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Bevis Marks

  • THE CLOCK TICKS

    01 May 2004

    Tick tock goes the clock as the compliance deadline looms for ports and terminals under the ISPS Code. Sure as anything is sure, there are a good many ports who have not yet lined up their security ducks in a row and who will be found wanting come 1st July, 2004. Does it really matter? Will there be any consequences? Will anyone care? 

Bulk Handling Electro Hydraulic Grabs

  • WHICHEVER GRABS YOU

    01 May 2004

    The choice between rope and electro or motor hydraulic grabs depends principally on the cargo for which it is intended. But there are other considerations. Nick Elliott talks to the manufacturers to weigh up the pros and cons. 

Bulk Handling Floating Terminals

Industry News Development & Investment

  • Kandla box terminal project losing steam

    01 May 2004

    The US$46m container terminal project at the Indian port of Kandla, currently the object of a third BOT concession attempt, has attracted interest from just five local companies. 

  • YICT loan facility finalised

    01 May 2004

    Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) has signed a $423m 5-year term loan facility with a consortium of banks. According to the Facility, the consortium which includes Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and China Development Bank, will provide YICT with loan facilities in HK dollars, US dollars and RMB to finance YICT's Phase project. 

  • APMT mid-Atlantic platform

    01 May 2004

     

  • Pakistan needs container rate policy

    01 May 2004

     

  • Iquique Terminal in expansion mode

    01 May 2004

    Iquique Terminal International (ITI), which began a 20-year management concession of the northern Chilean port in 2000, boosted net profit by 109% in 2003 to $1.28m. 

  • India in rates war with Colombo

    01 May 2004

     

  • APMT to manage Aqaba

    01 May 2004

    APM Terminals has signed a two-year agreement to manage and develop Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), Jordan's only box-handling facility, which registered a throughput of 320,000TEUs in 2003. This award was almost certainly prompted by shipping lines levying congestion surcharges on containers offloaded at the port. Those arriving from the Far East are faced with a $300 surcharge, while ex-US or Europe boxes pay an additional $475 to offset increasing waiting times. 

  • San Vicente gets IFC loan

    01 May 2004

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, will provide a $15m loan to San Vicente Terminal Internacional (SVTI) which operates Chile's SanVicente port, specialising in forest products and containers. In 2003, the port handled 3.4m tons of cargo (60% of which was forest products) including 104,147TEUs. 

  • Tuticorin takes new look at hub status

    01 May 2004

     

  • Johor shows its mettle

    01 May 2004

     

  • New ship unloader at Recife

    01 May 2004

    Bunge Alimentos of Brazil has brought in a new mechanical ship unloader at the port of Recife to speed up the discharge of wheat from Argentinean bulk carriers. 

  • Suape changes ownership

    01 May 2004

    Ownership of the Brazilian port of Suape is passing from the central to the state government, although it will remain a common user facility. 

  • Iraqi five-port tender delayed

    01 May 2004

    US authorities in Iraq have issued a new tender for the management and development of five ports; an earlier tender had to be withdrawn since it proved to be insufficiently comprehensive to allow companies to bid. DPA, APM Terminals, P&O Ports and a Kuwaiti/Iraqi joint venture are all short-listed as potential bidders for what will be a $1bn contract. 

  • Callao needs investment now

    01 May 2004

     

  • Iraq cranks up oil exports

    01 May 2004

    The Al Amaya oil terminal in southern Iraq, which was effectively destroyed during the war with Iran, is currently exporting 400,000 barrels a day from two reopened berths. 

  • Sokhna development on track

    01 May 2004

    Vopak-Horizon Fujairah Limited, (VHFL), a joint venture between Holland's VOPAK and Horizon Terminals Limited (HTL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), has struck a joint venture with Egypt's Sokhna Bunkering Company, (SONKER), with the aim of building a bulk liquids terminal at Sokhna Port, 40 km south of Suez. The new joint venture, Vopak-HorizonSokhna Limited (VHSL), will be 60% owned by SONKER with the remaining equity held by VHFL. 

  • New inland terminal in Sharjah

    01 May 2004

     

  • New long term policy for Genoa

    01 May 2004

     

  • Five new LNG terminals for Mexico

    01 May 2004

    Mexico's Transport Ministry (SCT) claims that five current LNG terminals will absorb $3bn in investment. 

  • PSA shows interest in Mumbai

    01 May 2004

     

  • Kingston Wharves has new shareholder

    01 May 2004

    The 44% stake in Kingston Wharves held by Grace, Kennedy has been bought by Jamaican/ Canadian billionaire Michael Lee Chin for $10m, thus ending the company's relationship with the port, which has gone back over many decades. 

  • Barcelona gets more capacity

    01 May 2004

     

  • Portek and HPH unlock horns

    01 May 2004

    Singapore's crane leasing, engineering and terminal operating group Portek International seems to have patched up its relationship with the Hong Kong HPH group. Hutchison reportedly decided to end certain equipment leasing and maintenance agreements when Portek apparently attempted to woo Maersk Sealand away from HPH's Tanjung Priok terminal in Jakarta to its own facility at PT Serbaguna. Although Maersk did announce the switch, it later changed its mind, although has since undertaken some ad hoc calls at the smaller terminal. 

  • Docas wants new blood in Rio

    01 May 2004

    Attempts by the federally owned Docas management company of the Brazilian port of Rio de Janeiro to attract new business to the port are being seriously questioned by local companies. 

  • Arica concession on the block

    01 May 2004

    Empora, the port company which manages the Chilean port of Arica, has received expressions of interest from four operators interested in assuming management control of berths 1 to 5 at the port. 

  • Opportunities on hold following hung parliament in Phnom Penh

    01 May 2004

    By any standards, port operations in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, located on the confluence of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers, are low key. But that has not stopped port authority director Hei Bavy from outlining an ambitious strategic plan for the future. 

  • Maasvlakte 2 moves closer

    01 May 2004

     

  • BCT phase I complete

    01 May 2004

    ICTSI's Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) has been shopping for equipment to complete the first phase of its 15-year, $80m expansion programme. The list includes one Panamax ship-to-shore crane from Kone, four RTGs from Kalmar and eight prime movers also from Kalmar. 

  • Expansion begins at Bridgetown

    01 May 2004

    Barbados port authority has commenced implementation of a $100m reform and expansion plan centred on Bridgetown Port. $17m will be spent on rehabilitating existing facilities, including moving the sugar terminal. $13m will be spent on a new cruise pier, of which $4m will be generated by the port authority and the rest by the private sector. The pier will enable the port to handle more and larger (131,000GRT) vessels. Additional resources will be spent on repaving the container stacking yard, with the ultimate aim of attracting regional transhipment traffic. 

  • Alcohol terminal for Vitoria

    01 May 2004

    A group of local manufacturing companies in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais are to build an Alcohol Terminal in the port of Vitoria, which will attract production not only from the surrounding area, but also from the states of Goias and Espirito Santo. 

  • Spaniards bring LPG to Mexico

    01 May 2004

    Spanish company Repsol-YPF has made an initial payment of $3.4m to the port authority of Mexico's Lazaro Cardenas port as part of its concession to establish an LPG terminal there. 

Industry News Products & Systems

  • Bromma to supply Busan

    01 May 2004

     

  • Gottwald reports strong MHC sales

    01 May 2004

    During the first quarter of 2004 Gottwald received orders for some 16 harbour cranes, nine from Europe. Two cranes were ordered from Africa and one from Asia. One crane was sold to North and one to Latin America. The remaining two were ordered from the Middle East. 

  • Pier 400 chooses Trellex

    01 May 2004

    Use of Trellex fenders at the new Pier 400 in Los Angeles has enabled the port's engineers to meet two key design challenges. Pier 400 is an all-new facility built by Taylor Pacific. The pier is occupied by APMT. 

  • Kalmar to unveil new ro-ro range..

    01 May 2004

     

  • Equipment manufacturers team up

    01 May 2004

    Representatives from Bromma Conquip, CVS Ferrari, Fantuzzi Group, Hyster, Kalmar Industries, Konecranes, Liebherr, Linde, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Paceco Corp, RAM, SMV Liftrucks, Stinis, Svetruck, Terberg and ZPMC have joined forces to create one of the few global industry associations in the business of port equipment. Other companies are expected to join in the near future, as all manufacturers of port and intermodal equipment are welcome, says PEMA (the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association). 

  • ..whilst launching new ECH

    01 May 2004

     

  • HITT break even on decreased turnover

    01 May 2004

    HITT which develops technology aimed at safety enhancement and traffic flow improvement, has reported undiminished competition in its market. 

Industry News Regulation & Environment

  • Dibden rejected

    01 May 2004

    UK Transport Minister Tony McNulty has accepted the recommendation of the Dibden Bay Inquiry Inspector to turn down proposals for a new container terminal on Southampton Water. 

  • London proves its worth in reducing traffic chaos

    01 May 2004

    The specialist heavy-lift multi-purpose pontoon, TERRA MARIQUE, loaded with Concorde GB-OAA has successfully completed its journey down the river Thames and up the North Sea to the aircraft's destination in Scotland. 

  • UK's ports lukewarm on "Motorways of the Sea" project

    01 May 2004

    The European Parliament has adopted new guidelines for the trans-European transport network that include the "Motorways of the Sea" initiative. 

Industry News Safety & Security

  • ISPS: Is the port community prepared?

    01 May 2004

    Nick Sansom of the TT Club's Southeast Asia branch, has warned: "In addition to enduring possible sanctions handed down by the regulatory authority (this will be the national or contracting government that is an IMO member) there are three chief dangers inherent in non-compliance. 

  • Search Mirror Reflects Quality

    01 May 2004

    Searching for contraband under vehicles has been facilitated by a trolley-type mirror launched by internal security specialist PW Allen. 

  • And will the UK be ready?

    01 May 2004

    It is questionable whether the UK Government can move at the necessary speed to ensure realistic and safe maritime logistics security systems are in place by July, as required by the ISPS Code. TRANSEC in the UK is currently undertaking assessments and reviews only of the key ports, approximately 30 or so in total. These reviews are throwing up a number of key questions regarding the current security and preparedness of individual ports, who are now realising the extent of the necessary work - and the cost - which is to be passed on to the port users. This is to say nothing for the remaining ports, numbering in the hundreds, who trade internationally but are not currently required to submit plans to TRANSEC. 

  • Sokhna gets new equipment

    01 May 2004

    Egypt's Ain Sokhna port will install transportation security equipment provided by the American Science and Engineering Inc. 

Marine Engineering International Contracting

  • BOT GIVES BUILDERS THE EDGE

    01 May 2004

    Construction firms in the international contracting business are often tempted to invest in the projects they are building in order to realise better returns. Nick Elliott reports. 

Port Privatisation Portugal

  • SETBACKS SETUBAL

    01 May 2004

    The Setubal Port Administration has embarked on a privatisation process that flies in the face of the widely anticipated benefits of a more competitive and lower cost operating environment. 

Port Profile Jawaharlal Nehru & Nhava Sheva

  • A DESPERATE RACE TO ADD MORE CAPACITY

    01 May 2004

    The Indian west coast port of Jawaharlal Nehru (JNPT), with two container terminals already operational, is on the verge of awarding a third box handling concession. However, even with plans being progressed to open a fourth and a fifth terminal, the port remains hard pressed to keep up with demand. Alex Hughes reports. 

Postscript

  • WATCH OUT FOR WHITE ELEPHANTS!

    01 May 2004

    The greatest number of new countries joining the EU are in eastern Europe - eight out of 10 in fact and with four of these adjacent to the Baltic Sea. No doubt in the case of the latter four, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia their new membership of the EU will add further impetus to the positive development of container and other trades, which in so many countries around the Baltic have grown so positively over the last year. 

Regional Survey Germany

Regional Survey The New Eu Ports

  • POLAND: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL

    01 May 2004

    Poland offers the largest market out of all the new countries joining the EU and has recently been the subject of strong container traffic growth at the nation's premier port gateway, the Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Gdynia. 

  • HOPES FOR TRADE BONANZA FUEL INVESTMENT PLANS

    01 May 2004

    1st May saw ten new member countries, and 75m more people, join the European Union. What are the strategic aspirations and development plans of their ports and what can they offer? Tom Todd, Mike Mundy and Nick Elliott report. 

Strategy Marketing

  • IT'S A PEOPLE GAME MARKETING: PART 2

    01 May 2004

    In the first part of his port marketing study (PS November/December 2003), Bill Oakes considered the information a marketing department should have at its fingertips. Whilst detailed knowledge of traffics is a prerequisite for successful marketing it must not be forgotten that this is also a people game. 

Terminal Performance Container Crane Transport & Erection

  • THE SHORTER THE VOYAGE THE MORE LIKELY THE VIABILITY

    01 May 2004

    It's the familiar trickle-down effect. Trade grows. Ships get bigger to gain economies of scale. Hub ports order bigger quay cranes to work the bigger ships. Meanwhile smaller ports are growing and also have to accommodate bigger ships - either as feeders or direct callers - so they too need to replace their quay cranes. But where do they buy them and how do they get them home? Nick Elliott investigates. 

Terminal Performance Gate Congestion

  • CLEAR THE WAY

    01 May 2004

    The idea of having lines of trucks backed up outside the terminal while gate operators deal with several troublesome containers and cranes in the port stand idle, is the stuff of nightmares for terminal operators. But congestion at the terminal gate is a perennial problem for the industry. 

Terminal Performance Terminal Operating Systems

  • SYNCHRONISING TOS WITH CHE

    01 May 2004

    The Equipment Control functions within today's generation of Terminal Operating Systems are capable of talking directly with the robotics interfaces of today's container handling equipment (RMGs, RTGs, AGVs). By taking advantage of these technologies, combined with GPS and automated gate technologies, the marine terminal industry is poised to make major strides in gaining efficiencies. As an industry, we will be in a position to handle the expected strong growth in container traffic with the same land resources available today and with the same workforce. 

Terminal Performance Wireless Data Communications

  • WIRE-LESS IS MORE

    01 May 2004

    In the life of a port, time is money, and every minute gained or lost moving containers counts. Fast, accurate and secure container movement is essential for maximum productivity and profitability. Errors, multiple moves and idle time eat away at the bottom line, factors that are leading ports to invest in wireless data communications, as explains. 

  • THE FUTURE IS SPELT 'OPPORTUNITY'

    01 May 2004

    As Frans Kok at LXE highlighted, 2.4GHz broadband is opening up opportunities for the transmission of more than just data, and new opportunities are presenting themselves at both extremes of wireless technology development, as increasing wireless bandwidth and tighter integration between wired and wireless LANs open up applications that would not work on less robust backbones. 

Viewpoint

  • SPIN, HYPE, HOT AIR AND PROGRESS?

    01 May 2004

    So Dibden is dead. The independent government inspector has ruled and the UK Government has spiked the project. Associated British Ports, in turn, has closed the book on the idea of adding major new container handling capacity at the Dibden Bay site and taken the "hit" where it hurts to the tune of some £45m. 

Private Capital and Ports