Latest News – Page 147
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NewsTIME TO ADDRESS BALLAST WATER
Mark Riggio, Head of Marine at Filtersafe*, highlights the tightening regulatory picture regarding ballast water management, the implications for ports and the need to participate in the push for compliance
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What’s not new and what’s next
Accurately forecasting the future is always a challenging business. Imagine doing this prior to early 2019 – how wrong would you have been? Who could have imagined COVID-19 or Russia initiating a war in the Ukraine? At an industry level, who could have forecast the phenomenal profits of shipping lines, the mega investment in new tonnage and diverse new business streams. A similar scale of change has been triggered in the bulk agri-products and energy markets. A lot to discuss – hence the timely restart of the Terminal Operations Conference in Rotterdam this month, one welcome return to normality!
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NewsTICKING TIMEBOMB
The blockade of Ukraine’s grain export ports represents a ticking timebomb for some of the poorest nations in the world cut-off from the supply of essential foodstuffs.
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CURTAINS FOR THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE?
A major fallout from Russia’s move to pariah status because of the Ukraine invasion amounts to a further undermining of the vaunted Arctic shipping route. Take-up was already very slow, with only limited bulk fl ows attracted to the route and these were primarily driven by commodities sourced in the Russian Arctic – transit volumes from East Asia have never moved beyond trial shipments.
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Malha Central
Malha Central Brazilian rail and multimodal operator Brado is about to start operating the “Malha Central”…
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Kiel Piles on Power
The Port of Kiel is to receive two onshore power plants after port operator Seehafen Kiel awarded a contract to technology company, Siemens AG.
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NewsDOWNGRADES AND UPGRADES
Market consultancy Drewry sees container shipping freight rates continuing to climb but a new set of problems intruding. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsGOING GREAT GUNS
Container ports on the US Gulf Coast are outperforming national growth and their peers on the eastern and western seaboards. AJ Keyes assesses the plans and strategies of ports in the region
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NewsNEW SUPPLY CHAIN PLAYBOOK
The existing container ports on the US Gulf Coast, and further afield in the US, look set to be challenged by a new facility with potential to change the status quo. A J Keyes reports
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Adani Disqualified
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority has confirmed that it has disqualified Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) from a tender
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Contrecoeur Candidates
The Montreal Port Authority has confirmed that three companies have qualified following the recent request for proposals for its major Contrecoeur new container terminal project.
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MSC-NOTARC TAKEOVER PANAMA TERMINAL PROJECT
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is to partner with Notarc Management Group to takeover the project to establish a major new container terminal in the port of Colon situated 6.5km from the North (Atlantic) Entrance to the Panama Canal.
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DOCK OF PUERTO ARMUELLES TENDER AND…
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) is calling for tenders for the construction of the new Fiscal Dock of Puerto Armuelles.
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TCBUEN Buy -In
Colombia Infrastructure Equity Fund, a fund managed by Colombia Infrastructure Partners…
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BATAM PORT PLANS TALKED UP BY CO-ORDINATING MINISTER FOR MARITIME AFFAITRS
The government of Indonesia is revisiting the idea of developing a port facility on the island of Batam. This location is around 30km south of Singapore, close to international shipping routes, and has been under consideration for the past 30 years without any major development taking place.
