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ASIA

ASIA

Gavin van Marle spent several months roaming India recently. His report reveals how a stifling bureaucracy and genuine democracy form a two-edged sword in a country whose port sector is intent on…

1st May 2005

Democracy in Action

1st May 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Arguably, of all container handling equipment, spreaders come in for the heaviest punishment since theyre the principal point of contact with the box. Nick Elliott talks to manufacturers and summarises a recent…

1st May 2005

The Point of Contact

1st May 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

For a straddle carrier to achieve a ten-year life span, operators must establish predictive maintenance schedules, buy only spare parts from the OEM and maybe negate the need for drivers entirely -…

1st May 2005

Phones Phoneys and Foresight

1st May 2005

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The relationship between ports that need to develop and their surrounding social and ecological environments is very often a matter for heated debate with the NIMBY factor usually to the fore.

1st May 2005

Not in my Back Yard!

1st May 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Gottwalds Andreas Moeller explained to PS how the HPK 330 EG harbour pontoon crane - a dedicated solution for St. James Stevedoring Companys mid-stream operations on the Lower Mississippi - will hopefully…

1st May 2005

Down the Mississipi to the Gulf of Mexico

1st May 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The Delta Plan should be a win-win strategy for Spains second port aimed at accommodating the needs of both container and auto clients. Alex Hughes reports from Barcelona.

1st May 2005

Delta Dreams

1st May 2005

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

There are clever criminal gangs out there hatching ingenious plots.

1st May 2005

Its not all about Terrorism

1st May 2005

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Within the plethora of directives, regulations, codes and initiatives, and the accompanying smart technology that the reaction to 9/11 has given birth to, the container seal has always been in the cross…

1st May 2005

Sealing the Box

1st May 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

70+% price hikes, entirely new sources of supply being developed? Australian iron ore producers are enjoying a bull-run in meeting demand from China. The ports are coping but more pressure is building.…

1st May 2005

Playing Hardball

1st May 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Impediments to the cargo pipeline performing well, from iron ore producer to steel manufacturer, are not all, about what is happening at the exporter end in Australia.

1st May 2005

Chinese Bottlenecks persist

1st May 2005

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Last week it was announced in the UK that the supermarket chain called Tesco was claiming one pound in every eight spent in the UK retail market. The effects on surrounding shops…

1st May 2005

The Tesco Effect

1st May 2005

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

A UK election has been called and the last time this happened when there were any particular port issues on the agenda was when Margaret Thatcher was in power and overseeing a…

1st May 2005

UK Port Plans – No Election fever here!

1st May 2005

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Ben Hackett pursues his analysis of the port privatisation process to the Levant

1st May 2005

Privatisation: Israeili Style

1st May 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports must address the congestion problem to survive. Patrik Wheater reports from a recent BMT briefing.

1st May 2005

The Squeeze is on

1st May 2005

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Simulare Port Technology puts the case for the benefits of simulator training.

1st May 2005

Do simulators provide Effective Training?

1st May 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Following the renegotiation of leases with Unilever, Commercial Cold Storage and Agriport, South Africas National Ports Authority (NPA) has agreed terms with Bidvest for the consolidation of 42 leases into nine and…

1st May 2005

NPA & BIDVEST AGREE TERMS

1st May 2005

ASIA

ASIA

According to Xu Qiang of the Ningbo Reform and Development Commission, the leading investors in local port construction in China continue to be state-owned enterprises.

1st May 2005

Foreigners still wary of Chinese port investment

1st May 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Wei Jaifu, Chairman of COSCO Pacific Ltd, has highlighted the groups ambitious expansion plans in Chinas container handling sector which will see it raise annual handling capacity from 10.8mTEU to 36.5mTEU over…

1st May 2005

COSCOs ambitious plans

1st May 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

In the port of Tianjin, serving the capital city of Beijing, COSCO Pacific, Tianjin Port and AP Moller will set up a container terminal by 2007 that will handle 2.1mTEU/year.Transnet has declared…

1st May 2005

SAPO FIRST

1st May 2005

ASIA

ASIA

12 companies have sought pre-qualification to build the $205m offshore container terminal at Mumbai. Among the international bidders are P& O Ports, Mitsui OSK, Dubai Port Authority, Evergreen Marine, Maersk and Hutchison…

1st May 2005

Mumbai terminal gains momentum

1st May 2005