Ipswich milestone for ABP and Clarksons
NewsABP and Clarksons Port Services have marked 25 years of ABP’s ownership of the Port of Ipswich and Clarkson’s tenure at the Sentinel Ter...
Logistec acquires FMT’s marine terminals/logistics
NewsCanada’s Logistec Stevedoring Inc is purchasing the Canadian and US marine terminal business of Fednav, including Federal Marine Terminals...
New stevedore for Charleston
NewsThree industry names combine to form Charleston Stevedoring Company LLC...
SAGEPs in Galicia end
NewsAnesco, the Spanish port employers’ association, and stevedoring union representatives led by Coordinadora, have agreed to liquidate the s...
Euroports to cover up in Ghent
NewsEuroports Group is building the first All Weather Terminal in the Port of Ghent in Belgium, for lead client ArcelorMittal and other customer...
OBA to diversify from coal
NewsGoing along with the aim of Amsterdam municipality to "green" port activities, dry bulk stevedore OBA has agreed to dedicate around 14 of it...
Dockers secure lashing rights
NewsThe International Transport Workers’ Federation met with representatives of maritime employers in the Joint Negotiating Group and agreed a...
Spanish port labour reforms
NewsIn Spain, stevedores and employers have set a deadline of 30 September to reach an agreement for the overall reform of the sector, as requir...
Melbourne’s privatisation pains
NewsThe Victoria state government has embraced concessions and long-term leases to the private sector as a way to fund infrastructure developmen...
Auckland to automate
NewsPorts of Auckland (POAL) in New Zealand has announced that it has decided to “partly” automate its straddle carrier terminal. Auckland w...
Nordic port consultants
NewsThree port consultants in the Nordic region have started to cooperate to build a consulting network. Together, Jari Pirhonen (ex-Kalmar) of ...
Getting attached to TEC
NewsTEC Container SA in Spain recently supplied Mammoet Europe BV with a number of its attachments, including a BA-185L lashing cage, a 20ft saf...
Linde extends hydrodynamic range
NewsLinde Material Handling extended its range of hydrostatic drive forklift trucks to 18t capacity in 2006, and has now done the same for torqu...
Las Palmas dispute ruling
NewsThe Supreme Court of the Canary Islands has ruled that local construction firm Gramelcan SL must contract port stevedores to handle its aggr...
Tender for Southport
NewsPhiladelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) has issued a request for qualifications for its Southport Marine Terminal Complex. This project ...