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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Panamas Ministry of Commerce has indicated that planned investment of $1.5bn over the next eight years will effectively double national port capacity. In all, $200m will be used to expand the port…

1st April 2007

$1.5bn reserved for Panamanian ports

1st April 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Terminal Marítima Infraestructura Portuaria Mexicana, situated in the port of Altamira, is to invest $12m in new equipment to include a Liebherr post-panamax mobile harbour crane that can service 18 rows of…

1st April 2007

Altamira investment

1st April 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Nicaraguas National Port Authority is to borrow $50m over the next five years to invest in upgrading ports.

1st April 2007

Nicaragua to invest at least $50m

1st April 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The proposed multi-purpose terminal at the port of Tampico is not viable, because it will increase congestion in the surrounding urban area, a heavily touristic area, local sources have said.

1st April 2007

No space for Tampico terminal

1st April 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

TUI, owner of shipping line Hapag-Lloyd, has sold an 80% stake in Montréal Gateway Terminals to Morgan Stanley. The company acquired the initial stake after its buyout of  CP Ships.

1st April 2007

TUI SELLS MONTRÉAL MAJORITY

1st April 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Storage facility manufacturer Rubb Buildings has installed a new facility at P& O Ports Dundalk Terminal in Baltimore. 

1st April 2007

P&O PORTS GETS THE RUBB

1st April 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The New York-New Jersey port authority has asked DP World for a  transaction or transfer fee, amounting to as much as $84m, as part of the $450m sale of former P& O…

1st April 2007

NY-NJ wants in on DP World profit

1st April 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The government of Ecuador has not ruled out launching a new tender forthe concession to run the port of Guayaquil, while in the meantime ithas commenced restructuring of the port authority both…

1st April 2007

New tender for Guayaquil

1st April 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Doubts have been cast on the effectiveness of using Chilean ports to export goods from South Americas Atlantic coast to destinations in Asia. In part, this is because export cargo from Uruguay…

1st April 2007

Chile for China?

1st April 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Surveillance specialists Axis Communications and PureTech Systems have combined products to enhance security at ports in the US. Pairing PureTech Systems wide-area video security with Axis Communications network camera claims to utilise…

1st April 2007

SECURITY SPECIALISTS

1st April 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Powerfleet has been appointed the sole distributor of the Mobicon container handling system in the US, a system that claims to eliminate the need for costly yard repairs.Designed and manufactured in Australia…

1st April 2007

POWERFLEET MOBICON EXCLUSIVITY

1st April 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The US Department of Homeland Security has awarded VeriTainers container crane radiation detection technology Qualified Anti-Terrorist Technology (QATT) designation status.

1st April 2007

VERITAINER STATUS SYMBOL

1st April 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SAICs new VACIS P7500 Inspection System is a described as a compact,highpenetration, high-energy inspection portal that combines small footprint with high throughput. The system is suited for highvolume ports and transportation facilities…

1st April 2007

SAIC launches compact inspection system

1st April 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Irelands Dublin Port Tunnel has had a security overhaul to incorporate the CEM AC2000 SE (Standard Edition) access control system.

1st April 2007

Safe and secure at Dublin Port Tunnel

1st April 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

AC drives supplied and fitted by Control Techniques are behind the control of a new shiploader at the Dalrymple Bay coal terminal in the port of Hay Point. Serving a total of…

1st April 2007

DRIVING SHIP LOADING DOWN UNDER

1st April 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP Worlds chairman, Sultan Ahmad Bin Sulayem,has revealed that over the next three years the company intends to boost its global container throughput by 50%.

3rd March 2007

DPW to boost traffic by 50% over three years

3rd March 2007

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