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Tax bill threatens US west coast ports future
A controversial revenue-generating port bill appears to be on the home stretch in the California legislative process, lacking only the final seal from state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Mega-coal port on drawing board down-under
Australia is considering plans to construct a new 100m tonnes coal export terminal, its first in 25 years.
Land-locked Bolivians push for Chilean terminal
Evo Morales, President of Bolivia and his opposite number, Michelle Bachelet of Chile have opened the door to the construction of a Bolivian port on the Chilean coast, according to local sources.
Oman swayed by suction mooring benefits
Oman has stamped its seal of approval on vacuum-based automated mooring systems with an order for 12 Cavotec units for the Port of Salalah.
Product News
Capacity seeks energy alternatives
Capacity of Texas is powering ahead with five alternative fuel routes for its Trailer Jockey terminal tractor line.
Novel twistlock technology unveiled
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.
Top Features
The Prince of intermodalism
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.
Swamp-thing
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.
The road less travelled
Sometimes it pays to break with tradition, as consultants dealing with port citings in the US are discovering. Alex Hughes investigates
Comment & Analysis
A case of déjà vu on West Coast labour woes
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.
Small comfort in falling premiums
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.
