Friday 21 November 08 - 23:16
 

Bevis Marks

  • Improvisation Hong Kong style

    01 Jul 2005

    When the new Singaporean owners come to work to their recently acquired operation in Hong Kong, what will they notice that is different? Anything at all on the risk front? 

Bulk Handling Pneumatic Unloaders

  • Horses for Courses

    01 Jul 2005

    Alex Hughes takes a close look at the market and the comparable cost efficiency of these and other systems. 

  • Consider the Commodity

    01 Jul 2005

    In direct contrast to the relatively brief front-line life expectancy of Dragon Alfa Cement's pneumatics, the two Buhler unloaders acquired by German grain and feedstuffs stevedore J. 

Close-up Cecilia Eckelmann-battistello

  • What needs doing to the EU's ports?

    01 Jul 2005

    Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello is president of the Federation of European Private Port Operators (FEPORT) and managing director of leading container terminal operator Eurokai. She spoke to Nick Elliott . 

  • The EC's position: not unreasonable on the face of it

    01 Jul 2005

    A key objective of the EC's strategy for the development of ports is to establish clearer rules which set high quality standards for access to the port services market, and make procedures more transparent. Commercial port services" and in particular cargo handling, passenger services, towage, pilotage and mooring" are normally payable in addition to the fees charged for calling at a port. Charges for these services represent the bulk of the total costs of port visits for ships, and of port transit for cargo. They must be efficient, flexible, and competitively priced if shipping is to be cost-effective as a component of overall transport solutions, not just for the long-haul transport of bulk cargo but for an increasing range of containerised goods. This in turn requires a competitive market for these services, responsive to the changing needs of existing and potential customers. 

Container Handling Reachstackers

  • Kalmar secures Brazilian Order

    01 Jul 2005

    Kalmar has landed an order from Libra Terminais of Brazil for 13 ContChamp DRF reachstackers for Santos and Rio de Janeiro. The machines will have a lifting capacity of 45 tons and can stack containers 6 high. 

  • What price a Reachstacker?

    01 Jul 2005

    While manufacturers describe their reachstackers as being 'competitively' priced, terminal operators are sometimes a little more forthcoming. Informed sources point out that Kalmar's current ContChamp DRF model can be picked up for around US$500,000. This represents a premium of around 7.5% when compared to other European manufacturers. 

  • Renting in the full Operational Concept

    01 Jul 2005

    Patrik Wheater and Alex Hughes talk to customers and manufacturers about the reachstacker's suitability, leasing options, price, and more. 

News Americas

  • Mobile to lure business with new terminal

    01 Jul 2005

    Alabama governor Bob Riley has signed into law a Bill providing US$80m to the port of Mobile for the construction of a new container terminal. The remaining funding for the US$300m project will come from Alabama State Docks revenues and a private terminal partner yet to be identified. 

  • History gives way to progress

    01 Jul 2005

    "The march of progress leaves little room for sentiment, " said Bruce Koch, as he watched a contractor high above at work with a cutting torch. Koch, the Port of Tacoma's electronics technology manager, was witnessing the unceremonious dismantling of an important piece of port history. As dozens of long-time port employees watched the sparks fall to the ground, "Big Red" - the port's first container crane - was dismantled and hauled away as scrap metal. 

News Asia & Rest Of World

  • Aussies eye Israel's Eilat

    01 Jul 2005

    Representatives of an Australian shipping company have visited Israel with a view to purchasing Eilat Port. The group is also reportedly interested in investing in the proposed rail link between Eilat and Ashdod which could provide an alternative to the Suez Canal. Also interested in acquiringAlso in the bidding for Eilat is Israel Shipyards, which owns yards in Haifa where it has been granted a license to compete for cargo traffic against the incumbent stevedoring company. 

  • PSA HUNTS IN HONG KONG, TIANJIN AND?

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  • NPA TO OFFLOAD MORE WORKERS

    01 Jul 2005

    Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has implemented a second phase redundancy programme encompassing 1,000 employees. 

  • Intense interest in second Chennai box terminal

    01 Jul 2005

    Ten companies have purchased tender documents relating to the development of a second container terminal at Chennai. 

  • DPI PREFERRED FOR ADEN

    01 Jul 2005

     

  • JAPAN URGES BANGLADESH TO BUILD SEAPORT

    01 Jul 2005

     

  • Vizhinjam promotes

    01 Jul 2005

     

  • MOMBASA AS LANDLORD PORT

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  • ABG/Voltri win Kandla box terminal concession

    01 Jul 2005

    India's ABG Heavy Engineering in partnership with Genovabased Voltri Terminals has been awarded a contract to develop and operate a US$46m container terminal at Kandla port. Its bid, which involves a 48.997% revenue share, was more attractive than those tendered by either Afcons/Hamburg Port Authority or Gammon India/Mersey Docks & Harbour, which offered 33.399% and 16.974% respectively of their annual revenues. 

  • ICTSI signs up in Madagascar

    01 Jul 2005

    ICTSI has signed a 20-year container terminal operating concession for the port of Toamasina, Madagascar, the country's main port. 

  • Busan rewards transhipment loyalty

    01 Jul 2005

    Busan Port Authority is to return US$12.14m to 52 shipping lines as a reward for moving at least 3% more transhipment cargo through the port in 2004. This is a significant rise on the US$8.35m the port returned in 2003. The incentive programme, along with the policy of cutting port fees, essentially aims to boost the amount of cargo being shipped through this regional hub. In 2004, transhipment traffic amounted to 42.1% of the 11.4m containers that the port handled, itself an increase of 11% over 2003. 

  • Minister faces down opposition

    01 Jul 2005

    Sri Lanka's Ports and Aviation Minister, Mangala Samaraweera, says the government is determined to go ahead with construction of Hambantota Port, despite the fact that there are both domestic and foreign interests which oppose the project. 

  • New cranes for CentrePort Wellington

    01 Jul 2005

    CentrePort Wellington is to purchase two new Liebherr quayside container cranes at US$7.14m apiece. The acquisition of the postPanamax, twin-lift capable cranes is linked to the port company's recent receipt of a coastal dredging permit to deepen its wharves and harbour entrance to accommodate coming generations of larger containerships. 

  • INDIAN STATE NOT TO INVEST IN JNPT DREDGING PROJECT

    01 Jul 2005

     

News Brazil

  • ..but warns capacity running out..

    01 Jul 2005

    The president of Santos Port Authority (Codesp), Jose Carlos Mello Rego, says that the port will have reached the limit of its effective design capacity within the next three years. He therefore insists that major infrastructure and expansion work must go ahead, given that the port will handle a combined 70m in 2006. 

  • Equipment spending boom in Brazil?

    01 Jul 2005

    Seven Brazilian container terminals are investing US$82.8m in new equipment to expand capacity on average by around 30%. In part, they are taking advantage of the Reporto programme, which waives federal taxes on national and imported assets for use by ports. This tax break, which will end in 2007, is estimated to save between 30% and 40% of the total cost of any investment. 

  • Porto Alegre completes harbour move

    01 Jul 2005

    After 81 years of activity at Maua Harbour, Porto Alegre has moved operational activities to Navegantes Harbour, some six kilometres further north, but closer to the city centre. This area, which has 4.6km of quay, has increased the port's capacity from 2,000 to 4,500 tonnes per day. The aim is now to increase the depth of the access channel to enable 18,000dwt vessels to access the port. 

  • ..while Santos runs out of money...

    01 Jul 2005

    The decision by the Justice Department to block loans to Codesp totalling US$2.49m for a minimum of 15 days is so worrying companies involved in the dredging of the port's access channel that they are threatening to stop work. 

  • APMT scores in Brazil

    01 Jul 2005

    APM Terminals has acquired a 50% shareholding in Terminal de Conteineres do Vale do Itajai S/A (Teconvi) in Itajai, southern Brazil. 

News Europe

  • LEIXOES TO TAKE PANAMAX

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  • CERES BATTLE GOES ON

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  • Mersey Docks goes to Peel

    01 Jul 2005

    Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) has been sold to Peel Ports for £771m. Peel already has port operations in Clydeport and the Manchester Ship Canal, whilst MDHC operates in Sheerness, Chatham, Heynsham, Dublin as well as Liverpool. Both interests have development plans. 

  • LNG TERMINAL FOR VENICE

    01 Jul 2005

     

  • BRISTOL HAS ITS OWN PLANS

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  • Planning delays a major cause of congestion

    01 Jul 2005

    Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) released some interesting research at the recent TOC conference in Antwerp. David Appleton, NOL's president Europe, in presenting the findings revealed the hefty cost in both time and money of developing more port capacity in Europe to ease congestion. 

News Products & Systems

  • Bemo Rail wins Euromax contract

    01 Jul 2005

    Bemo Rail, with its partners GTI Infrastructure and Ooms Construction, have secured an infrastructure contract for Rotterdam's new Euromax Terminal for the installation of rails, electrical and data cabling, security, water and paving for the terminal's quays. 

  • TRANSAS SIGNS UP NEW CLIENTS

    01 Jul 2005

    Transas is to supply a Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system for Drogheda Port Company (DPC) in Ireland. 

  • MAFI RoRo Tractor MT 36

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  • Container moves increased by 30%

    01 Jul 2005

    To cope with growing container traffic the Finnish forest products port of Rauma has acquired a second CH 6600 TA FT fixed twin spreader with both horizontal and transversal adjustment, from VDL Smits Spreader Systems, to operate with its Gottwald HMK300E MHC. 

  • Patrick Stevedores signs service contract with Kalmar

    01 Jul 2005

    Patrick Stevedores has confirmed a warranty/ service contract with Kalmar for its automated straddle carrier fleet at the Fisherman Islands terminal in Brisbane. 

  • TURKS OPT FOR KALMAR RTGS

    01 Jul 2005

    Mardas Marmara Deniz Isletmeciligi, the container terminal operator in the Mardas Port area of the Ambarli Port Complex in Istanbul, has ordered six Kalmar E-One all-electric RTGs. Each unit will be equipped with Smartrail® and Remote Machine Interface (RMI). 

  • Medcenter explains strad preference

    01 Jul 2005

    The latest batch of 32 straddle carriers delivered to Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) in Gioia Tauro has brought the terminal's total Kalmar straddle carrier fleet to 100. 

  • Kommerling seals refurbish lock gates

    01 Jul 2005

    Kommerling, manufacturer and supplier of sealants and adhesives, has supplied 360 litres of its Rallithane 810 to Bristol City Docks for sealing its refurbished inner lock gates. Each gate measures 10 metres square is over a metre deep and weighs 75 tonnes. This contract follows a successful application of the Kommerling product on the outer gates last year. 

  • TIDEWORKS RE-BRANDS S.WISE

    01 Jul 2005

    Tideworks has re-branded its S.Wise product line, designed to help multipurpose terminal operators plan and control terminal processes. The software, part of Tideworks' 2004 acquisition of Rotterdambased Sonu Software Solutions, will now be marketed under the Genoa Breakbulk Management System(R) moniker. 

  • Gottwald busy in India

    01 Jul 2005

    Gottwald is supplying two HMK 330 EG four-rope grab cranes for professional bulk handling to Gujarat Adani Port (GAPL) in Mundra. In addition, two HMK 300 Es, Gottwald's current bestseller, have been ordered by DPI Terminals (DPI) for the Rajiv Gandhi Terminal in Cochin (Kochi) to be operated by India Gateway Terminal. 

  • ALLIES TO HELP SHIPPING LINES ENHANCE COMPETITIVENESS

    01 Jul 2005

    The exchange of information among shipping alliance members will be made easier and more efficient with ALLIES, an "Alliance Hubbing Solution" offered by Portnet. com, a subsidiary of PSA Corporation. 

  • KCI Konecranes supplies 30 RMGs to APMT

    01 Jul 2005

    Maersk has contracted KCI Konecranes for the delivery of 30 RMGs to APM Terminals' new state-of-the-art container terminal in Portsmouth, Virginia. The contract calls for deliveries to begin in October 2006, and includes the option for an additional 30 cranes. APMT's new Virginia container terminal project is the largest single private investment in container terminals in the US. 

Port Policy The Ports Package

  • The Devil's in the detail

    01 Jul 2005

    Few would argue with the seemingly reasonable aims of the EC's port policy - see box below. But the directive proposal on market access to port services or the 'ports package', has created a furore in all quarters. 

Port Pricing Terminal Handling Charge

Port Profile Aqaba

  • On the Move

    01 Jul 2005

    Jordan's only commercial port currently handles annual traffic of around 20m tons. Situated on the Red Sea, it occupies a unique location, being virtually at the crossroads of Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as well as within striking distance of emerging new markets in Iraq. Alex Hughes reports. 

Regional Survey Eastern Mediterranean

  • Unlocking its huge potential

    01 Jul 2005

    With Turkey having just announced its first containerport privatisation and Egypt showing signs of more interest in this direction, will the eastern sector of the Med at last come of age, asks Mike Mundy . 

Security Isps Code

  • ISPS A Year On

    01 Jul 2005

    There is little doubt that for many in the ports and terminals industry the build-up to and implementation of the ISPS Code in July 2004 came as something of a shock to the system. TT Club believes the industry deserves a pat on the back. 

Special Report Port Estate Management

  • Taxing times: municipalities must see things in perspective

    01 Jul 2005

    Another issue facing ports today is addressing the changing dynamics of how municipalities tax their landholdings. Many regulatory bodies are discovering that their statutory valuation methods and ratings or property assessments have not been, in their opinion, generating sufficient tax revenue based on what they believe the port is worth. Ports need to take an active role in presenting and defending their case in order to strike a proper balance between the needs of the regulatory taxing body and their mandates, such as generating exports, jobs and maintaining a reliable and efficient point of distribution for exports and imports plus numerous other contributions to the community. All this is more easily accomplished when accurate property data is available. 

  • Hidden Assets Challenges and Opportunities in Today's Dynamic Environment

    01 Jul 2005

    Port authorities own or control an impressive portfolio of strategically located waterfront land worth billions of dollars, most of which is underutilised and underperforming as an asset class. Frank Pigna casts an expert eye. 

The Economist

  • The Inland Mystery

    01 Jul 2005

    Ben Hackett is exasperated by the absence of invaluable statistical data to tell us what is actually happening to all those containers 

Trade Review Australian Coal

  • More Heat than Light

    01 Jul 2005

    Debate has raged in Australia over who was asleep on the job when more coal terminal capacity should have been under construction. But it has turned out to be more complicated than many believe, writes Kevin Chinnery from Sydney. 

  • Adding Capacity

    01 Jul 2005

    NEWCASTLE Current capacity of Port Waratah Coal Services: 89m tons. Now spending US$130m to raise capacity to 102m tons by 2007 and subsequently to 120m tons. 

Trade Review Coffee & Cocoa

  • Importers In Invest

    01 Jul 2005

    Warehousing and logistics operators at import destinations are investing in new facilities to handle and store coffee and cocoa, including environmentally friendly techniques to replace fumigation. David Foxwell has been investigating. 

  • Safmarine expands landside presence in Abidjan

    01 Jul 2005

    Following the deployment of the three new 'Wafmax' class ships serving the cocoa trades from West Africa, Safmarine has invested in new trucks and warehousing facilities in Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire. Best known as a shipping company, Safmarine is also investing in land-side logistics and opened a 10,000 square metre warehouse close to the Port of Abidjan earlier this year. 

Viewpoint

  • Let there be ports

    01 Jul 2005

    TOC provides a wealth of ideas and material for a magazine like ours and the recent event in Antwerp was no exception. We catch those conference sessions we can and download the speakers' papers from those presentations we can't get to, to mull over later. We chat with people who we know otherwise only by telephone or email. We entertain and are entertained. We are paid compliments which is gratifying but, lest we become smug, we have to eat humble pie when we get things wrong (see page 14 - sorry about that MAFI. They say doctors bury their mistakes, lawyers hang them, but journalists put theirs on the front page. ) All in all the TOC experience is very rewarding though. We even get to talk to our competitors and - surprise, surprise - find we actually get on with them. We interview people who are wise enough to know that sharing their knowledge and experience can only help the industry at large. We sell ('we' meaning our amazing advertisement sales manager, Leanne Taylor - who can say no to her? ) But imagine our surprise - and pride - when we learn PS is considered an invaluable research source in helping TOC's worthy organisers structure the conference programme itself - praise indeed! At least it tells us we've got our finger on the industry's pulse. 

News Safety & Security

  • Intertek invests in Sierra Leone

    01 Jul 2005

    Sierra Leone's President Kabba recently opened the 10-year BOOT container security scanning concession awarded to Intertek Foreign Trade Standards and partners Port Maritime Security International (PMSi). 

  • Is your cctv system working for you?

    01 Jul 2005

    According to CCTV specialist AtView, a high proportion of installed CCTV systems are nonoperational, either because they were poorly installed or specified at the outset, or because something has subsequently gone wrong. As a result, there are many existing CCTV systems that would benefit from a thorough check up, some routine maintenance and a component upgrade or two. 

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