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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port of Napier has responded to local resident opposition and lessened the environmental impact of a development plan. Stage one of the expansion, which should begin next year, will entail replacing its…

1st March 2007

NAPIER REVISES EXPANSION PLANS

1st March 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Coal producers are demanding a reintroduction of a rationing system at Newcastle Port to combat continued congestion. The queue of ships waiting to berth at Australias largest coal export port has stayed…

1st March 2007

NEWCASTLE PRODUCER REVOLT

1st March 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

US towage company Seabulk is looking to build on its first break into the European market with its patented Ship Docking Module (SDM) tug design.

1st March 2007

Pioneering tug design breaks Europe

1st March 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Former Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) boss Peter Jones has been appointed chief executive of Associated British Ports (ABP) from April 1. He will take over from Bo Lerenius, 60, who…

1st March 2007

Jones to take up ABP mantle

1st March 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has come out on top in a $26m claim lodged by Commerzbank. A Rotterdam court dismissed the claim, which stemmed from the end of August 2004,when it…

1st March 2007

ROTTERDAM LEGAL SUCCESS …

1st March 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Valencias new MSC Terminal has struggled with a lack of available equipment at peak times and has been forced to introduce emergency measures at the gate. The dearth of available equipment has…

1st March 2007

MSC Valencia introduces operational changes

1st March 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Savi Networks real-time tracking service is to be installed at the Port of Rotterdam.The companys Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) infrastructure automatically tracks the location and security status of cargo containers around the…

1st March 2007

… AND SECURITY SEAL

1st March 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Forth Ports and Cemex have signed an agreement which will involve the building materials company investing £ 27m ($53m) in a cement grinding and blending facility at the Port of Tilbury.

1st March 2007

Cement deal binds Tilbury with Cemex

1st March 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new combined radar and closedcircuit TV security system has been launched by British company Navtech Radar,which is targeting ports, airports, large industrial sites and other highvalue installations with the product.

1st March 2007

Dual-purpose security solution

1st March 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Seawater scrubbing technology could have an important part to play in the future as ports come under increasing pressure to reduce air pollution, says manufacturer Krystallon. The company, a joint venture between…

1st March 2007

Krystallon: scrubbing vital in ports

1st March 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

International facility developer Trans- Development Group recently contracted Rubb Buildings for a relocatable structure to process automotives in Dundalk,US.

1st March 2007

Rubb drives automobile storage

1st March 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigeria is to build a major deepwater port in the Niger Delta.The project is to be taken forward in four phases, the first of which will commence in March for an eventual…

1st March 2007

NIGERIA PLANS NEW DEEPWATER PORT

1st March 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

ICTSI subsidiary,Madagascar International Container Terminal Services,has commissioned a new Gottwald heavy duty mobile crane at its Toamasina container terminal to increase handling power and berth coverage.

1st March 2007

MADAGASCAR BOOSTS HANDLING POWER

1st March 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Konecranes has confirmed reachstacker orders from three African port operators. Six units will be supplied to the Namibian Port Authorities, three to Kenya Ports Authority and four to Ghanas Meridian Ports Services.…

1st March 2007

KONE NETS AFRICAN ORDERS

1st March 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Saudi Trade & Export Development Company (Tusdeer) and Seaport Terminal of Malaysia, which helped established the successful transhipment port of Tanjung Pelepas, have signed a joint venture agreement to develop a…

1st March 2007

Third Jeddah box terminal confirmed

1st March 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

A new grain and fertiliser terminal was inaugurated at Djibouti at the end of 2006 following the award by Compagnie Djiboutienne de Gestion du Terminal Vraquier of a contract to Vigan SA…

1st March 2007

New grain and fertiliser terminal at Djibouti

1st March 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

At the end of January, Oman International Container Terminal inaugurated Phase 1 of its Terminal B expansion at the port of Sohar.

1st March 2007

OICT inaugurates Sohar expansion

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Authorities in the ports of Guayquil and Puerto Bolívar have until June 30, 2007 to transfer existing terminal operations to private-sector companies.

1st March 2007

PRIVATISATION SPEEDS UP

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Hutchison Port Holdings has handed over the Ecuadorian Port of Manta to Terminales Internacionales del Ecuador (Tide),marking the start of a 30-year concession.The original  agreement, which had seen the transfer taking place…

1st March 2007

MANTA HANDOVER COMPLETE

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Small port terminal operators in Ecuador are somewhat worried by the emergence of major port development projects, such as Manta and Posorja.

1st March 2007

Ecuadorians fear competition from outsiders

1st March 2007