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Cargo Handling Bulk

  • Demand soars as customers meet bulk commitments

    01 Oct 2006

    Sales of Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC) fitted with four-rope grabs have remained buoyant in 2006, reflecting the success the two leading manufacturers have had in selling the benefits of the flexible MHC terminal concept in preference to cargo-dedicated handling options.    

  • Attention Grabbing

    01 Oct 2006

    Customers are coming round to the thinking that cost isn’t everything when it comes to buying reliable, long-lasting grabs.Mike King reports  

Cargo Handling Ro-Ro

  • Artificial intelligence takes centre stage

    01 Oct 2006

    At Kalmar the focus of recent development has been on the ongoing introduction of CAN-BUS control technology into its range of ro-ro tractors and terminal tractors. Kalmar and other manufacturers who are following its lead and introducing CANBUS technology believe that the many ‘intelligent’ control features in CAN-BUS can help driver – and maintainers – do their jobs more effectively, and help make operation of ro-ro tractors safer.  

  • Green for Go

    01 Oct 2006

    Ro-ro tractor manufacturers continue to address market requirements for more capable, user-friendly tractors and ‘greener’more environmentally friendly machines, as David Foxwell discovers  

Container Handling Crane Upgrades

  • A Shot in the Arm

    01 Oct 2006

    Resist the temptation to swap old cranes for new as there are plenty of ‘refreshment’options available.Alex Hughes got the lowdown from three companies offering upgrades  

Containers Empty Handling

  • Empty-handling argument doesn't stack up

    01 Oct 2006

    Manufacturers of reachstackers and competing empty container handling gear differ about whether a reachstacker is the best piece of equipment, as David Foxwell finds out  

  • Reaching alternatives

    01 Oct 2006

    Hyster, along with other manufacturers, remains unconvinced about reachstackers and whether they really are what the market wants – or needs - to use to handle empties, and with this in mind is launching a new range of FLTs for empty container handling, the H16.00-22.00XM-12EC.    

Finance Land Sales

  • Property versus ports

    01 Oct 2006

    The acquisition of Mersey Docks & Harbour Company by Peel Group, which has a long record in development and regeneration projects, caused many to ask whether Peel has more interest in cashing in on potential property developments than the ports operation.  

  • Beware the Cash Cow

    01 Oct 2006

    You have land excess to operational needs, so why not cash in on the demand for trendy waterfront apartments? But “Seller Beware”– your new neighbours just might form a committee. Felicity Landon reports  

Human Resources Sourcing

  • ABP intakes not afraid to get their hands dirty

    01 Oct 2006

    Growing internal talent is the key focus for Associated British Ports (ABP), which owns 21 ports around the UK, including Southampton, Immingham & Grimsby and Hull.    

  • Ports academy moves close to reality

    01 Oct 2006

    Proposals to set up a Ports & Logistics Skills Academy within the UK’s Haven Gateway area are moving forward.    

  • Sowing the Seeds

    01 Oct 2006

    The key to securing port staff is to start at grass roots level. And, as Felicity Landon finds out, be prepared to invest time and money.  

News Africa

  • BRAWAL TAKES OVER NIGERIAN TERMINAL

    01 Oct 2006

    Brawal Oil Services Ltd has been awarded a 25-year concession for Terminal A at the Federal Lighter Terminal in Onne Rivers State, in Nigeria.  

  • GRIMALDI OPENS TIN CAN ISLAND RO RO FACILITY

    01 Oct 2006

    Grimaldi group member Ports and Terminal Multi-services Ltd has formally commissioned its multipurpose terminal at Tin Can Island, Apapa, Lagos.  

  • MOGADISHU REOPENS

    01 Oct 2006

    Following 11 years of closure, Mogadishu's international port has been reopened.However, it requires $1m of urgent repairs.  

  • JURONG TO DESIGN NEW PORT IN GUINEA

    01 Oct 2006

    Jurong International has been awarded a $70m contract to design and build a new deep water port at Luba Freeport in Equatorial Guinea by Lonrho Africa, which holds a 63% stake in the project.  

  • Kalmar integrates South Africa operations

    01 Oct 2006

    Kalmar has agreed to merge the service business of its South African service partner African National Engineering into Kalmar Industries South Africa (Pty) Ltd, the local subsidiary company established earlier this year in Durban and headed by Edwin Briggeman.   

  • Berth repairs at Dar as privatisation stalls

    01 Oct 2006

    Handling activities at berths six and nine at the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania have been suspended to enable repair work to take place on corroded concrete piles. This should be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2007 and will cost an estimated $2.3m.  

News Americas

  • NEW BERTH FOR ARICA

    01 Oct 2006

    The northern Chilean port of Arica is to invest more than $18m in the construction of a new asymmetrical berth. A tender will be issued upon completion of environmental impact study, with the work scheduled to commence in 2007.  

  • COLONET PORT TENDER

    01 Oct 2006

    A tender has been issued in Mexico by the Ministry of Transport and Communications for a concession to manage the port of Colonet Bay, Ensenada.  

  • Green light for GPA

    01 Oct 2006

    Georgia Ports Authority’s Board of Directors has approved a series of construction and new equipment contracts that will significantly increase container handling capacity at the Port of Savannah.    

  • ORIENT TO ABANDON NORTH AMERICA

    01 Oct 2006

    Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas (International) Ltd is to sell terminals it operates at Staten Island New York, in New Jersey and two in Vancouver, raising an estimated $1bn.These are expected to generate $107m in earnings during the year.  

  • HAMILTON SECURES LAND

    01 Oct 2006

    Hamilton Port Authority has snapped up Stelco’s Inc Rod Mill, in a deal that includes 103 acres of waterfront property.  

  • DPW ARGENTINE EXPANSION

    01 Oct 2006

    DP World is to invest $100m to expand terminal facilities at the port of Buenos Aires, where it is the managing partner of Terminales Rio de la Plata. Not only is the stevedoring group looking at investing in a new mega-port project in the country, it will also be investing in three new free zones.  

  • SAVANNAH SALES FOR KONE CRANES

    01 Oct 2006

    Georgia Ports Authority has splashed out more than $50m for four super post-panamax ship-to-shore container cranes and 15 all-electric RTGs from Konecranes.Deliveries will start in the spring of 2007 and continue until April 2008.  

  • HPH gives $1m bond to Manta

    01 Oct 2006

    Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has handed over $1m to Manta Port Authority guaranteeing the seriousness of its offer to invest heavily in the development of the port. HPH intends to invest $468m in upgrading facilities over a period of 30 years, with the port authority providing an additional $55m.  

  • El Rama opens new port

    01 Oct 2006

    Nicaragua National Ports Authority has opened the new port of El Rama, located 400 km from the capital Managua, between Bluefields Bay and the Escondido River.  

  • MADRYN NEEDS INVESTMENT

    01 Oct 2006

    State funding to the tune of $28m is needed for the Argentinean port of Madryn if it is to operate without problems in the future.The majority of the money is needed to repair Almirante Storni quay, which is used for the import and export of aluminium and fish.  

  • TIPS CRANE BUY

    01 Oct 2006

    The joint-venture TIPS container terminal operated in Laem Chabang by NYK Line and MOL is to buy two post-panamax quayside gantry cranes from ZPMC to operate vessels of up to 6,000 teu capacity.  

  • RTG order for Cartagena

    01 Oct 2006

    The Colombian port of Cartagena says it has placed an order for eight RTGs costing $10.4m, as part of a $300m upgrade programme which will last three years and boost capacity to 1.2m teu.  

  • TECHINT REFURB

    01 Oct 2006

    Techint Technologies has refurbished a 35m boom reclaimer used for handling bauxite in Brazil by Alunorte Alumina.  

  • COLOMBIANS CONTROL CALDERA

    01 Oct 2006

    Colombian investors have been awarded a 20-year concession to operate the Costa Rican Pacific port of Caldera. Sociedad Portuaria de Caldera will invest a total of $35m in the first three years of operation to upgrade existing infrastructure and buy new equipment.The concession, the first of its type in Costa Rica, will result in facilities being available 24 hours a day.  

  • New deepsea port for Ecuador

    01 Oct 2006

    The International Port Alliance (Alinport) is promoting the creation of a new deep seaport at Posorja in Ecuador that will be able to accommodate at least panamax size container vessels. Ships of 3,000 teu or larger cannot currently access the country's leading port of Guayquil, because its access channel is just nine metres deep, but at least 12 metres is necessary for panamax vessels. As a result, the largest visitors are limited to around 800 teu.  

  • ADDITIONAL STACKING AREA IN SANTOS

    01 Oct 2006

    Tecondi container terminal in the Brazilian port of Santos has announced a plan to expand Stacking Yard 1 at a cost of €21m.This will involve lengthening the quay to 320 metres, thereby boosting capacity to 235,000 teu/year, and infilling an area of the sea for stacking of 1,800 teu.The company claims this will enable it to boost its market share by
    5% to 13% overall.  

  • Bahía Blanca box terminal to go ahead

    01 Oct 2006

    Bahía Blanca port has issued a tender for a 20-year concession of a new container terminal, which will also have to be able to handle both dry and liquid bulk. The terminal will cover an area of 95,300 sq m and have alongside draught of 13.72 metres.   

News Asia

News Australasia

  • Liebherr gets in ahead of schedule

    01 Oct 2006

     

  • New container berths up for grabs at Brisbane

    01 Oct 2006

    The Port of Brisbane is on the hunt for an operator to take on the management of two new container ports that will increase Brisbane’s container handling capacity by 25%. 
     

  • Sydney government opens door for third stevedore

    01 Oct 2006

    The traditional duopoly in Australia’s container terminals is to be broken after the New South Wales government announced that neither P&O Ports/DP World nor Toll/Patrick will get the concession to operate the planned third terminal at Port Botany.    

  • Deserters target Lyttleton

    01 Oct 2006

    More illegal ship deserters are entering Lyttelton Port of Christchurch than the rest of New Zealand’s ports put together. An estimated 105 ship deserters entered the country in the past financial year, of which 55 absconded through Lyttelton.  

  • NO TRUCK WITH RAIL DEAL

    01 Oct 2006

    An estimated 3,000 annual truck movements are expected to be taken from North Island roads following an agreement between Heinz Watties,Toll NZ and the Port of Napier.The contract involves the recommissioning of a rail siding at the producer’s Tomoana site and the introduction of dedicated fixed-rake wagons to move the export product through to the port.  

  • Tough year for New Zealand port revenue

    01 Oct 2006

    A slowdown of the local economy has seen average recent financial returns slide from New Zealand’s three largest cargo-trading ports.    

  • PORT REVIEW STIRS UP INDUSTRY

    01 Oct 2006

    Rumours Maersk Line will reduce its New Zealand port calls from nine to five, including a “primary port” in each island, has got the entire local shipping industry on tenterhooks.  

  • FREMANTLE BOX BOOST

    01 Oct 2006

    The Western Australian port of Fremantle is to undertake a three-phase container terminal development.The initial phase will cost an estimated €1bn and allow up to 2m teu to be handled at the port, doubling the existing capacity.Work is scheduled for completion in 2015.  

  • Sydney seeks contractor for port expansion

    01 Oct 2006

    Sydney Ports Corporation has issued a call for a design and construction contractor to expand the port at Botany.    

News Europe

  • GENOVA GO-AHEAD

    01 Oct 2006

     

  • STILL SWEET ON CORPUS CHRISTI

    01 Oct 2006

     

  • KALMAR BELGIUM BUY

    01 Oct 2006

     

  • Steelbro sidelifters stirring up a storm

    01 Oct 2006

    Sidelifters, already popular in Scandinavia, are set to change the way containers are handled throughout Europe, according to Steelbro distributor Ulf Hallqvist. Sidelifter technology allows the container to be placed with precision anywhere a truck can access to load or unload the container.   

  • Humber unveils new cranage needs

    01 Oct 2006

    Associated British Ports (ABP) is to invest £3.7m in new cranage for Humber International Terminal 1, its dedicated dry bulk handling terminal at the Port of Immingham.   

  • Malta cranes cater for big boys

    01 Oct 2006

    Malta Freeport Terminals has taken delivery of four new super postpanamax quayside cranes to keep up with demands of ever-larger containerships.  

  • Two bid for Sagunto

    01 Oct 2006

    Only two companies – Eurotrasac and Terminal Polivalente Portuaria de Sagunto – bid for the concessions to manage the two multipurpose terminals at the port of Sagunto, which reports to Valencia Port Authority. 

  • LNG NOD FOR TEESSIDE

    01 Oct 2006

     

  • ALL EYES ON TURKU

    01 Oct 2006

    Finland’s second largest seaport has invested in IndigoVision’s IP Video site surveillance. More than 4m tonnes of cargo and over 4m passengers pass through the Port of Turku every year.  

  • TAIM BUYS WESER

    01 Oct 2006

     

  • MORE RTGS TO SPAIN

    01 Oct 2006

     

  • New CEO Gottwald

    01 Oct 2006

    Gottwald Port Technology has appointed former chief technical officer Dr Mathias Dobner as its new chief executive, effective immediately.  

  • SPANISH PORTS UP 3.8%

    01 Oct 2006

    In the first six months of 2006, Spanish ports handled 225.4m tonnes, an increase of 3.8%. Total box traffic amounted to 5.7m teu, 4.1% more than the corresponding 2005 period.  

News Middle East

  • BMT’s Middle Eastern promise

    01 Oct 2006

    International consultant BMT has stepped up its commitments in Abu Dhabi, assisting with a concession for Mina Zayed Port and completing a business plan for a major new offshore port development near Abu Dhabi.    

  • APM signs Aqaba agreement

    01 Oct 2006

    APM Terminals and Aqaba Development Corporation have signed a joint venture agreement to manage Aqaba Container Terminal for a period of 25 years.The two companies are to develop the terminal to handle 2.4m teu/year.  

  • Gulftainer lands Comoros Islands contract

    01 Oct 2006

    United Arab Emirates container terminal manager and operator Gulftainer has agreed a 15-year contract to operate, manage and upgrade the Comoros Islands ports of Moroni and Mutsamudu.   

  • Abu Dhabi growth gathers momentum with second port

    01 Oct 2006

    Abu Dhabi is planning a second port in the industrial township of Musaffah to handle some 5m-9m tonnes per annum.  

News Products and Services

  • BCT opts for Tideworks technology

    01 Oct 2006

    Poland’s Baltic Container Terminal has contracted Tideworks Technology to provide professional IT services and terminal operations systems for managing cargo activities at the facility.  

  • Fraser relieves pressure of cleaning

    01 Oct 2006

    Fraser Pump has unveiled a low pressure jet machine for cleaning and preparing surfaces up to 10m below water.    

  • HART beats competition to meet security standards

    01 Oct 2006

    Global risk management consultancy HART Security has developed the first corporate security management system to gain the new security standard for supply chains ISO/PAS 28000:2005, which was introduced last year.    

Ports Baltic

  • Polish pair’s Baltic ambitions

    01 Oct 2006

    The Baltic is a hotbed of construction and development, as the region’s ports battle to house increasing domestic container volumes. Alex Hughes reports on the latest progress  

Post Script

  • The right dressing

    01 Oct 2006

    In mid-September George Vlachos, Greece’s General Secretary for Ports and Policy, announced that the country is close to making a decision on long-term management contracts for the ports of Piraeus and Thessaloniki. Such contracts include the full management of the existing container terminal facilities at the ports and as such this would appear to signal the start of a reform process which many have considered is long overdue.    

Regional Survey Africa

  • A year to remember

    01 Oct 2006

    Still with two months to go, it has already been quite a year for African concessions.    

  • A calmer pace

    01 Oct 2006

    East Africa’s less frantic approach to port development belies the undercurrent of activity taking place  

  • PPP decision marks the start of new era

    01 Oct 2006

    After years of debate on privatisation, the South Africa Treasury has finally laid down some principles for proposed public/private partnerships.    

  • No let up in investment

    01 Oct 2006

    Despite concerns that South Africa’s port developments are being dragged out,large capital investments are planned for 2006 and 2007.    

  • Liquid gold keeps money pouring in.

    01 Oct 2006

    Oil and gas revenues continue to stimulate investment up and down Africa’s western coast with Nigeria and Angola being the main beneficiaries.    

  • Hub potential yet to be realised

    01 Oct 2006

    With some joined up thinking and probably some outside help,Coega and Durban have all the ingredients to make it as South Africa’s core ports.  

  • African sun spot

    01 Oct 2006

    West Africa’s ports are setting the commissioning pace for the continent as private operators prove their worth. Steve Cameron reports  

Terminals Planning and Design

  • The space race

    01 Oct 2006

    Is every inch of your shoreside being used to its full potential? Alex Hughes finds out that a little expertise can go a long way in stockyard planning.  

  • The stacking quandary

    01 Oct 2006

    Yard planning experts have contrasting opinions on what to do with containers as they are being discharged from the ship. Some argue it is better to move recently discharged boxes to their final positions in the stacking yard immediately, while others disagree stating that temporary stacks should be created close to the quayside, where all incoming boxes can be rapidly placed,with any necessary housekeeping carried out later.    

The Economist

  • What’s in a number?

    01 Oct 2006

    We are really creatures of habit. Take numbers for instance.We have a blind urge to compare one number with the next. For example, how does that compare with what the competition is saying, or what they said last time, or what are we saying or better still, what was that number that I overheard at the restaurant?    

The Insurer

  • Making molehills out of mountains in China

    01 Oct 2006

    The growth of port and terminal infrastructure in China proceeds apace. If you go to the deep water port of Yangshan, just outside Shanghai, there is a facility whose planners are already thinking big.The first phase is designed to cope with 2m teu and work on phase 2 has begun.This is the port which is on the end of a 32.5 km causeway.    

The Strategist

  • Buenos Aires – back to the bad ol’ days

    01 Oct 2006

    Some people just won’t learn. Today, Buenos Aires stands on the edge of the concessioning precipice once again, having experienced problems with the concessioning of container terminals back in the 1990s.  

View Point

  • Independence Day

    01 Oct 2006

    International terminal operators, with their wide reach, high profile branding and bottomless pockets,have fast become synonymous with successful port operations, leaving public sector terminals to be viewed as the poor relations of the port world. And with capacity shortages making sour reading for shippers, these terminal factory lines can only increase in importance in the short-term.    

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