Steve Camerson reports with breaking news on the hard-fought concessions over the Luanda and Douala port privatisations

1st July 2003

On the horns of an African dilemma

1st July 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

According to Juan Carlos Alferez, manager of Dole Ecuadors new private port, near Guayaquil, throughput of mainly export bananas has pushed the facility up to 60% of capacity. However, Dole is not…

1st July 2003

Doles Ecuador banana port up to 60% of capacity

1st July 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA 1st July 2003

SA Airlift

1st July 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Panama Canal Authority has initiated trials of simultaneous, two-way transits (Atlantic and Pacific bound) of large commercial vessels through the Canal.

1st July 2003

Canal Trials

1st July 2003

ASIA

ASIA

Shanghai handled a record 912,000 TEU in April, a month-on-month rise of 35%.

1st July 2003

Chinese ports reaching saturation point

1st July 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, which saw its Asian cargo volumes increase by 23% in 2002, has signed an agreement with the Panama Canal Authority to jointly promote…

1st July 2003

Panama teams up to boost Asia business

1st July 2003

ASIA

ASIA

The Ministry of Port Development and Shipping in Colombo has signed a US$ 10 million contract with British consultant Scott Wilson to realise plans for the development of the Port of Colombo…

1st July 2003

Scott Wilson appointed for Colombo expansion

1st July 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Fast track construction plans for the fourth phase of the Kingston Container Terminal are underway and the Port Authority of Jamaica has just signed a new five-year agreement with its number one…

1st July 2003

Kingston Signs Zim and Builds

1st July 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Elena Siems, Maersk Sealand general manager, noted recently that, " St Petersburg is the most expensive port in the whole of Europe."

1st July 2003

Maersk Sealand labels St Petersburg Europes most expensive port

1st July 2003

ASIA

ASIA

The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, has loaned US$9.25m to the Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) project in Karachi which is being developed as part of…

1st July 2003

Karachi has new container terminal

1st July 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE 1st July 2003

La Spezia Anx

1st July 2003