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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Melbourne’s much-needed dredging programme is still a long way off becoming a reality.

1st July 2007

Deepening Woes

1st July 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’ s forestry exporting ports are flourishing, with a construction boom in Asia and export log restrictions in Russia pushing the price of locally-produced logs up 20% over the past year,writes…

1st July 2007

Log exports boom carves a path for NZ ports

1st July 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Coastal shipping advocates in New Zealand will soon discover if the Government intends putting their transport mode on an equal footing with road and rail in funding and policy decisions. 

1st July 2007

Coastal shipping waits for chance to shine

1st July 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’ s two key ports have walked away from the merger negotiating table, but at what cost?

1st July 2007

First hurdle fall

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Stuart Pearcey discovers that burgeoning demand for iron ore is having a monumental impact on port development in China and Australia

1st July 2007

Iron Grip

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With hundreds of containers going overboard each year, Felicity Landon looks at the container lashing issue from the ports perspective

1st July 2007

The line on lashing

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Health and safety aspects for lashing crews and ship crews are a central part of the Lashing@Sea joint industry project which was launched last year to look at the need for the…

1st July 2007

Lashing@Sea puts crew safety centre stage

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Manufacturers are responding to demands for enhanced productivity by introducing more cost-effective, environmentally friendly terminal tractors, as David Foxwell explains

1st July 2007

Powerful Pulling

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Terberg’ s overhaul of its terminal tractors’ powering gear has made a significant dent in fuel consumption, as David Foxwell reports

1st July 2007

Transmission re-vamp

1st July 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TSI Terminal Systems Inc, which operates the Deltaport and Vanterm container terminals in the Port of Vancouver, is trialling a new hybrid RTG,which is able to regenerate kinetic and potential energy to…

1st July 2007

TSI powers ahead with hybrid crane trials

1st July 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

HIT is hedging its bets running a number of ‘ green schemes’ concurrently to improve RTG emissions and noise, as Alex Hughes explains

1st July 2007

No stone unturned

1st July 2007

ASIA

ASIA

India needs to capture private sector investment if it is to realise its full future potential. Gordon Feller reports

1st July 2007

Personal banking

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Contrasting schemes from two major consultants prove that there’ s more than one way to skin a port cat, as Alex Hughes discovers

1st July 2007

The spice of life

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Increased demand for petroleum drove Vopak Terminal Singapore Pte Ltd to revisit its jetty layout and capacity at its Petroleum Storage Terminal at Banyan Basin on Singapore’ s Jurong Island. 

1st July 2007

Gas-guzzlers help Vopak expansion

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Continent’ s new super-port takes shape, with a facility to rival the traditional Mediterranean mega-hubs. Henrik Byrn reports

1st July 2007

African dreams realised

1st July 2007

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Felicity Landon asks whether the flurry of concessions and expansions being announced by the world’ s major port dons is sustainable

1st July 2007

Godfathers of ports

1st July 2007

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

That word is back again: “ congestion” , and along with it some interesting projections. Two new reports have recently been issued both of which foresee capacity crunches in the port sector. 

1st July 2007

Capacity crunch

1st July 2007

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The recent Coastlink Conference in Dublin was the focus of much discussion about the thorny subject of congestion – the problems and potential solutions. There was clearly a perception from the conference…

1st July 2007

Calling the shots on continued congestion

1st July 2007

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Economic theory and practice tells us that economies of scale have the potential to increase both consumer and producer welfare. Yet there are limits to the advantages that they can bring. 

1st July 2007

Is there a danger of diseconomies of scale?

1st July 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Indian steel manufacturing giant Tata has stoutly defended its plans for a new steel and ore port at Dhamra, in the eastern Indian province of Orissa, in the face of environmental protests.

1st July 2007

Wrangles over proposed Dharma port

1st July 2007