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EUROPE

The E470m Vuosaari Harbour project will sweep up cargo operations from the existing city centre North and West Harbours, which are constrained by the surrounding city.PSA International, together with construction company Turkish…

1st September 2005

PSA moves on Mersin

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish cabinet has reserved 708ha of land for the construction of the Outer Harbour at La Coruna. Work will consist of the construction of a dyke 3.36km long and a contra-dyke…

1st September 2005

LA CORUNA GETS ITS OUTER HARBOUR

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

P& Os £ 1.5bn plans for a new terminal near London have at last been given a tentative thumbs-up by the government, provoking a predictable scramble for attention among other port development…

1st September 2005

London Gateway almost there

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development…

1st September 2005

CEST CERES CERES

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK may be top of the Rotterdam container customer throughput league table, but China is snapping at its heels.

1st September 2005

CONTAINER MILLIONAIRES HAVE CLOSE RACE

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development…

1st September 2005

EUROGATE EXPANSION IS GO

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Redler, the bulk materials handling specialist, is to undertake the mechanical and electrical design and construction elements of a new 75,000 tonne animal feed store planned to be built within the port…

1st September 2005

Feeding Belfast livestock

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Four super post-Panamax cranes recently delivered to New York Container Terminal (NYCT) by Liebherr Container Cranes feature an ultramodern trailer positioning system (TPS).

1st September 2005

Trailer positioning system for New York

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

APL Kaoshiung recently set a new productivity record at the port loading and discharging an average of 164 containers per hour over 21 hours from a single vessel. This record exceeds the…

1st September 2005

Navis/APL get results

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald has recently delivered its first MHC to Bulgaria. The 100-ton HMK 300 E, Gottwalds current bestseller, will be operated as a container crane at Varna.

1st September 2005

Gottwald supplies Varna and Antwerp

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The third of five gantry cranes was taken ashore at berth 1 of the Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg from ZPMCs ZHEN HUA 8. ZPMC ensured the 1,800 ton giant was pulled onto…

1st September 2005

Gantry cranes

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

CEO Sergio Kano, says: "The new container handling equipment will boost SCT's crane capacity twofold. The fully erect delivery was an important consideration in the selection process. SCT is experiencing massive growth…

1st September 2005

Libra in crisis negotiations with Codesp

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A local businessman in Honduras has revealed that the government is trying to force the national parliament to allow two groups based in El Salvador and Mexico to take over the running…

1st September 2005

THE HONDURAN WHISTLE-BLOWER

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils seven largest ports will receive US$263m of federal investment in infrastructure this year. The money is earmarked to finance improvements to road and rail links, deepen the draught in access channels,…

1st September 2005

Santos the winner in federal handout

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The off-peak PierPass programme designed to shift Los Angeles and Long Beach port cargo operations to nights and Saturdays has commenced, but the controversy promises to rage on. Residents living near the…

1st September 2005

PierPass controversy

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Of the total, Santos will receive US$59.32m, which is 600% higher than money allocated in 2004. Much of this is allocated to the construction of a perimeter road to serve the 16km…

1st September 2005

GRAIN TERMINAL ON TRACK

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The mafias port interests may have been immortalised in On The Waterfront, but the US government doesnt find the real thing entertaining. With a view to reclaiming the docks from the mob,…

1st September 2005

US government takes on waterfront mafia

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Dear Sir I have just read the article " Country Report West Coast Canada" by Michael Rosenfeld in your June edition. The article states that the engineering for the development of the…

1st September 2005

Letter to the Editor

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Bids are now being considered for a five-year management contract to operate Port of Spains container terminal.

1st September 2005

DECISION TIME AT PORT OF SPAIN

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UNCTAD carried out a global government and industry survey on ISPS Code implementation, costs and related financing (available for downloading at www.unctad.org/ttl/legal). A total of 55 completed questionnaires were received from respondent…

1st September 2005

Cargo scam warning

1st September 2005