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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Law specialist Norton Rose has seen demand for container port financing services explode, as Felicity Landon discovers

9th October 2007

Legal Eagles Norton Rose

9th October 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Take the time to make crane grab choice  right from the offset and save problems down the line, Stuart Pearcey advises

9th October 2007

Fit and forget

9th October 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The presence of radiation in cargoes presents real risks not only to continued operation of ports, but also to the people who work in them. In other industries, particularly metals recycling, plants…

9th October 2007

Radiation risks

9th October 2007

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

During a recent visit to Egypt my attention was caught by the enthusiastic expansion plans for the Egyptian port sector, particularly on the Mediterranean coast.

9th October 2007

Caught Between a Very Public and a Somewhat Private Place

9th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The aborted merger between the New Zealand ports of Tauranga and Auckland cost Tauranga alone NZ$1.2m ($890,484) in third-party research costs.

9th October 2007

Aborted Merger Expensive

9th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has signed a contract with Lawson Software to install its M3 Enterprise Asset Management, Finance and e-Procurement applications, which are expected to minimise downtime and optimise maintenance resources.

9th October 2007

LPC software signing

9th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Improved productivity at existing Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) container berths may see a planned NZ$26m ($19.3m) upgrade of Cashin Quay Number Two delayed by two years.

9th October 2007

Efficiency gains may delay LPC upgrade

9th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) has rejected criticism from Queensland premier Peter Beattie describing Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT) as the worst port in the state.

8th October 2007

Coal Criticism

8th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A 7.7-hectare former Norske Skog Tasman site has been acquired by the Port of Tauranga to supplement future bulk shipping opportunities.

8th October 2007

NZ Snippets 2

8th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland outlined its future-proofing commitments at its annual customer conference in preparation for increased cargo throughput and larger ships call.

8th October 2007

Future-proofing focus for Auckland

8th October 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Consulting firms have been asked to submit proposals to Port Klang Authority on a feasibility study of the development of a piece of land adjacent to Northport.

7th October 2007

Port Klang wants to expand

7th October 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Dhamra Port Company, is looking into the possibility of securing of foreign loan to fund dredging at the port project it is developing in Orissa.

7th October 2007

Dhamra seeks foreign loan

7th October 2007

ASIA

ASIA

PSA, HPH, APM Terminals, SSA and CMA CGM have all registered to bid for the project to build Bojonegara Port in Indonesia.

7th October 2007

New Indonesian port attracts global interest

7th October 2007

ASIA

ASIA

A report compiled by the Pakistans Competitiveness Support Fund has warned that high costs at its ports could actually be damaging world trade.

7th October 2007

PaKistans ports not competitive

7th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Recent financial results reported by New Zealand ports included the year-end from South Port, which reported a comparable 8.6% dip in after-tax profit to NZ$2.23m ($1.7m) and 1% drop in revenue to…

7th October 2007

New Zealand financials

7th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Maximising supply chain opportunities between its six business units is expected to see the Eastland Group achieve a comparable 16% increase in net after-tax profit to NZ$5m ($3.7m) in the current financial…

7th October 2007

NZ Snippets 1

7th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port Otagos appointment of a science, engineering and logistics team to investigate its plan to become the only South Island deep-water container port has impressed the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation.

7th October 2007

Otago

7th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ukraine terminal operator Ukrtranscontainer has taken delivery of new Noell Fantuzzi ship-to-shore cranes for its container terminal in Illichivsk.

7th October 2007

New cranes support Ukraine berthing first

7th October 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Recent figures posted by Chittagong Port clearly show that productivity is improving following privatisation of Chittagong Container Terminal.

6th October 2007

Chittagong in the ascendancy

6th October 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Vietnam National Shipping Lines is to build a deep-water port in the Van Phong industrial development zone requiring $184m of investment.

6th October 2007

Two new deep-sea ports for Vietnam

6th October 2007