Monday 13 October 08 - 12:29
 

Bevis Marks

  • The Insurance Cost of Katrina

    01 Oct 2005

    The Atlantic storm season this year has been very disheartening for port insurers. In a competitive market they have quoted keen rates, taken on exposed realty and equipment and laid off diligently to catastrophe insurers. 

Bulk Handling Stacker Reclaimers

  • Saldanha surfs steel price wave

    01 Oct 2005

    In South Africa, too, multi-million dollar improvements are taking place at the country's biggest deepwater port, Saldanha, to improve the export capacity of the iron ore bulk handing facility, at a time when developments have been brought forward in response to high steel prices. While steel prices have now peaked, demand for South African iron ore in Far Eastern markets is not expected to decline. 

  • China: The Heart of the Matter

    01 Oct 2005

    While more mature markets in Europe may have cooled off, buoyant Asian demand for coal and iron ore has driven massive demand for new dry bulk terminal development - and the equipment to go with it. John Balfe reports. 

Container Handling Agvs

  • They don't take meal breaks

    01 Oct 2005

    Gottwald's own calculations suggest that at facilities with significant labour costs (more than US$25 per man/hour) the use of AGVs can bring substantial annual costs savings. Apart from the primary accountable operating costs there are some secondary aspects that also contribute to the cost effectiveness: 

  • What will it take?

    01 Oct 2005

    Is investing in AGVs all a question of labour costs? Partly yes, but other factors should also be assessed when comparing them with alternative handling systems. Neil Madden reports. 

Container Handling Multi-lift Technology

  • Yard Conundrums

    01 Oct 2005

    Richard Clarke , director of ports at Halcrow, explains the difficulties confronting high-capacity box terminals wanting to take advantage of multi-lift spreader systems. 

Country Report China

  • Have they gone overboard?

    01 Oct 2005

    Well on the road to becoming the world's workshop, a port building frenzy has hit China in recent years. But does it amount to too much, asks Neil Madden . 

  • Who's Building What?

    01 Oct 2005

    DALIAN: COSCO Pacific/Dalian Port Container Co/PSA China/APM Terminals: Two berths at Dalian Dayaowan Phase II, quay length 652m, capacity 700,000 TEUs annually. 

Neo-bulk Handling Forest Products

  • NETSS - The Pay-Off

    01 Oct 2005

    Phase 1 of NETSS has seen the implementation of a new route between Kotka and Gothenburg for the southern Finnish mill, and separate lines from Gothenburg to Immingham, Tilbury, and Zeebrügge established. Shipments can be transferred by cross-docking for onward distribution by rail to local distribution centres around Tilbury and Zeebrügge. 

  • The Paper Chain

    01 Oct 2005

    Stora Enso, producer of pulp, paper, packaging and forest products, hopes to realise significant cost savings with its new North European Transport Supply System (NETSS), as David Foxwell reports. 

News Americas

  • CALLAO, ICA, PAITA

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • CSN to expand Sepetiba facility

    01 Oct 2005

    Brazil's National steel company, Companhia Siderugica Nacional (CSN), is to spend US$150m on transforming part of its coal terminal at the port of Sepetiba, in Rio de Janeiro, into an export bulk and iron ore terminal. 

  • CONCESSIONS

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • So far so good with US war on congestion

    01 Oct 2005

    Having learned last year's hard lessons, America's ports are successfully avoiding gridlock after investing in both equipment and personnel. More contingency time has been built into schedules, and while ships are still arriving full, they are not having to wait around for a berth. This is in sharp contrast to the cargo chaos seen last year, with the flood of Chinese imports throwing sailing schedules into confusion and making delays routine. 

  • OLYMPIA

    01 Oct 2005

    Port of Olympia has announced a US$1.5m a year deal with timber company Weyerhaeuser which plans to move its log export business to the Washington State port from Tacoma, just up the Puget Sound, next spring. 

  • MOL builds Jacksonville terminal

    01 Oct 2005

    Mitsui OSK Line (MOL) is to build a US$200m container terminal at Jacksonville, which will open within two years. The 30-year lease agreement was signed in August with the Jacksonville Port Authority. 

News Asia & Rest Of World

  • DPA to up capacity to 55m TEU by 2030?

    01 Oct 2005

    Dubai Port Authority (DPA) will have the capability of handling 55m TEUs by 2030. 

  • Court clears way for second Chennai terminal

    01 Oct 2005

    Madras High Court has cleared the way for a second container terminal concession to be awarded in the port of Chennai. 

  • Jurong to expand at home and abroad

    01 Oct 2005

    Jurong is to expand its activities in Indonesia, Vietnam and China. At the same time, given a 54% increase in traffic in the first two quarters of 2005 to 444,000TEUs, plans are also being hatched to expand facilities at its home base. Five new quayside gantry cranes are to be acquired, of which four will replace existing equipment. Another container berth will also be expanded while the conventional berth is to be upgraded. Last year Jurong handed 711,000TEUs as well as 9.6m tons of bulk and general cargo. 

  • GAZA

    01 Oct 2005

    Israel's security and Policy unit has approved construction of a port in the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip, although Israel will retain control of territorial waters offshore. 

  • MINA ZAYED

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • JNPT Port Trust could lose control of box terminal

    01 Oct 2005

    A recent diagnostic study undertaken on the Indian port of Jawaharlal Nehru has suggested delaying implementation of the proposed fourth container terminal and also taking away from the port trust operational responsibility for the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal. The report also identifies a major bottleneck in container-rail services, which is one of the major reasons for growing congestion at the Port. 

  • YANGSHAN

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • Embattled Hong Kong cuts charges

    01 Oct 2005

    Having lost its premier position as the world's leading container terminal to Singapore, Hong Kong now finds its position as China's number one port also under threat from domestic rivals. As a result, plans have been announced to cut vessel charges by 5.3% to US$7.33 for every 100 tons of goods carried. Vessels at anchor will also be paying less in future. 

  • ..'but older facilities not forgotten either..

    01 Oct 2005

    Neither Port Rashid nor Hamriya Port are to close to enable commercial development of what are Dubai's oldest harbours to go ahead, even though extensive property development is taking place around them. 

  • Kuwait appoints Drewry

    01 Oct 2005

    The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has retained Kuwait Consulting & Investment Co. (KCIC) and Drewry Shipping Consultants to analyse the prospects for a new US$1.2bn port at Bouyban Island. 

  • MUMBAI

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • Maersk/P&O Nedlloyd merger to boost PTP throughput

    01 Oct 2005

    The merger of Maersk and P&O Nedlloyd should eventually result in the transfer of 1m TEUs from Singapore to Malaysia's port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP). 

  • BEIRUT

    01 Oct 2005

    MSC has reportedly chosen the port of Beirut as its transhipment hub for the Eastern Mediterranean. 

  • LAEM CHABANG

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • Salalah to add two berths

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • ..whilst JA gets an injection of new equipment

    01 Oct 2005

    Jebel Ali Port has begun the commissioning of the world's largest quayside gantry cranes. 

  • ORISSA

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • Traffic growth slowing at Chinese ports

    01 Oct 2005

    Figures released by China's Ministry of Communications indicate a slowing of the rate of growth in national maritime traffic. For the first two quarters throughput totalled 1.87bn tons, an increase of 18.7%. 

News Europe

  • ALGECIRAS

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  • CAGLIARI

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  • Rotterdam's LNG plans solidify

    01 Oct 2005

    Rotterdam's plans for supplying LNG are advancing on two fronts. Petroplus International has taken a next step in the development of an import terminal. Having planned to have the terminal operational by the end of 2009, the European oil company has presented an environmental effect report. 

  • Bra wars ceasefire

    01 Oct 2005

    The so-called 'bra wars' may not be entirely resolved, but there is now a ceasefire in the form of an agreement between China and the EU. If approved by EU members, the goods which have been blocked from entering Europe's ports and borders could be released and counting against 2006 quotas. 

  • Irish Sea spawns expansion plans

    01 Oct 2005

    Liverpool, Belfast and Cork are all gearing up for expansion with plans being laid to improve facilities at all three ports. Liverpool hopes to get the go-ahead for construction of its £80m post-panamax container terminal which would increase capacity to nearly 1.5m TEUs. 

  • MAASVLAKTE 2

    01 Oct 2005

     

News Focus Us Gulf Coast

  • Katrina's ill wind

    01 Oct 2005

    At time of press US Gulf ports were showing signs of getting back to something vaguely resembling normality. New Orleans' port was just reopening, Gulfport had reopened, Biloxi remained closed as did several others whilst along the coast yet more were operating on restricted draughts. The Mississippi itself had re-opened for two-way traffic. 

News Products & Systems

  • KALMAR

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • FATHOMS

    01 Oct 2005

    Prior to the arrival of the 345 metre Queen Mary II at Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth recently, Fathoms conducted a pre-dredging multibeam swath survey of the entire port area for the Cromarty Harbour Authority. The objective of the survey was to ascertain the depth of water alongside the Admiralty Pier and to check for any hazards to ensure a safe berth. 

  • Hong Kong's AVT captures OCR order

    01 Oct 2005

    Optical Character Recognition specialist, Asia Vision Technology (AVT), has scooped new business in Korea, Hong Kong and China for the deployment of automated Vehicle License Plate Number Recognition (LPNR) and Container Number Recognition (CNR) solutions. 

  • Kalmar's Royal success

    01 Oct 2005

    Kalmar has received an order for one post-Panamax shipto-shore (STS) container crane from Bristol Port Company, destined for the Royal Portbury Dock. With an outreach of 45 metres, this heavy-duty crane will be capable of handling 17-wide containerships. The crane is destined for the existing deepsea terminal in Bristol, which has a total quay length of 500 metres on which two ship to shore cranes are already in use.The design of the crane will be identical to that delivered recently to Interforest Rotterdam, with a single box girder and semi-rope trolley. 

  • Latvians choose Transas

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • Gottwald Thais things up

    01 Oct 2005

    Gottwald has recently received its first order from Thailand. Two 100-tonne HMK 260 E cranes have been ordered by the leading Thai agency and stevedoring group, Ngow Hock nd, the two new cranes will be operated by Thai Prosperity Terminal (TPT) on a private wharf on the Chao Phraya River close to Bangkok - to serve, amongst others, Ngow Hock's feeder operator, Regional Container Lines. 

  • Liebherr

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • Mersey gets VTS upgrade

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • NAVIS

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • UNITOR

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • TIDEWORKS

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • Kenya Ports Authority

    01 Oct 2005

     

News Safety & Security

  • PASS ISSUE OFFICE BOOMING

    01 Oct 2005

    Teesport's pass issue office and CCTV control room have been a big success since opening in January. With five members of staff covering all the bases twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the facilities are proving indispensable. The team report brisk business. 

  • CEM steps up to Irish Harbour

    01 Oct 2005

     

  • CROMA'S NEW CCTV SYSTEMS

    01 Oct 2005

    Security matters in the UK have been high on all agendas in the wake of the events of 7 July, and this month the Board of Croma Group has announced the formal roll-out of two innovative new CCTV systems. 

  • New Standards from BSI

    01 Oct 2005

    British Standards Institution's Business Information has published four new international standards on biometric technology, aiming to protect UK business and consumers. The BS ISO/IEC 19794 series of standards cover the science of using biological properties to identify individuals - for example, the recording of fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition - that may become a part of everyday life. It is expected the standards will play a part in the recording of biometric data on UK ID cards and new passports. Recent security threats have focused many on the matter of identity fraud, whose implications can be dire, and the new standards are chiefly a reaction to this increased scrutiny. 

  • Savi and Brooks complete tag trials

    01 Oct 2005

    Two supply chain security system providers have announced the successful completion of wide-ranging field trials of active RFID devices, designed to automatically detect cargo door intrusions and security breaches while communicating their location and condition. 

News Security & Regulation

  • ANOTHER BROADSIDE

    01 Oct 2005

    The proposed EU directive on port services is again coming under fire. 

  • Australia prepares worker history screen

    01 Oct 2005

    Up to 130,000 of Australia's stevedores, seafarers and long-haul truck drivers are to be screened for criminal history from this October. This is prior to being issued a new identification card that will be mandatory for access to the docks. Government officials have predicted that the vetting will cause some "stresses and strains, " pointing out that a criminal history is much more common among seaport workers than airport staff!
     

Port Profile Tanger Med

  • Gateway to London?

    01 Oct 2005

    When news broke that Morocco was to establish a brand new deepsea port just 35km from the city of Tangiers, many believed the scheme would not go ahead. Alex Hughes finds out why they might be wrong. 

Regional Survey Australasia

  • Australia's growing pains

    01 Oct 2005

    Growing trade, bigger boxships and politics make for a potent brew Downunder. Kevin Chinnery has been tracking it all from Sydney. 

  • New Zealand: Whither ports after mergers?

    01 Oct 2005

    Merger and acquisition activity has left New Zealand's main container ports facing months of uncertainty, as Dave Macintyre reports. 

Security Scanning

  • Peering inside the box

    01 Oct 2005

    Bill Mawer of Smiths Detection explains to Alex Hughes how those who need but cannot afford scanning equipment, can be helped out. 

Special Report Emission Control & Powertrain Alternatives

  • What comes next?

    01 Oct 2005

    Hydrogen can be made from a number of different sources, including natural gas and the splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen (electrolysis). The hydrogen is then liquefied by and delivered to the fuelling site where it is dispensed as a gas into pressurised cylinders. 

  • Cleaner and Greener

    01 Oct 2005

    The Californians and Scandinavians seem to lead the way when it comes to matters green so Nick Elliott turned to these two regions for the latest thinking. 

The Economist

Viewpoint

  • Bring back the Big Easy

    01 Oct 2005

    In the short life of this magazine we have had to report on three major calamities wrought upon us by Mother Nature: Typhoon Maemi flattened Busan's container terminal; then the Boxing Day tsuname wiped out whole coastlines; and now Hurricane Katrina. Each one an Act of God. 

Motorship