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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Panamas three container terminals, Manzanillo, Colon and Balboa which account for 97% of total traffic, registered a 14.3% first quarter growth in containers handled.

1st July 2003

Panama posts big first quarter numbers

1st July 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has introduced a new generation of Smartpath, its container position verification system originally developed for straddle carriers. The company claims the technology can now be adapted for implementation on a range…

1st July 2003

Kalmars new Smartpath

1st July 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Spanish power generating company Endesa Generacion has ratified an agreement with the port authority of El Ferrol in northwest Spain to build a major coal importing terminal on a 106,000 sq m…

1st July 2003

El Ferrol to host major coal terminal

1st July 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gothenburg-based TTS Ships Equipment, the ro-ro access equipment developer, has unveiled a new design of ro-ro trailer trestle with a built in cargo-lashing system.

1st July 2003

TTS trailer trestles promise manpower savings

1st July 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Additional clauses have been inserted into South Africas National Ports Authority Bill enabling Public Enterprises minister Jeff Radebe to direct state holding company Transnet to speed up the privatisation of its ports…

1st July 2003

South Africans progressing ports legislation

1st July 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Genoa has become the 14th member port of the Container Security Initiative (CSI). It joins Rotterdam, Le Havre, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Antwerp, Singapore, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Gothenberg, Felixstowe, Vancouver, Montreal, and Halifax in…

1st July 2003

Genoa latest to institute CSI

1st July 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new guide providing a useful insight into the complexities of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code which enters into force on 1 July 2004, has been published.

1st July 2003

ISPS guide published

1st July 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A company specialising in training company and ship security officers in compliance with the ISPS Code has been formed by two maritime security specialists with nearly 50 years merchant navy and Special…

1st July 2003

Former commandos unite for ISPS deadline

1st July 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Japanese car maker Mazda has moved its Southern Europe distribution hub from Antwerp to Barcelona, where it will make use of Barcelona Autoterminal. The move was prompted by better value added…

1st July 2003

Mazda switches distribution from Antwerp to Barcelona

1st July 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Container terminal strategies to suit every aspiration have evolved in the Mediterranean but can they keep pace with change? Nick Elliott reports .

1st June 2003

Med Medley plays the tune of DEMAND

1st June 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Steve Cameron considers the accelerating move towards the commercialisation of Africas ports.

1st June 2003

The scramble for Africa

1st June 2003

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

In the first of an ongoing series, Jordan Schwartz examines the uncertain future of private investment in port infrastructure within the developing world, with a particular eye this month on Africa.

1st June 2003

Private participation drying up?

1st June 2003

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Today' s pneumatic unloaders offer significant operational advantages but energy consumption can be a prohibitive issue, writes Benedict Young

1st June 2003

Bulky issues

1st June 2003

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

It is said that in the rather anxious aftermath of the 911 outrage, officials in the Bush administration looked around at the shipping and transport industry and saw in all its openness…

1st June 2003

The soft UNDERBELLY

1st June 2003

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Management is the word that underpins portstrategy, the new magazine for your industry. portstrategy, or PS as we call it, is designed to meet the modern information needs of port and terminal…

1st June 2003

THAT MAGIC WORD MANAGEMENT

1st June 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The first quarter results reported by Halterm, one of the two Halifax container terminal operators, show a goodwill write down of C$56m and tell the story of dark days ahead for the…

1st June 2003

Clock ticking at Halterm

1st June 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Long Beach, USA has cleared the way for the development of a US$400m liquefied natural gas terminal (LNG) on Terminal Island, the first facility of its kind to be…

1st June 2003

First USWC LNG Terminal

1st June 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dredging capability review: it' s all about size, technology and the right people, reports David Robinson

1st June 2003

Scale technology people

1st June 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Clydeport has announced a full environmental study conducted by Halcrow for its proposed international container transhipment terminal at the Hunterston deep-water site on the Clyde.

1st June 2003

Clydeport commits to Hunterston hub environmental study

1st June 2003

ASIA

ASIA

Singapore-based Portek International has secured a contract from Indonesias Pelindo IV to jointly operate a container terminal at Sulawesis port of Makassar which handles close to 200,000 TEUs annually.

1st June 2003

Portek to operate Makassar

1st June 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Caribbeans premier container transhipment hub, the Port of Kingston, Jamaica, has announced a fourth-phase expansion ahead of its terminal facilities in a move designed to consolidate and expand container business.

1st June 2003

US$65m Expansion for Kingston

1st June 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Vancouver Port Authority has announced that it expects to begin construction of a new $800m container terminal at Roberts Bank by 2007.

1st June 2003

New Box Terminal for Vancouver

1st June 2003

ASIA

ASIA

Major Hong Kong terminal operators Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), Modern Terminals Limited and COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited have formed a new joint venture company, OnePort, that will provide an open, secure…

1st June 2003

OnePort to Enhance Hong Kongs Competitiveness

1st June 2003