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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Should ports with a continuous need for maintenance dredging automatically outsource the work to a contractor? At what point does the do-it-yourself solution make sense? Alex Hughes investigates.

1st October 2004

DO-IT-YOURSELF OR OUTSOURCE?

1st October 2004

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Skills South Training and Resources (STR) has been launched to provide specialist training including forklift, crane, stowing and driving, to companies in the UK. STR aims to become the UKs leading training…

1st October 2004

New training centre launched

1st October 2004

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Training can be conducted at a customer's premises utilising the company's plant and office space or at STR's headquarters using dedicated training rooms and plant at Southampton docks.Outgoing European transport commissioner, Loyola…

1st October 2004

Loyolas last stand

1st October 2004

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The surge in trade coupled with a shortage of longshore and Union Pacific Railroad workers continued to slow vessel and cargo traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

1st October 2004

Labour shortages cause logjams in LA/LB

1st October 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Melbournes Pier 35 with its nautical architecture housing a restaurant, retail and office accommodation, provides visual interest to the citys waterfront scene. Commercial port operations meet the cafe crowd and yachting fraternity…

1st October 2004

THE CAPPUCCINO CONUNDRUM

1st October 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Prolific innovation is helping to maintain strong competition between spreader manufacturers. Benedict Young explores the latest product developments which promise to enhance terminal operations.

1st October 2004

THE SHARP END

1st October 2004

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

In the BBC Radio 4s Something Understood programme, Sir Mark Tully examines some of the larger questions of life by taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through the thoughts, ideas and…

1st October 2004

LETS TALK

1st October 2004

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Drewry Shipping Consultants has released its latest port sector report, " Annual Review of Global Container Terminal Operators 2004" . The most significant effect on the league of global operators, according to…

1st October 2004

CARRIER-STEVEDORE PARTNERSHIPS MARK INDUSTRY GROWTH

1st October 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Kuwaits KGL has been awarded a 21-year BOT contract to develop a new container terminal at the UAE port of Saqr, in Ras Al Khaimah.

1st October 2004

NEW EMIRATES BOX FACILITY

1st October 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Justifying the request, Lyttelton Port chairman Barney Sundstrum says an independent study revealed the board's current pay is "substantially below equivalent companies". However, the major South Island port recently reported a comparable…

1st October 2004

NIGERIA TO CONDUCT STUDY TOUR IN ADVANCE OF PORT CONCESSIONS

1st October 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Indias Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given the nod to Dubai Ports International (DPI) to take over management of the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal (RGCT) at the port of Kochi (Cochin)…

1st October 2004

DPI looks to Vallarpadam

1st October 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

The management board of Transnet, South Africas state-ownedtransport organisation, was replaced recently after losses of $940m reported for the year. Transnet is responsible, amongst other sectors, for South Africas ports and South…

1st October 2004

TRANSNET BOARD FIRED

1st October 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has revealed that its earlier proposal to invite in private operators to convert an existing shallow berth currently used for new vehicles traffic to work with container…

1st October 2004

JNPT rethinks container berth privatisation

1st October 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is investing heavily in upgrading both the leading import-export port of Mombasa and the socalled Northern Corridor which links it with Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo.

1st October 2004

KPA invests $25m in IT at Mombasa

1st October 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Madagascar has hired the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to advise on the structuring and implementation of a PPP for the container terminal of the countrys largest port, Toamasina.The port handles 1.5m tons…

1st October 2004

MADAGASCAR GOES FOR PPP

1st October 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigeria' s Federal government has given permission for the construction of two seaports and one river port costing a combined $1.1bn.

1st October 2004

NIGERIA TO BUILD THREE PORTS

1st October 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Port Community Cards (PCC) has been introduced for truck drivers to access Customs electronic gatehouse at Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) and Shenzhen Customs. Using infrared technology, the card can automatically verify…

1st October 2004

YICT improves truck entry/exit process

1st October 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.The ADB is to lend $570…

1st October 2004

$570M FOR SRI LANKA

1st October 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.Taiwan-based Evergreen group has sent a…

1st October 2004

Majors move further into China

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

To reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality, a group of terminal operators has announced a plan for all 13 Long Beach and Los Angeles port container cargo terminals to phase in…

1st October 2004

..but Californians are still serious about it ?

1st October 2004