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AFRICA

AFRICA

Privatisation of Mombasa Container Terminal has been under discussion for a long time and while no time frame has been set as yet, a committee comprising officials from both the government and…

1st March 2007

The privatisation quandary

1st March 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

A slight dip in 2006 throughput should prove no hurdle to growth in 2007 at Africas key ports. Alex Hughes reports

1st March 2007

Dry bulk bonanza

1st March 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

A planned dredging programme is integral to the future success of the Mozambican port of Beira to push it into the direct call league. This modest African box handling facility - in…

1st March 2007

Mozambiques Beira has grand aspirations that could knock Durban off its direct call perch

1st March 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Port Louis continues to draw in the main shipping players, but it is not complacent as Alex Hughes finds out

1st March 2007

Feeder king

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

The Pearl river delta led the way in Chinas capitalist drive,now it faces overcapacity and overtaking by its Yangtze cousin. Wing Kah-goh investigates

1st March 2007

A tale of two deltas

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

At Taiwans premier port of Kaohsiung there is a bunker mentality setting in which threatens to waste taxpayers money on an extraordinary level. Fact: Taiwan is not the manufacturing centre it once…

1st March 2007

Kaohsiung throws good money after bad

1st March 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Port management have wised up to reality and are seeking out new ways to boost stagnant volumes, as Wing Kah-goh finds out

1st March 2007

Busan policy shift

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Regarded as very flexible but energy hungrymachines, pneumatic unloaders for bulk product are getting more sophisticated and are making use of new types of energy-efficient electronic controls. David Foxwell reports

1st March 2007

Shaking new ground

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

As terminal throughputs rocket and crane technology becomes increasingly complex,more operators are turning to outside specialists for their equipment maintenance. Felicity Landon reports

1st March 2007

Call in the Experts

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The Port of Felixstowe employs 230 engineers and the majority of its frontline maintenance - including quay cranes and yard cranes - is carried out in-house, supported by specialist contractors, says Hutchison…

1st March 2007

Frontline focus

1st March 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Approval for planned wind farms off the UKs Kent coast could put the Port of Ramsgate at the centre of the new development. The London Array, the worlds largest wind farm project,…

1st March 2007

Record-breaking energy farming

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The trick is to design a low cost terminal with an early start-up,which is ready for future expansion, as Felicity Landon finds out

1st March 2007

Future-proofing

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A glistening future beckons as Shanghai proves its dominance in the port world. Wing Kah-goh reports

1st March 2007

Crowning glory

1st March 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Denmarks piloting sector has opened its doors.Will this overhaul further improve an already well-performing industry or become a massive cross to bear? Alex Hughes finds out

1st March 2007

Changing course

1st March 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Australias experience of liberalisation of its pilotage industry has been less than positive.Alex Hughes examines what went wrong

1st March 2007

Lessons to be learnt

1st March 2007

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Environmentis a word that will progressively burn its way into the psyche of business in the 21st century. Inevitably, with trends in motion such as global warming, there will increasingly be a…

1st March 2007

Green credentials

1st March 2007

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

More labour trouble in Gioia Tauro to the extent that Contship Italia, the transhipment terminals operator, has issued threats about exiting the terminal. The visible cause of the problems is the newly…

1st March 2007

More trouble at the transhipment mill

1st March 2007

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

There has been much speculation on the highly unusual activity of a group of business and academic persons who, under C C Tung as convener, have been charged with making Hong Kong…

1st March 2007

Costly Hong Kong

1st March 2007

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The flurry of activity at shipyards, as new orders come in for ever larger containerships, appears to have no end in sight.Combine this with the increasing size of terminal operators and the…

1st March 2007

A dose of collective amnesia

1st March 2007

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

This issues article, Easy Money, highlights the increasing attractiveness of the ports sector to investment banks, infrastructure and pension funds. They are now figuring to an increasing extent in the growing port…

1st March 2007

Money vs expertise

1st March 2007