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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Maersk, Hutchison Port Holdings and SSA Marine have indicated an interest in building and operating a container terminal in the El Salvador port of La Union.

1st May 2005

THREE BID FOR EL SALVADOR BOX TERMINAL PROJECT

1st May 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Mae West once said: " Too much of a good thing can be wonderful." But as the North American West Coast ports are finding out, too much of a good thing can…

1st April 2005

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING

1st April 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Inspection services safeguard the commercial interests of clients and play a major role in facilitating global trade by ensuring the integrity of valuable bulk products is protected. Such commodities include crude oil,…

1st April 2005

NOT JUST A NECESSARY EVIL

1st April 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

All this leads into another contentious area.

1st April 2005

EFFECTS OF SHIP MOVEMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY

1st April 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Every one knows that big ports need big cranes and the major operators like to be seen to lead the field in buying big. This, however, is not entirely logical. Nick Elliott…

1st April 2005

IS IT A MACHO THING OR WHAT?

1st April 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In many countries, manning requirements for tugs are determined by vessel length; the more compact a vessel, the lower the manning costs, and the more cost-effective they become.

1st April 2005

CREATING A COST-EFFECTIVE WORKHORSE

1st April 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

More powerful, but compact and highly automated, the humble tug is growing ever more sophisticated, and assuming new roles that can help enhance ports balance sheets. David Foxwell reports.

1st April 2005

SOPHISTICATED SUPER TUGS SET NEW STANDARDS

1st April 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

At Liscont, around 10% of all tyres never reach the 4,000-hour accepted working lifespan. Carlos Figueiredo reports that this is virtually always the result of driver error, identifying contact with the metallic…

1st April 2005

KNOCK THEIR HEADS TOGETHER!

1st April 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Landside port logistics represents a new phase in the development of port management systems, which have traditionally focused on sea access. In a summary of a recent study undertaken for UNCTAD, Khalid…

1st April 2005

THE STRATEGIC WAY FORWARD

1st April 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The potential for shipper logistics decisions to have a direct bearing on port business strategies has never been better demonstrated than with the announcement by Fonterra - New Zealand’’s giant dairy exporter…

1st April 2005

Ports Ponder Fonterra’s Call

1st April 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Of all the liner routes in the world, the trade between the Far East and the Mediterranean has been one of the fastest growing, with east and westbound traffic volumes up 54.6%…

1st April 2005

ON A ROLL

1st April 2005

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Ben Hackett considers whether the door is finally opening to privatisation

1st April 2005

FRENCH PORTS: IS THERE A SOCIAL REVOLUTION IN THE MAKING?

1st April 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Port and infrastructure development is hotting up along Chinas Yangtse River as James Macpherson reports.

1st April 2005

UP THE YANGTSE

1st April 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Two of the largest container terminal operators at Malaysias Port Klang, Northport and Westport, are planning to merge to create a regional super-hub capable of handling 5mTEUs a year. Of the two,…

1st April 2005

Port Klang to create super terminal?

1st April 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nevertheless, other options are also being studied in case the government says no.Kumba Resources, South Africa's largest iron ore producer, has struck an agreement with Transnet, the State transport holding, to expand…

1st April 2005

SALDANHA TO GET UPGRADED RAIL LINK

1st April 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Tuticorin Port Trust has allocated US$22m towards improving infrastructure facilities at the port in 2005-06. This will fund construction of a new berth with alongside draught of 10.7 metres, and also road…

1st April 2005

TUTICORIN TO UPGRADE INFRASTRUCTURE

1st April 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

P& O Nedlloyd is understood to be seeking between US$735,000 and US$3.68m reimbursement in a contract dispute with Ports of Auckland. Having lost a service from the carrier in February last year,…

1st April 2005

Auckland-P&O Nedlloyd in contract dispute

1st April 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Dubai-headquartered Horizon Terminals Limited (HTL), established by Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), has awarded construction contracts for a US$200 million bulk liquids terminal to be built on 39ha of land at Banyan,…

1st April 2005

Jurong oil terminal contracts awarded

1st April 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Shanghai International Port (SIP), now the worlds third busiest, is planning to raise US$800m on the Hong Kong stock exchange as a means of funding its expansion programme.

1st April 2005

SIP PLANS HONG KONG FLOAT

1st April 2005

ASIA

ASIA

With Hong Kong sitting atop the 2004 league table and neighbouring Shenzhen, comprising the three terminal complexes of Chiwan, Shekou and Yiantian, now ranking fourth, the massive factory outlet that is southern…

1st April 2005

China increases container league table domination

1st April 2005