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Container Handling: Terminal Tractors
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Weighing the benefits
09 Jul 2008
The port of Los Angeles has calculated the potential annual environmental benefits it can achieve from the 1.2m drayage trips its tractors make every year between the port and its nearby Intermodal Container Transfer Facility.
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Tractor trials
09 Jul 2008
Los Angeles is coming down hard on polluting terminal tugs, as Stuart Pearcey finds out
Environment: Reducing Energy Costs
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Energy capture to fuel Russian port
09 Jul 2008
As part of its expansion plans, Russia’s National Container Company has ordered 19 energy-efficient rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Konecranes, to meet an anticipated annual capacity of 9m teu.
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Port powerhouses
09 Jul 2008
Once viewed as a fashionable 'green' statement, self sufficient power generation is in today's ports less of a luxury and more a necessity, as Patrik Wheater finds out
Finance & Investment: Concessioning Deals
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The value of creation principles
30 Jul 2008
An example of a port that effectively optimised its capital structure is the Port of Sillamäe in Estonia.
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Capital creator
30 Jul 2008
Boudewijn Jansen and Paul van Eulem of consultant MTBS explain how Port Authorities can maximise returns when seeking outside investment
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On the acquisition trail
29 Jul 2008
Many investors have shown true interest in private ports or private terminals. There are various port deals conducted in the last few years, some examples are presented below:
In Focus: African Reform
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Horn of plenty
16 Jul 2008
A new study commissioned by the World Bank digs deep into the problems and prospects for sub-Saharan African ports. Mike Mundy investigates
Insight & Opinion
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Africa is coming
06 Aug 2008
There is always a new frontier in the international port business. And as at the time of writing the G8 group is convened, it is most relevant to focus on Africa, an area where there is major scope to refine port systems and particularly along the east and west coasts of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Congestion bites
30 Jul 2008
“Congestion” – is it our imagination or is it the case that we don’t hear so much about this problem nowadays? If this is the case then it clearly isn’t a result of the problem going away but rather that it has become an accepted part of commercial life.
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A case of déjà vu on West Coast labour woes
23 Jul 2008
Port workers in 29 ports along the US West Coast (including approximately 20,000 in Los Angeles/ Long Beach) refused, at the start of July, to extend an earlier contract and are now negotiating with the Pacific Maritime Association on a new agreement while continuing to work.
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Small comfort in falling premiums
16 Jul 2008
Throughout the insurance market, premium rates are falling. While the scaleback is less than alarming to insurers, and is only moderately comforting to the customers, the trend seems unstoppable for the moment. Overcapacity in insurance supply, which built up in the firm market of the last five years, has at last taken a toll on the ability of underwriters to hold the line.
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A new container cargo takes root
09 Jul 2008
The global shipping market is in somewhat of a flux, with a possible world recession, sharply fluctuating bulk shipping rates and liner rates trying to decide what to do.
News Africa
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Nigeria private cash boost
20 Jul 2008
According to Michael Hansen, managing director of APM Terminals in Nigeria, the local economy has benefited to the tune of $400m following privatisation of many of the country's ports.
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APM doubles Lagos terminal quayside capacity
19 Jul 2008
APM has more than doubled the quayside capacity of its Apapa Container Terminal, the largest container facility in Nigeria, with the installation of four more gantry cranes.
News Americas
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Suape gets greener
26 Jul 2008
The Brazilian Port and industrial complex at Suape is to invest $9.84m in environmental projects up to 2010. These will be funded through the sale of land in the industrial area.
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Colombia woos private investors
24 Jul 2008
Private investors are being the opportunity to commit cash to three new port projects in Colombia.
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El Salvador port privatisation overhaul
23 Jul 2008
The Autonomous Port Executive Commission of El Salvador is seeking private sector investors to take over management of its ports.
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Brazil favours port investment
19 Jul 2008
Brazil is to extend until 2010 its so-called Reporto tax incentive to enable ports and terminals to purchase equipment, as well as modernising and expanding infrastructure.
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Peru builds on trade explosion
18 Jul 2008
Peru is undergoing a spate of new ports building as its trade with the rest of the world mushrooms.
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ENAPU needs private sector cash
18 Jul 2008
Peru's National Ports Authority (Enapu) has come under fire for its decision to court private sector finance for the upgrading of Quay 5 at the Port of Callao.
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Dredging dearth undermines Brazilian harvest
17 Jul 2008
The legislative assembly of the Brazilian state of Paraná has been told that if dredging work on the access channel at the Port of Paranagua is not completed rapidly, it will seriously prejudice the state's ability to export both this year's and next year's harvests.
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Farfán back in the courts
16 Jul 2008
The proposed new Panamanian Port of Farfán is once again the subject of a new legal challenge.
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Prince lures potash
14 Jul 2008
Prince Rupert port has won favour with potash specialist Canpotex as the site for a new West Coast potash terminal.
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Consortium eyes Antonina port
12 Jul 2008
A consortium of companies has expressed interest in acquiring the stake currently held by the Previ pension fund in Terminais Portuários Ponta do Félix, in the Brazilian state of Antonina.
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Panama targets canal traffic
12 Jul 2008
Panama Port Authority is aiming to boost its logistics provision to enable national ports to operate as international hubs.
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Colombian concession extensions
11 Jul 2008
The operators of the Colombian ports of Buenaventura, Santa Marta and Baranquilla have each been given a 20-year concession extension. In exchange, Buenaventura will have to invest $450m in upgrading its facilities, Santa Marta $128m and Baranquilla $178.
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LLX to shed 30% equity stake
10 Jul 2008
The Brazilian logistics company LLX is to sell a 30% stake in its operations to a strategic investor for approximately $3.5bn. The sale is slated to take place before the end of 2009.
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Threat of boycott hangs over Limón and Moín
09 Jul 2008
Shipping lines Crowley and APL have warned the Costa Rican ports of Limón and Moín that they are considering dropping calls on the back of poor service.
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Georgia goes green ahead of the US pack
26 Jun 2008
Georgia Ports Authority has converted its fleet of yard cranes, trucks and other equipment to cleaner-burning ultra-low-sulphur diesel (ULSD) and cut emissions by an additional 10% - two years ahead of federal mandates.
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Ports to feel pinch of “blanket” US legislation
12 Jun 2008
The threat of spiralling infrastructure, equipment, and staffing costs has led the World Customs Organization (WCO) to criticise the “blanket approach” of the US 100% maritime scanning legislation.
News Asia
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Chittagong to go private
24 Jul 2008
Pacific International Line in collaboration with Container Terminal Services are favourites to be awarded the concession to operate Chittagong Container Terminal. Other bidders are Everest Enterprise Ltd and incumbent terminal operator SAIF Powertec.
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ICTSI boosts home territory
20 Jul 2008
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has supported its presence in the Philippines, through two initiatives.
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Ennore compiles shortlist
15 Jul 2008
Ennore Port Trust is to put together a shortlist of six bidders from the 22 that originally made offers for the concession to build the $305m 1.5m teu container terminal at the Port.
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Tanjung Priok needs congestion relief
14 Jul 2008
The Indonesian Exporters Association says that Indonesia needs additional import-export facilities to relieve congestion at Tanjung Priok port. Sites at Bekasi and Karawang have been suggested as possible locations for the new ports.
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Rising imports swamp Vietnamese
13 Jul 2008
The deputy Vietnamese prime minister has ordered the Ministry of Transport to expedite the clearance of imports and exports that are building up at ports serving Ho Chi Minh City.
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DP World falls short of Chennai performance targets
12 Jul 2008
Chennai container terminal operator DP World has agreed to pay $22m in compensation for not having covered minimum container throughput figures for non-transhipment traffic between December 2006 and November 2007.
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Indo-Malaysian group gets Vizhinjam
12 Jul 2008
The Malaysian company Penbinan Redzai, along with Indian partners Lanco Infratech and Lanco Kondapalli Power, has been awarded a 33-year concession to build a container terminal at the Indian Port of Vizhinjam.
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Hong Kong's electrifying green initiative
10 Jul 2008
Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) is deploying 17 electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes (eRTGs) in the first phase of a HK$140m (US$18m) crane-electrification programme that will reduce emissions at Kwai Tsing Container Port.
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Shanghai slowdown
06 Jul 2008
China Merchants Holdings predicts that Shanghai International Port will handle 30m teu this year, despite the slight downturn in the global economy. However, in the four months to the end of April, throughput had risen by 11.4%, compared with an increase of 20.4% the previous year.
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Hong Kong operator undeterred by cooler market
26 Jun 2008
China Merchants Holdings International, the Hong Kong-listed port operator, has launched a five and 10 year dollar bond, braving some rough conditions in the international markets.
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Vietnam deepwater first set for 2008 start up
12 Jun 2008
Saigon Newport plans to put Vietnam’s first deepwater port into service by the end of the year, according to Tran Khank Hoang, the company’s director of marketing and external relations.
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VICT boosts capacity
12 Jun 2008
Vietnam’s first purpose-built container port is increasing its berthing space by a more than a third.
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Crippled infrastructure threatens Vietnam success
12 Jun 2008
Leading shipping lines have criticised a lack of investment and supporting infrastructure in Vietnamese ports.
News Australasia
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Kembla facelift mooted
23 Jul 2008
Port Kembla could get seven new berths as part of a makeover of its outer harbour, under a master state ports plan for New South Wales.
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Greymouth port lifeline
20 Jul 2008
Port Westland has been granted a one-year contract to manage the rundown port of Greymouth by the Grey District Council.
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Logs take care of empties
19 Jul 2008
Continuing high bulk vessel charter rates are seeing New Zealand forestry product exporters increasingly investigating containerising their consignments.
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Auckland tackles carbon footprint
18 Jul 2008
An inventory audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers of the Port of Auckland’s total greenhouse gas emissions has provided a solid foundation for further work by the company to manage its carbon footprint.
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Nelson noise bill
17 Jul 2008
A new Nelson City Council ruling is expected to force Port Nelson to offer to buy outright or install acoustic insulation to a maximum of about 50% of the value of 11 nearby houses and face additional financial commitments at up to 256 other properties.
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Budget nod for Queensland ports
17 Jul 2008
Queensland ports bodies will get A$798.4m (US$769m) in the 2008/09 state transport budget.
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Fremantle cash commitment
15 Jul 2008
The Western Australian Government has approved A$194.1m (US$187m) for capital works in Fremantle. This includes deepening the Inner Harbour and approach channels, and strengthening the North Quay berths. The aim is to cater for container vessels with a draught of 14 metres.
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Primeport losses spark redundancies
07 Jul 2008
Recent shipping service losses have forced PrimePort Timaru to make 23 permanent full-time and part-time positions redundant.
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New Zealand ports financials slated
05 Jul 2008
A hard-hitting report on the New Zealand port sector by investment bankers Rockpoint Corporate Finance suggests that the vast majority of the increase in shareholders’ funds achieved by port companies over the last decade has been due to revaluations of land and property holdings.
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Strikes averted at Otago
04 Jul 2008
Port Otago has narrowly avoided its first serious industrial action in 21 years, with two unions issuing notice of an overtime ban after failed mediation talkes on pay.
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Agreement promises stability for Lyttelton
03 Jul 2008
A three-year collective employment agreement has been signed by Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) and the Combined Unions.
News Europe
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Collinson erects home for peat
31 Jul 2008
A new warehouse at the Port of Dublin has been erected for one of the world's largest peat producers, Bord na Mona.
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Ukraine seeks more boxes
30 Jul 2008
Ukraine has announced its intention to develop container transport and is interested in speaking to any companies that can help implement this policy in a partnership agreement.
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Upgrade loan for Vyborg
29 Jul 2008
A multi-purpose port situated in the Gulf of Vyborg, about 113km from St Petersburg, will be helped in its €233m ($366m) modernisation by a €115m ($180.7m) loan from the European Bank of Reconstruction & Development.
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Latvia eyes Russian/Asian cargo
28 Jul 2008
Latvia's is set to carve out a role for itself as a transhipment and handling centre for containerised cargo to and from Russia, China, Korea and other Asian states, according to officials. To add further value, the country will provide additional logistics and transport infrastructure.
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Russia goes deeper
25 Jul 2008
A new deep water port is to be built at Karelian Belomorsk in Russia, 376 kilometres from Petrozavodsk.
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Post-panamax at Helsinki
18 Jul 2008
Finland’s newest container facility, Vuosaari Port in Helsinki, will soon be able to hande post-panamax ships carrying up to 18 containers abreast with recently delivered Kalmar ship-to-shore cranes.
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Spanish port for Dubai link
18 Jul 2008
Tarragona, near Barcelona, is to be the first of DP World's Spanish ports. DP World has acquired a 60% shareholding in Contarsa Sociedad de Estiba which holds the exclusive concession for the container terminal.
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Kalmar tractors for St Petersburg
14 Jul 2008
The Russian National Container Company has ordered 19 TR618i (Icon series) tractors from Kalmar for two terminals in St Petersburg. The units are scheduled to be delivered by September 2008.
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Tallinn port strategy unveiled
14 Jul 2008
Estonia's Port of Tallinn has finalised a new strategy covering the period up to 2015, which focuses primarily on containers, for which it has capacity of up to 1.2m teu per annum. The port will also concentrate on new car traffic, which currently accounts for 300,000 units annually.
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Dibden Bay “safeguarded” for the future
13 Jul 2008
Dibden Bay will be “safeguarded” for future use within Southampton’s port masterplanning exercise, it has been revealed.
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Dorset withdraws Portland objections
12 Jul 2008
Dorset County Council has withdrawn its objections to a major expansion at the south coast port of Portland, after the port agreed to contribute to the cost of local road improvements.
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Duisburg multimodal terminal
11 Jul 2008
Duisburg is to be the home of a new 35,000 sq m trimodal container terminal, part funded by South Africa's Imperial Group. Due to open in spring 2009, the terminal will be part of a new transportation link between the Upper Rhine ports and Duisburg, handling cargo which is not currently forwarded through Duisburg.
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Barcelona issues expansion tender for South Quay project
11 Jul 2008
Barcelona Port Authority has issued a tender for the extension of the South Quay, which will be incorporated into the concession of Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB).
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UK's Bathside Bay delayed by "onerous" planning
11 Jul 2008
The construction of a new UK container terminal at Bathside Bay, Harwich is unlikely to start until at least the middle of the next decade, a seminar on port congestion has been told.
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Green scheme for Southampton
10 Jul 2008
A UK first has been made by the ABP Port of Southampton who has recently started to obtain its power through a combined heat-and-power-led district energy scheme, reducing the port’s carbon dioxide emissions by 30%.
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Charity begins at home
10 Jul 2008
A community fund in Felixtowe has been launched with the backing of twelve local shipping and transport companies.
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Maersk signs up with Felixstowe
10 Jul 2008
Maersk Line has signed a ten-year agreement with the Port of Felixstowe which will give the shipping line priority terminal usage.
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Three in the frame for Salonika
06 Jul 2008
Salonika Port in Greece says that it will have addressed all objections raised as part of the bidding process in respect of privatisation of port handling by the end of July.
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Tanger Med takes its toll
03 Jul 2008
The reach of Morocco's Tanger Med behemoth is already being felt across the Mediterranean, with Las Palmas Port reporting a drop in container throughput over the first quarter.
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Investment for Hull
02 Jul 2008
A new eight-year agreement for Hull Container Terminal includes a £4m investment by PD Ports to be used to implement IT systems, refurbish the existing ship-to-shore cranes and reconfigure the terminal layout to improve efficiency.
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Dryports to revolutionise efficiency in Europe
26 Jun 2008
A ground-breaking €4.8m ($7.5m) European project is to examine the role that “dryports” can play in maximising the capacity and efficiency of sea ports, while also shifting traffic off the roads and on to rail or inland waterways.
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UK Institute pushes port operations degrees
12 Jun 2008
The new Logistics Institute at the UK
University of Hull is to teach a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in logistics - with port operation a key area.
News Middle East
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Transas presence in Khalifa
30 Jul 2008
Transas Middle East is to install and commission a Vessel Traffic Management Information System at the new Bahrain port of Khalifa, which is slated to become a regional transhipment hub. The software solution is due to be in place by mid-autumn.
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CVRD to invest in Oman
25 Jul 2008
CVRD is to invest $1bn in Oman in the construction of an iron ore pelletisation plant and distribution centre at the Port of Sohar, which is also collaborating financially on the project. Annual throughput will be 7.5m tonnes of pellets.
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Salalah splashes out on equipment
17 Jul 2008
Oman's Port of Salalah is to invest $112m on supplying new handling equipment for recently commissioned berths, which will boost capacity from 4.5m teu to 6m teu.
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Saudi traffic up
15 Jul 2008
Overall, in the first quarter, ports in Saudi Arabia handled a combined 36.1m tonnes, 9.94% up on the previous year.
News Products & Services
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Marker lowers light pollution
29 Jul 2008
A new port marker device designed to increase maritime safety and facilitate rendezvous manoeuvres for ships entering the port has been adopted by the Port of Barcelona.
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Perimeter protection for port assets
26 Jul 2008
A new rapid deployment perimeter protection system claims to provides a cost effective covert security solution to protect portable assets, such as plant and high value metals, as well as perimeter locations.
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Novel twistlock technology unveiled
24 Jul 2008
Fitting or removing twistlocks on containers, a slow and arduous operation action performed worldwide over a billion times a year, can now be done by an electro-hydraulic machine - the RAM PinSmart Automated Twistlock Handling Machine.
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Capacity seeks energy alternatives
24 Jul 2008
Capacity of Texas is powering ahead with five alternative fuel routes for its Trailer Jockey terminal tractor line.
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Vietnam software bank
22 Jul 2008
Software provider Total Soft Bank has won a bid to supply its Computer Automated Terminal Operation System to SP-PSA International Port in Vietnam.
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Turn up the heat on security
21 Jul 2008
Thermal imaging is fairly new in the security and surveillance sector, but Flir Systems is positioning itself for break into the market by two technological acquisitions.
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Liebherr's UK family grows
18 Jul 2008
Liebherr is to boost its UK presence with three key contracts for its container cranes.
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Green Baltic goals
18 Jul 2008
Electric-powered 'green' cable reel rubber-tyred gantry cranes headed for the Baltic have had their emissions slashed by 95%.
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Turning on innovation
15 Jul 2008
A specialised distribution tractor from Kalmar has been designed to get trailers between loading areas and parking twice as quickly as traditional road tractors.
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Shoreham boosts Hyster forklift family
14 Jul 2008
UK south cost port of Shoreham has boosted its timber handling capacity with eight new Hyster Fortens H5.5FT diesel forklift trucks, featuring a high lift capacity and a small chassis with a 600mm load centre.
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Terminal View release
11 Jul 2008
The latest version of Terminal View, a 3D tool that enables port and intermodal operators to zoom into any area of the terminal and monitor operations in real-time, has been released by Tideworks Technology.
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Kalmar introduces forklift future
09 Jul 2008
Kalmar has launched an electric forklift series, designed as a productive, cost-effective, fossil-fuel free and environmentally-friendly unit.
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Thumbs up for seamless radiation scanning
09 Jul 2008
VeriTainer, specialist in crane-mounted radiation scanning solutions, has been invited to participate in an Operational Readiness Test by US customs and security departments at the Port of Tacoma.
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New lines stack up for Bromma
26 Jun 2008
Bromma has unveiled two new spreader lines with an emphasis on green and mobile solutions.
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Security system targets smaller operators
12 Jun 2008
An affordable integrated security management system, controlling up to 128 doors and providing integrated access control, alarm processing, photo badging security management, and a number of high security modules is now on the market.
Opinion: IACP's Olivier Lemaire
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Bridging the gap
30 Jul 2008
International Association Cities and Ports boss Olivier Lemaire looks back on 20 years of successful operation in conversation with Felicity Landon
Planning & Design: Consulting Engineering Project and Capability Review
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The Prince of intermodalism
23 Jul 2008
Facing a decline in its bulk exports of pulp, paper and lumber to intermodal markets, the Canadian Port of Prince Rupert had to seek alternatives.
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Swamp-thing
23 Jul 2008
Most global port authorities are painfully aware that virtually all the best locations for the citing of major maritime terminals have already been used up. Nevertheless, modern engineering techniques nowadays allow even marginal terrain, including swampland, to be stabilised prior to the establishment of new working areas.
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The road less travelled
23 Jul 2008
Sometimes it pays to break with tradition, as consultants dealing with port citings in the US are discovering. Alex Hughes investigates
Port Profile: Darwin
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Northern soul
23 Jul 2008
Australia's northernmost port outpost is gearing up for substantive growth. Iain MacIntyre finds out more
Port Services: On-Terminal Refrigeration
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Chilled Garden boosts cold cargo capacity
13 Aug 2008
The Garden City container terminal at the Port of Savannah, administered by Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), first introduced fixed, direct-wired reefer plugs in the 1970s, but in recent years has had to bring in diesel-powered gensets to provide reefer power because of an overall shortage of fixed installations.
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Plugging in
13 Aug 2008
With lines increasingly seeking cold chain solutions around the world, ports are today under pressure to deliver reefer capacity. Alex Hughes reports
Regional Feature: Australasia
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Revitalising coastal shipping
23 Jul 2008
New Zealand’s port industry is set to gain the fruits of a coastal shipping growth.
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Competition: friend or foe?
23 Jul 2008
Heated inter-port competition is making the headlines in New Zealand, which has led to large capital investment programmes which, some observers believe, will fail to realise competitive returns unless there is a rationalisation between ports in the future.
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Pressure points
23 Jul 2008
Hemmed in and battling congestion, Australian ports are in a state of flux, as Dave MacIntyre and Iain MacIntyre report
Review: International Terminal Operators
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Singapore still shines
16 Jul 2008
PSA has continued to expand in the past year, but its flagship Singapore operation still seems to be the place to watch.
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Turkish delight for Gulftainer
16 Jul 2008
Gulftainer continues to focus on the expansion and development of Khorfakkan (KCT) and Sharjah Container Terminal, as vital gateways into the United Arab Emirates – but it has clear ambitions to expand its overseas activity too.
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A foot in every camp
16 Jul 2008
During the past 12 months, APM Terminals has opened major facilities at Tangier in Morocco, at Portsmouth,Virginia, and at Guangzhou, at the mouth of the Pearl River.
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Casting the net
16 Jul 2008
Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East all present obvious expansion opportunities for global terminal operators – but there is still plenty of scope in the more established markets, too. Felicity Landon reports
Bulk Handling: Iron Ore
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Heavy weight haul
06 Aug 2008
The iron ore magnates are back to blows, which could have repercussions for Australia's port industry, as Stevie Knight reports
