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ASIA

ASIA 1st June 2005

KARACHI INVITES PROPOSALS

1st June 2005

ASIA

ASIA

For the first three months of 2005, Singapore reported a throughput of 5.31m TEUs, up 13% over the corresponding 2004 period. At the same time, terminals in Hong Kong handled 5.28 million…

1st June 2005

Singapore

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. In 2004, Bilbao box terminal ATM registered a 9.76% hike…

1st June 2005

TRUCK MAFIA HALTS BILBAO BOX TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port of Rotterdam and operator ECT have reached agreement to construct a new container terminal at Maasvlakte. This Delta Barge Feeder Terminal (DBF) is meant to handle inland and feeder vessels in…

1st June 2005

..and builds new container terminal

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

On 4 May, MSCs 8,000 TEU vessel RACHELE docked at Valencia, the biggest container ship ever to call at any Spanish port. The vessel will be deployed on services out of China…

1st June 2005

Valencia receives largest ever vessel

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. The second phase of Bilbao's Outer Harbour development will be…

1st June 2005

NEW BILBAO HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT TO OPEN IN 2006

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. The port of Rotterdam has commissioned the construction of the…

1st June 2005

Rotterdam commissions quay construction?

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Depending on your point of view, PD Ports plan to introduce a Northern Gateway container port on the Tees would either ease the UKs notorious southern port congestion, or - if youre…

1st June 2005

North seeks to ease Southern Discomfort

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Lloyd's List reports that port operators and regional development agencies in the north of England are calling for a delay on three outstanding applications to build additional facilities in the south (London…

1st June 2005

Rivals ATM and TMB set up joint venture company

1st June 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Lloyd's List reports that port operators and regional development agencies in the north of England are calling for a delay on three outstanding applications to build additional facilities in the south (London…

1st June 2005

TRAFFIC UP AT PORT NOU

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact,…

1st June 2005

PMA

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact,…

1st June 2005

DELAYS FOR EMBRAPORT

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The newly deepened 45-foot Kill Van Kull and Newark Bay Channels into the Port of New York and New Jersey are now officially open, allowing ships carrying more than 4,500 TEUs to…

1st June 2005

NEW YORKS CHANNEL DEEPENING COMPLETED

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact,…

1st June 2005

PARANAGUA TO OPEN NEW TERMINALS

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact,…

1st June 2005

Panama dusts off Rodman port project

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact,…

1st June 2005

NEW SUGAR TERMINAL FOR BRAZIL

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The new port of MBopicua was proposed in 2001 to provide access to the Atlantic.

1st June 2005

New port at Uruguays MBopicua

1st June 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

International Terminal Solutions (ITS) has developed what it believes is the most cost effective and flexible solution in straddle carrier and truck alignment systems, LoadVIEW.

1st June 2005

ITS saves 8% in equipment running time

1st June 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The system allows the driver of a truck, trailer-train or straddle carrier to view the vehicle in relation to the stopping position offering a computer-augmented birds-eye view. Most existing systems use lights…

1st June 2005

TUGS FOR BP

1st June 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Side-shift is also possible on the spreader.Following sales to ABP in King's Lynn last year and Folkestone Harbour in March, Hydrex Equipment has sold a third Fuchs MHL380 wheeled re-handling machine, this…

1st June 2005

REHANDLER FOR PLYMOUTH

1st June 2005