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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A company specialising in training company and ship security officers in compliance with the ISPS Code has been formed by two maritime security specialists with nearly 50 years merchant navy and Special…

1st July 2003

Former commandos unite for ISPS deadline

1st July 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Japanese car maker Mazda has moved its Southern Europe distribution hub from Antwerp to Barcelona, where it will make use of Barcelona Autoterminal. The move was prompted by better value added…

1st July 2003

Mazda switches distribution from Antwerp to Barcelona

1st July 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Container terminal strategies to suit every aspiration have evolved in the Mediterranean but can they keep pace with change? Nick Elliott reports .

1st June 2003

Med Medley plays the tune of DEMAND

1st June 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Steve Cameron considers the accelerating move towards the commercialisation of Africas ports.

1st June 2003

The scramble for Africa

1st June 2003

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

In the first of an ongoing series, Jordan Schwartz examines the uncertain future of private investment in port infrastructure within the developing world, with a particular eye this month on Africa.

1st June 2003

Private participation drying up?

1st June 2003

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Today' s pneumatic unloaders offer significant operational advantages but energy consumption can be a prohibitive issue, writes Benedict Young

1st June 2003

Bulky issues

1st June 2003

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

It is said that in the rather anxious aftermath of the 911 outrage, officials in the Bush administration looked around at the shipping and transport industry and saw in all its openness…

1st June 2003

The soft UNDERBELLY

1st June 2003

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Management is the word that underpins portstrategy, the new magazine for your industry. portstrategy, or PS as we call it, is designed to meet the modern information needs of port and terminal…

1st June 2003

THAT MAGIC WORD MANAGEMENT

1st June 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The first quarter results reported by Halterm, one of the two Halifax container terminal operators, show a goodwill write down of C$56m and tell the story of dark days ahead for the…

1st June 2003

Clock ticking at Halterm

1st June 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Long Beach, USA has cleared the way for the development of a US$400m liquefied natural gas terminal (LNG) on Terminal Island, the first facility of its kind to be…

1st June 2003

First USWC LNG Terminal

1st June 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dredging capability review: it' s all about size, technology and the right people, reports David Robinson

1st June 2003

Scale technology people

1st June 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Clydeport has announced a full environmental study conducted by Halcrow for its proposed international container transhipment terminal at the Hunterston deep-water site on the Clyde.

1st June 2003

Clydeport commits to Hunterston hub environmental study

1st June 2003

ASIA

ASIA

Singapore-based Portek International has secured a contract from Indonesias Pelindo IV to jointly operate a container terminal at Sulawesis port of Makassar which handles close to 200,000 TEUs annually.

1st June 2003

Portek to operate Makassar

1st June 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Caribbeans premier container transhipment hub, the Port of Kingston, Jamaica, has announced a fourth-phase expansion ahead of its terminal facilities in a move designed to consolidate and expand container business.

1st June 2003

US$65m Expansion for Kingston

1st June 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Vancouver Port Authority has announced that it expects to begin construction of a new $800m container terminal at Roberts Bank by 2007.

1st June 2003

New Box Terminal for Vancouver

1st June 2003

ASIA

ASIA

Major Hong Kong terminal operators Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), Modern Terminals Limited and COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited have formed a new joint venture company, OnePort, that will provide an open, secure…

1st June 2003

OnePort to Enhance Hong Kongs Competitiveness

1st June 2003

ASIA

ASIA

PSA Corporation has made an undisclosed investment in Thailands Laem Chabang container port which will help PSA consolidate its presence in the regional market where the competition have been busy lately.

1st June 2003

PSA acquires stake in ESCO Laem Chabang

1st June 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Lluis Badia, president of Tarragona Port Authority, has revealed that representatives from Maersk Sealand (MSL) are discussing the possibility of transferring the company' s current Algeciras-based transhipment operation to the Catalan port.

1st June 2003

Maersk Sealand weigh up Tarragona

1st June 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Terminal Intermodale Venezia (TIV) signalled its entrance to the container handling business in Venice, Italy, with the handling of its first Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) vessel in mid-May. Four MSC vessels per…

1st June 2003

MSC Commits to New Venice Terminal

1st June 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DFDS Tor Line has expanded its rental and maintenance agreement with Kalmar to cover its terminal in Maasvlakte, Holland and the North Sea Terminal in Norway.

1st June 2003

DFDS Tor Line go for rental

1st June 2003