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Bulk Handling Cement

  • Environmental considerations

    01 Apr 2007

    Cemex UK’s new cement grinding and blending facility at Tilbury will be located right in the middle of the dock area and receive at least 50% of its raw materials by water.   

  • Dust-busters

    01 Apr 2007

    Ports must make cement dust control their number one priority if they want to keep local residents and authorities on side, as Felicity Landon finds out  

  • From ship to shed

    01 Apr 2007

    A new cement import facility at the Port of Blyth will feature direct pipe discharge from ship to shed. The port has converted one of its newest warehouses on Battleship Wharf for storing cement, and constructed a silo for loading to trucks.   

  • On solid ground

    01 Apr 2007

    You want a mess on the quayside, dust in the air and complaints from the neighbours? Try handling cement without the right kit. Felicity Landon finds out about best practice  

Finance & Investment Major Port Investors

  • Law firm enjoys a rosy outlook on port finance deals

    01 Apr 2007

    Chris Brown, partner at specialist law firm Norton Rose, has been in the thick of some exciting port-related finance transactions in recent years, including the Baltic Multi-Port project (at Helsinki, Kotka and Saint Petersburg), the Gdansk Containerport, and a sponsor-driven port project at Valencia, Spain. In the Polish transaction,Norton Rose represented DVB Bank, which is providing up to €100m ($131m) to finance DCT Gdansk, owner of a deepwater container terminal worth €180m ($236m) put out on a 30-year lease to the port authority.The majority shareholder in DCT Gdansk is one of the dozens of infrastructure funds in the Macquarie group.   

  • Easy money

    01 Apr 2007

    Gift-wrapped cash suddenly seems easy to come by in the port sector with financial figures rising deal-on-deal. Barry Parker reports  

In Focus Leixões Container Terminal

  • Productivity Portuguese-style

    01 Apr 2007

    Could Leixões be Europe’s most industrious box terminal? Alex Hughes finds that the Portuguese port is pushing productivity to impressive levels  

Insight & Opinion

  • Capacity drain

    01 Apr 2007

    It is an interesting phenomenon of the 21st Century that the international container handling market has seen available containerport capacity dry up in so-called mature markets. It happened on the US West Coast and the UK in 2004, and arguably it is happening again now in northern Europe.   

  • The not-so-simple port alternative

    01 Apr 2007

    So you want to be a ship-to-ship stevedore? Where do you start? What do you need for kit? Any suggestions on risk management?   

  • Empty congestion: what in the World is going on?

    01 Apr 2007

    Let me start with an apology. I just cannot get away from the subject of port congestion. The most recent problems have been caused by weather, labour relations (or rather the lack of them) and empty containers. There are also voices blaming the constant growth in containers coming from Asia.   

  • Troubles and tussles on Spain’s Mediterranean coast

    01 Apr 2007

    There are problems at the new Prat Dock container terminal under construction in Barcelona where Hutchison has secured terminal operating rights. Around 500m of the new quay line, that will eventually extend for 1,500m, has suffered a major structural problem putting into doubt the ability of the port authority to deliver the terminal to Hutchison on-time. At the time of writing, no statement was forthcoming from the Port of Barcelona on the exact nature of the problems – it is understood detailed investigations are in the process of being implemented – but some observers were suggesting that a severe delay in the terminal’s construction could be expected which could eventually be as much as two years.   

  • Money vs expertise

    01 Mar 2007

    This issue’s article, Easy Money, highlights the increasing attractiveness of the ports sector to investment banks, infrastructure and pension funds. They are now figuring to an increasing extent in the growing port facility resale market – a deal just announced providing further evidence of this,namely the sale of Maher Terminals, US to RREEF Infrastructure, a part of RREEF Alternative Investments, the global alternative asset management business of Deutsche Bank.  

News Africa & Middle East

  • Aqaba on the move

    01 Apr 2007

    Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority has received proposals from five international companies in respect of the $3bn project to relocate the port of Aqaba to an industrial complex site on the south shore.   

  • Sohar attracts serious investment

    01 Apr 2007

    The port of Sohar in Oman has attracted $12bn of industrial and infrastructure investment in under three years, prompting its corporate communications manager Dirk-Jan de Vink to note that it was now the ‘fastest-growing port project in the world’.  

  • Brazilian for Khorfakkan terminal

    01 Apr 2007

    CMA CGM has opted for Gulftainer’s Khorfakkan Container Terminal as a Middle East call on its Vasco service, covering Brazilian ports to and from the Middle East and South Asia.  

  • REDUNDANCY OPPOSED

    01 Apr 2007

    The plan announced by Liberia’s National Port Authority to lay off 350 workers because of financial difficulties has been challenged by the Dock Workers Union.  

  • Eight in for Khalifa

    01 Apr 2007

    Eight consortia have sought prequalification to bid for the Khalifa and Industrial Zone project, with initial infrastructure work scheduled to commence by mid-year, claims Abu Dhabi Port Company.   

  • Iran boosts capacity at ports

    01 Apr 2007

    By 2010, capacity across all Iran is ports will have reached 150m tonnes, compared with 115m tonnes at present.   

  • DP WORLD TO INVEST $8.2BN

    01 Apr 2007

    DP World has announced investment of more than $8.2bn in the development of 10 new ports and upgrade work at three others. Among its largest schemes are a $459m new box terminal in Qingdao and a $302m container terminal development in Djibouti.  

  • MAJOR MOMBASA CONGESTION

    01 Apr 2007

    Mombasa is suffering major congestion, due to vessels switching from the neighbouring port of Dar es Salaam, where congestion is even worse. Importers are also being blamed because of the slow clearance of containers from the port.  

  • MAERSK MONOPOLY FEARED

    01 Apr 2007

    Existing companies at the port of Tema have called upon Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority to scrap an agreement that it has with a foreign consortium, Meridian Port Services (MPS), to operate the container terminal.   

  • Mombasa to stay in public hands

    01 Apr 2007

    Kenya’s Transport Minister has labelled as ‘unrealistic’ plans to privatise container handling at the port of Mombasa.   

  • IRANIAN PORTS PRIVATISATION

    01 Apr 2007

     

News Americas

  • BUENAVENTURA WINDFALL

    01 Apr 2007

    The Colombian government has allocated $450m to the port of Buenaventura.   

  • TUI SELLS MONTRÉAL MAJORITY

    01 Apr 2007

    TUI, owner of shipping line Hapag-Lloyd, has sold an 80% stake in Montréal Gateway Terminals to Morgan Stanley. The company acquired the initial stake after its buyout of  CP Ships.   

  • No space for Tampico terminal

    01 Apr 2007

    The proposed multi-purpose terminal at the port of Tampico is not viable, because it will increase congestion in the surrounding urban area, a heavily touristic area, local sources have said.   

  • P&O PORTS GETS THE RUBB

    01 Apr 2007

    Storage facility manufacturer Rubb Buildings has installed a new facility at P&O Ports Dundalk Terminal in Baltimore. 
     

  • NY-NJ wants in on DP World profit

    01 Apr 2007

    The New York-New Jersey port authority has asked DP World for a  "transaction or transfer fee", amounting to as much as $84m, as part of the $450m sale of former P&O ports assets in the state, news reports have claimed. But DP World spokesperson Mohammad Sharaf said: "They are asking for a sum which is unreasonable and we are saying no."   

  • SSA Marine switches to ethanol

    01 Apr 2007

    SSA Marine has introduced a programme to reduce noise emissions from handling equipment at container terminals where it operates.   

  • Chile for China?

    01 Apr 2007

    Doubts have been cast on the effectiveness of using Chilean ports to export goods from South America's Atlantic coast to destinations in Asia. In part, this is because export cargo from Uruguay and Argentina is not as important as was previously thought.   

  • New tender for Guayaquil

    01 Apr 2007

    The government of Ecuador has not ruled out launching a new tender for the concession to run the port of Guayaquil, while in the meantime it has commenced restructuring of the port authority both there and in the cities of Manta, Esmeraldas and Puerto Bolívar. Guayaquil, it is argued, needs a strategic partner – similar to HPH’s involvement at the port of Manta - to fund the investment needed in both infrastructure and equipment.  

  • Nicaragua to invest at least $50m

    01 Apr 2007

    Nicaragua's National Port Authority is to borrow $50m over the next five years to invest in upgrading ports.  

  • Everglades sister act

    01 Apr 2007

    Port Everglades has launched an International Sister Seaports program to encourage information-sharing relationships. The port reports that it has already registered interest from the Port of Olbia, located on the Italian island of Sardinia, and Shanghai,China over the past year.   

  • VENEZUELAN BOX BLOCK

    01 Apr 2007

    The government of Venezuela has recognised that there is a developing problem with stranded containers clogging the stacking yards of its box terminals, because of the difficulty some companies have in acquiring dollars at preferential rates.  

  • GOVERNMENT CHASES SANTOS CONTROL

    01 Apr 2007

    The government of the state of São Paulo has requested that the central government cedes control of the port of Santos to it. However, any transfer must be free of the €288m ($383m) debt that the port currently has.  

  • MEXICAN CARIBBEAN UPGRADES

    01 Apr 2007

    The Mexican Caribbean port of Quintana Roo, which is not administered directly by the Transport Ministry, is to spend $4.7m on modernising its Cozumel and Isla Mujeres quays.  

  • CAROLINA SAVI PARTNERSHIP

    01 Apr 2007

    South Carolina State Ports Authority has extended an agreement with Savi Networks to introduce the company’s information service to three further container terminals at the Port of Charleston.The radio frequency identification (RFID) infrastructure installation aims to “automate visibility of RFID-sealed containers”.  

  • Southern ports to follow in NY/NJ footsteps

    01 Apr 2007

    US states Georgia and South Carolina have inked a landmark agreement to jointly develop a port in Jasper County, South Carolina.   

  • Altamira investment

    01 Apr 2007

    Terminal Marítima Infraestructura Portuaria Mexicana, situated in the port of Altamira, is to invest $12m in new equipment to include a Liebherr post-panamax mobile harbour crane that can service 18 rows of shipstowed containers.   

  • $1.5bn reserved for Panamanian ports

    01 Apr 2007

    Panama’s Ministry of Commerce has indicated that planned investment of $1.5bn over the next eight years will effectively double national port capacity. In all, $200m will be used to expand the port of Balboa, while PSA has announced additional investment to build a new facility at Rodman.   

  • COLOMBIANS REVIVE URABÁ PROJECT

    01 Apr 2007

    Revived interest is being shown in the construction of a new deep water port at Urabá, in Colombia. Spanish consultants Sener are due to produce a viability report within the next six months.   

News Asia

  • Paradip builds two berths

    01 Apr 2007

    India’s Paradip port is to issue tenders within the next three months for the construction of two new berths; one to handle iron ore exports, while the other will concentrate on imported coking coal.   

  • Malacca Strait fund call

    01 Apr 2007

    Japan’s The Nippon Foundation has spear-headed a call for a cost-sharing scheme to protect the future of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.   

  • Riding the Malaysian transhipment wave

    01 Apr 2007

    Ports in Malaysia posted a 12% volume increase last year in containers with a total of 13.6m teu handled, compared with 12m teu in 2005.   

  • Plans advance for Vallarpadam

    01 Apr 2007

    DP World, container handler at the Indian port of Cochin, has submitted plans to the port authority for the proposed Vallarpadam transhipment terminal.   

  • Chittagong embraces private sector

    01 Apr 2007

    Saif Powertec Ltd has been awarded an exclusive cargo handling contract to manage Chittagong Container Terminal, bringing to an end the former stevedoring model previously preferred by the port authority. Initially, the private sector company will run the terminal as part of a pilot scheme, undertaking activities both on the quayside and in the yard.   

  • VIETNAMESE PORTS NEED $3.7BN

    01 Apr 2007

    Vietnam has said it needs $3.7bn to build and upgrade existing ports throughout its territory by 2010.Van Phong in Khanh Hoa province and Lach Huyen in Hal Phong city have been identified as the ports with the best growth potential.   

  • PORTEK SHARE SOLD

    01 Apr 2007

    Stockholm-based Bromma Group has bought a 25% equity interest in Bromma Far East (Singapore) from Portek International, to give it sole ownership of the company.   

  • PTP KALMAR LINK

    01 Apr 2007

    The Port of Tanjung Pelepas is to upgrade its rubber-tyred gantry fleet with Kalmar’s Fleetview fleet management system.Marking the first order for the system in Asia, the upgrade will be completed by April 2007 and will allow port control room staff to monitor the real-time positioning and efficient control of each RTG.  

  • NOL QINGDAO PROJECT

    01 Apr 2007

    Neptune Orient Lines of Singapore and Chinese partner the SITC Maritime (Group) have established a joint-venture to build and manage the new container terminal at the Chinese port of Qingdao to implement the concession it was awarded in 2005.  

News Australasia

  • Northern port merger in doubt

    01 Apr 2007

    Competition lawyers believe New Zealand’s Commerce Commission will prove a difficult obstacle to any potential merger plans between the ports of Auckland and Tauranga.   

  • Melbourne prospects boost

    01 Apr 2007

    A deepening project proposed for Victoria’s Port Phillip Bay has been given the thumbs-up by the treasurer of  Victoria, John Brumby.   

  • Cavotec to launch share offer

    01 Apr 2007

    A share offer in the range of NZ$25m (US$17.4m) to NZ$50m (US$34.8m) is expected from NZXlisted international company Cavotec MSL.  

  • Call for South Island freight hub

    01 Apr 2007

    A “two islands, two hubs” solution is required to rectify “distortions” in New Zealand’s logistical and transport sectors, according to Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) chief executive John Walley. Particularly incensed about the lack of a local roll-on roll-off option to Australia for companies based in the South Island, Mr Walley said shippers in the rest of the country will continue to suffer if Auckland remains the sole focal trading point.  

  • Newcastle policy reversal

    01 Apr 2007

    Port Waratah Coal Services has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to approve a revised capacity balancing system for the port of Newcastle.   

  • Geelong considers intermodal freight options

    01 Apr 2007

    The Australian city of Geelong is to
    undertake a detailed study of the
    impact an intermodal terminal would
    have in enhancing its freight and
    distribution networks  

  • NEW ZEALAND INTERIMS

    01 Apr 2007

    New Zealand port companies who have recently published financial results for the six months to December 31, 2006 include: Northport – NZ$7.5m (US$5.2m) after-tax profit (up 834%) and NZ$9.4m (US$6.5m) (up 217%); Port of Tauranga -- NZ$21.3m (US$14.8m) after-tax profit (up 56%) and NZ$73.7m (US$51.2m) revenue (up 20.7%); Lyttelton Port of Christchurch – NZ$3.9m (US$2.7m) after-tax profit (down 18%) and NZ$37.1m (US$25.8m) revenue (down 2.1%); South Port – NZ$1.1m (US$764,720) after-tax profit (up 14.5%) and NZ$7.3m (US$5.1m) revenue (up 7.5%).  

  • TAURANGA BOXES CLEVER

    01 Apr 2007

    NZX service vessel Dolores was recently completely discharged at the Port of Tauranga by three cranes over a 23.2-hour period. The resulting 2064 container moves were completed at an average vessel rate of 91 moves per hour and average crane rate of 31.7 movers per hour.The world standard for crane moves is 25 per hour.  

  • PORT WALCOTT INVESTMENT

    01 Apr 2007

    Mitsui Iron Ore Development is to invest $284m to increase the export capacity for iron ore at Australia's Port Walcott, situated at Cape Lambert, rising from 55m tonnes to 80m tonnes a year.  

  • DP World calls off Australian merger

    01 Apr 2007

    DP World has abandoned plans to merge its Australian subsidiary P&O Maritime Services with offshore oil services firm Mermaid Marine Australia. An agreement, which had been reached by both sides in December, would have involved a share swap, leaving DP World with a 60% stake in the joint company. The decision to call off the merger was taken by Mermaid Marine following better than expected financial results. However, public pronouncements by DP World suggest it would still be interested in renegotiating terms.  

  • TYRE SHORTAGE CRISIS

    01 Apr 2007

    A global tyre manufacturing shortage is forcing New Zealand container terminal operators to alter ordering patterns and even seek new supply lines to keep their large wharf machinery in operation.   

News Europe

  • Strong statistics for ABP short-sea ports

    01 Apr 2007

    Associated British Ports has reported a “solid performance” for its short-sea ports of Garston, Fleetwood, Barrow, Silloth,Ayr,Troon,King’s Lynn,Lowestoft, Ipswich,Teignmouth and Plymouth.   

  • VOLUMES UP IN SPAIN

    01 Apr 2007

    The combined volumes of Spanish ports totalled 460m tonnes in 2006, an increase of 4.2%.  

  • CARGO SERVICE CONTRACT

    01 Apr 2007

    Kalmar has won a comprehensive maintenance deal from Cargo Service at the Port of Aarhus, Denmark for 19 new Kalmar straddle carriers, due for delivery in spring 2007.The all-inclusive contract, which includes an option to extend, requires Kalmar to supply Cargo Service with preventative and breakdown maintenance, engineering support, daily inspections and spare parts supply.  

  • PORT OF TYNE TO INVEST £21M

    01 Apr 2007

    The Port of Tyne is to carry out a further expansion of its bulk handling facilities in order to handle growing imports of power station coal. Riverside Quay, which was extended by 60 metres to 574 metres and deepened from 10.5 to 12.5 metres last year, will this year be extended by another 180 metres, to a total of 754 metres.  

  • HPH upbeat in Felixstowe potential

    01 Apr 2007

    Container volumes travelling to and from the Port of Felixstowe could be as high as 1.1m teu per year by 2023, Hutchison Ports (UK) has said.   

  • Contenemar shift to Vilagarcía

    01 Apr 2007

    Spanish shipping line Contenemar has asked Vilagarcía Port authority for 50,000 sq m of land on which to build a container terminal. The company wants to move two Canary Island and Moroccan services to the port.   

  • Rotterdam’s ECT bans empties

    01 Apr 2007

    ECT Delta terminal in Rotterdam is no longer accepting empty containers as a means of reducing the dwell time of boxes in the terminal.   

  • Full IMPACTE of freight shift proposal

    01 Apr 2007

    A number of targeted, small scale investment projects underway at Europe’s ports are expected to bring improvements to cross-Channel freight transport.   

  • Prescott Lock to go ahead

    01 Apr 2007

    British Waterways has announced that an £18.9m project to open up London’s East End rivers, giving direct access by water to the Olympic Park area,has finally been given the go-ahead.   

  • Staff salute Royal Haskoning

    01 Apr 2007

    Royal Haskoning has joined the Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to work for, as voted by its employees. The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies survey is carried out by Best Companies who use a methodology to measure employee engagement with a firm, and their satisfaction at work.   

  • BROMMA BOOSTS SPREADER SALES

    01 Apr 2007

    Stockholm-based Bromma Group received orders for more than 900 telescopic crane spreaders last year,more than all of Bromma’s competitors combined, the manufacturer claims.  

  • ABP AGRIBULK COMMITMENT

    01 Apr 2007

    Associated British Ports (ABP) has committed £3.26m to the construction of a dedicated agribulks storage facility at its Port of Immingham.The pledge comes on the back of a new 20- year agreement with existing customer Gleadell Agriculture, the port’s only grain shipper. Construction work on the project is expected to be completed by early autumn.  

  • MAERSK AND MOTO FORM JV

    01 Apr 2007

    The Portuguese construction and services group Mota-Engil is negotiating a partnership with Maersk to manage ports both within Portugal and abroad. Domestically, they are looking at possibilities in both Lisbon and Setubal, while further afield they are considering opportunities in ex-Portuguese colonies in Africa.  

  • NORWAY BLAZES BALLAST TRAIL

    01 Apr 2007

    Norwegian ports are to implement strict controls on ballast water management this year to meet standards set down in an IMO Convention, which has yet to be adopted internationally.  

  • MSC VALENCIA DIVERSION

    01 Apr 2007

    MSC cancelled approximately 70 services in 2006 that were due to call at Marítima Valenciana located in the port of Valencia. This was blamed on poor productivity at the terminal and also on ongoing labour conflicts.  

  • EU SEEKS QUIETER PORTS

    01 Apr 2007

    The ports of Amsterdam, Civitavecchia, Copenhagen- Malmö, Hamburg, Livorno and Valencia are to take part in the EU’s Nomeports programme, which is looking into ways of reducing noise pollution in four major sectors, of which one pertains to ports.  

  • GERMANY CHOOSES KALMAR

    01 Apr 2007

    Kalmar has confirmed orders for
    27 straddle carriers from German
    terminal operators.  

  • Ladyman backs Mersey future

    01 Apr 2007

    UK transport minister Stephen Ladyman has thrown his weight behind a lobbying campaign to raise the profile of Merseyside’s growing maritime sector.  

  • Salerno signs up to US initiative

    01 Apr 2007

    Salerno Container Terminal has opened its doors to US Customs officials as the first commercial port in Italy to become operational under the US Container Security Initiative.   

  • Contship appeal over Voltri upheld

    01 Apr 2007

    The Italian government has upheld the appeal put forward by Contship Italia in respect of the award of the sixth module of Genova-Voltri container terminal to incumbent operator Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE), which belongs to the PSA group.   

  • Liverpool post-panamax terminal gets nod

    01 Apr 2007

    A proposal for the first post-panamax box terminal on the UK’s west coast has been cleared by the Department of Transport.  

  • TARRAGONA SEEKS INVESTMENT

    01 Apr 2007

    Tarragona Port Authority is to award construction and management of its newest terminal to a private sector company.This facility will occupy a 25 hectare area on the extension of the existing outer quay dock wall.Cost is expected to be €70m ($93.2m) and the concession period is 35 years.  

News Products & Services

  • DRIVING SHIP LOADING DOWN UNDER

    01 Apr 2007

    AC drives supplied and fitted by Control Techniques are behind the control of a new shiploader at the Dalrymple Bay coal terminal in the port of Hay Point. Serving a total of 14 mines in Central Queensland including Blair Athol, the coal terminal at Dalrymple Bay unloads about 15 - 18 trains a day at the nominal rate of 5,500 tonnes per hour, for export.  

  • ‘Take another look at NVQs’ - Dover executive

    01 Apr 2007

    Dover’s training and development manager has recommended that UK ports revisit National Vocational Qualifications as a means of adding value to business. “Line managers in our industry are still thinking about NVQs in 1990s terms,” said Dover’s Mike Burney- Cumming.  

  • SWORD slices through paperwork

    01 Apr 2007

    IT services company SWORD has launched a document control system targeted towards the engineering, energy and transport sectors. Based on Microsoft’s SharePoint® 2007 software, the C2Share Document Control system aims to control the flow of documents between contractors and internal staff, and to effectively monitor the documents review, approval and sign-off process.   

  • Safe and secure at Dublin Port Tunnel

    01 Apr 2007

    Ireland’s Dublin Port Tunnel has had a security overhaul to incorporate the CEM AC2000 SE (Standard Edition) access control system.   

  • SAIC launches compact inspection system

    01 Apr 2007

    SAIC’s new VACIS P7500 Inspection System is a described as a compact,highpenetration, high-energy inspection portal that combines small footprint with high throughput. The system is suited for highvolume ports and transportation facilities with space limitations, said the company.  

  • POWERFLEET MOBICON EXCLUSIVITY

    01 Apr 2007

    Powerfleet has been appointed the sole distributor of the Mobicon container handling system in the US, a system that claims to eliminate the need for costly yard repairs.Designed and manufactured in Australia and assembled in the US, the manufacturers assert that it has the lightest axle loading of any container handler in the world, with a 73,000 lb lift capacity and is able to carry any type or size ISO specified container, without the need for any modifications or additional lifting equipment.  

  • VERITAINER STATUS SYMBOL

    01 Apr 2007

    The US Department of Homeland Security has awarded VeriTainer’s container crane radiation detection technology “Qualified Anti-Terrorist Technology (“QATT”) designation status.  

  • SECURITY SPECIALISTS

    01 Apr 2007

    Surveillance specialists Axis Communications and PureTech Systems have combined products to enhance security at ports in the US. Pairing PureTech System’s wide-area video security with Axis Communications’ network camera claims to utilise the “best technology from these two companies to heighten security measures at multiple water facilities and airports throughout the southwest US”  

Planning & Design Transhipment

  • Contship faithful to Gioia Tauro

    01 Apr 2007

    While Spanish ports continue to do well, future investment planning at Italy’s Gioia Tauro has been cast into doubt following recent strikes in both December and February.Relations between majority-owner Conthship Italia and a new leftwing trade union (SDL) are at a low ebb, despite the fact that the average net income at Gioia Tauro port is €3,000 per annum higher than is found among other workers in the region and €2,000 higher than the average net income across Italian ports as a whole.   

  • Barcelona trawls in transhipment business in defiance of nearby competing terminals

    01 Apr 2007

    Barcelona-based Tercat moved 1m teu last year, of which around 42% was in the form of transhipped boxes. However, the terminal was never built with transhipment in mind. In fact, according to terminal manager Josep Ollés, the percentage of boxes rotated in and out by sea is a comparatively recent phenomenon, having accounted for just 6% of the total business just three years ago. The main transhipment client is Mediterranean Shipping Company whose throughput at Tercat has not fallen away despite the fact the company now manages its own dedicated terminal in the port of Valencia.   

  • Panacea or potential headache?

    01 Apr 2007

    Alex Hughes investigates whether transhipment is the pot of gold everyone thinks it is for Mediterranean ports.  

Port Profile Buenos Aires

  • Buena vista

    01 Apr 2007

    Argentina’s leading port is sitting pretty on strong volumes, but will capacity come on stream quick enough to cater for increased demand? Rob Ward investigates  

Recruitment Manpower & Training

  • Watch out, there are poachers about

    01 Apr 2007

    Privatisation and concessioning of ports and terminals around the world is leading to a rapid increase in demand for both ex-patriot and local managers, says Steve Cameron, principal of Cameron Maritime Resources. “In a lot of countries – India, for example,where privatisation is moving ahead, there is a certain amount of poaching going on,” he says.   

  • Warm welcome

    01 Apr 2007

    The advice from recruiters is don’t neglect new starters on their first day; they may not return for another, as Felicity Landon finds out  

  • A buyer’s market

    01 Apr 2007

    Recruitment specialists in the ports and shipping industry say demand for good quality staff is clearly outstripping supply.So how best to recruit – and retain – staff? Felicity Landon reports It is,says Phil Parry,chairman of maritime employment agency Spinnaker Consulting,a buyer’s market.  

Regional Feature East Coast South America

  • Shipping lines want piece of Brazilian port action

    30 Jul 2008

    Across the estuary from Navegantes lies the port of Itajai, the third biggest port for containers in Brazil, with more than 600,000 teu handled in 2006.   

  • Early doors

    01 Apr 2007

    The opening of long-awaited Brazilian box terminal Navegantes ahead of schedule could be a breath of fresh air for the country’s congested ports.Rob Ward reports  

  • Sting of success

    01 Apr 2007

    Booming Brazilian trade has filled the country’s coffers, but port infrastructure works are now achingly overdue, as Rob Ward finds out  

Regional Feature India’s Containerport Development

  • Eastern Allure

    01 Apr 2007

    India has the promise that port investors look for but there remains significant scope to enhance its attractiveness. Mike Mundy reports There is no disputing that India needs new port capacity and where new port capacity is needed there are opportunities.   

Security Container Terminal Gate Systems

  • Finnish record breakers

    01 May 2007

    Kotka’s monster gate operating system will unite two competing operators without compromising data privacy. Felicity Landon reports  

  • Navis takes the middle road

    01 Apr 2007

    As gate automation becomes an increasingly complex mix of technologies and systems, the challenge is how to integrate all of these efficiently and cost effectively.   

  • The power of optical character recognition

    01 Apr 2007

    Optical character recognition (OCR) is a “tremendously powerful technology which nicely complements an efficient gate operating system”, says Tideworks’Harvey Bauer.   

  • Finessing the front end

    01 Apr 2007

    Bottleneck or smooth security and processing system? Felicity Landon looks at the latest developments in container terminal gate systems  

Spreaders & RTGs Container Handling

  • Liscont emerges from handling cocoon with full RTG operation

    01 Apr 2007

    Portugal’s deep-sea container terminal, Liscont, is in the final stages of transforming its yard into a completely rubber-tyred gantry-based (RTG) operation.During Port Strategy’s visit to the terminal in February, a new yard management system had just gone live, although terminal manager Carlos Figueiredo conceded that the thick fog enveloping the river did not help a smooth introduction.   

  • Double vision

    01 Apr 2007

    The need to boost productivity not only on the quayside but also in the yard is forcing the switch to twin- and quad-lift spreaders,reports Alex Hughes  

Motorship