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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Port of Brisbane is on the hunt for an operator to take on the management of two new container ports that will increase Brisbanes container handling capacity by 25%. 

1st October 2006

New container berths up for grabs at Brisbane

1st October 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

In the first six months of 2006, Spanish ports handled 225.4m tonnes, an increase of 3.8%. Total box traffic amounted to 5.7m teu, 4.1% more than the corresponding 2005 period.

1st October 2006

SPANISH PORTS UP 3.8%

1st October 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Finlands second largest seaport has invested in IndigoVisions IP Video site surveillance. More than 4m tonnes of cargo and over 4m passengers pass through the Port of Turku every year.

1st October 2006

ALL EYES ON TURKU

1st October 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

The CCTV system includes numerous dome cameras, providing high-quality digital images via a wireless WiMAX LAN, which spans an area around the port of over 10 sq km. Middlesbrough-based PD Ports and…

1st October 2006

LNG NOD FOR TEESSIDE

1st October 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

The CCTV system includes numerous dome cameras, providing high-quality digital images via a wireless WiMAX LAN, which spans an area around the port of over 10 sq km. Dragados has awarded KCI…

1st October 2006

MORE RTGS TO SPAIN

1st October 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Gottwald Port Technology has appointed former chief technical officer Dr Mathias Dobner as its new chief executive, effective immediately.

1st October 2006

New CEO Gottwald

1st October 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Only two companies - Eurotrasac and Terminal Polivalente Portuaria de Sagunto - bid for the concessions to manage the two multipurpose terminals at the port of Sagunto, which reports to Valencia Port…

1st October 2006

Two bid for Sagunto

1st October 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Malta Freeport Terminals has taken delivery of four new super postpanamax quayside cranes to keep up with demands of ever-larger containerships.

1st October 2006

Malta cranes cater for big boys

1st October 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

The ZPMC cranes, with a capability of handling containerships stacking 24 containers, were transported from Shanghai to Malta on a dedicated barge. Meanwhile, ZMPC has also delivered the largest container cranes in…

1st October 2006

GENOVA GO-AHEAD

1st October 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

The ZPMC cranes, with a capability of handling containerships stacking 24 containers, were transported from Shanghai to Malta on a dedicated barge. Meanwhile, ZMPC has also delivered the largest container cranes in…

1st October 2006

KALMAR BELGIUM BUY

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Colombian port of Cartagena says it has placed an order for eight RTGs costing $10.4m, as part of a $300m upgrade programme which will last three years and boost capacity to…

1st October 2006

RTG order for Cartagena

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The joint-venture TIPS container terminal operated in Laem Chabang by NYK Line and MOL is to buy two post-panamax quayside gantry cranes from ZPMC to operate vessels of up to 6,000 teu…

1st October 2006

TIPS CRANE BUY

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

State funding to the tune of $28m is needed for the Argentinean port of Madryn if it is to operate without problems in the future.The majority of the money is needed to…

1st October 2006

MADRYN NEEDS INVESTMENT

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The International Port Alliance (Alinport) is promoting the creation of a new deep seaport at Posorja in Ecuador that will be able to accommodate at least panamax size container vessels. Ships of…

1st October 2006

New deepsea port for Ecuador

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Nicaragua National Ports Authority has opened the new port of El Rama, located 400 km from the capital Managua, between Bluefields Bay and the Escondido River.

1st October 2006

El Rama opens new port

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Ports Authoritys Board of Directors has approved a series of construction and new equipment contracts that will significantly increase container handling capacity at the Port of Savannah.  

1st October 2006

Green light for GPA

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The northern Chilean port of Arica is to invest more than $18m in the construction of a new asymmetrical berth. A tender will be issued upon completion of environmental impact study, with…

1st October 2006

NEW BERTH FOR ARICA

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas (International) Ltd is to sell terminals it operates at Staten Island New York, in New Jersey and two in Vancouver, raising an estimated $1bn.These are expected to generate…

1st October 2006

ORIENT TO ABANDON NORTH AMERICA

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Ports Authority has splashed out more than $50m for four super post-panamax ship-to-shore container cranes and 15 all-electric RTGs from Konecranes.Deliveries will start in the spring of 2007 and continue until…

1st October 2006

SAVANNAH SALES FOR KONE CRANES

1st October 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

DP World is to invest $100m to expand terminal facilities at the port of Buenos Aires, where it is the managing partner of Terminales Rio de la Plata. Not only is the…

1st October 2006

DPW ARGENTINE EXPANSION

1st October 2006