Author: Importer

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has formed a committee to investigate waterfront operations at Mombasa Container Terminal. The team is expected to recommend an appropriate IT system for the management of water and…

1st September 2003

Mombasa audited and re-equipped

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Buffalo Bayou Partnership with the Port of Houston and the local flood control agency, have commissioned a new trash skimmer vessel named " Mighty Tidy" , designed to remove floating rubbish…

1st September 2003

Mighty Tidy beats out Stinky Pinky

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

The EU has announced that the investment subsidy obtained by Huisvuilcentrale Noord-Holland (HVC) to build a new river container terminal at Alkmaar in The Netherlands does not breach community regulations.

1st September 2003

EU OKs investment subsidy to Dutch box terminal

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Hudson Trident has been appointed by the port of Gothenburg to conduct an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code assessment of the port authority' s facilities.

1st September 2003

Gothenburg gets help on ISPS

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port Authority of Jamaica has committed over $1bn to upgrade port security in Kingston and Montego Bay.

1st September 2003

Jamaica spends a billion on upgrade

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Chuck Raymond, ceo of Horizon Lines, has said that container security cannot become a reality unless there is " a coordination of all parties participating in cargo movement."

1st September 2003

Transhipment hubs warned

1st September 2003

ASIA

ASIA

China has formally joined the Container Security Initiative (CSI) to target and pre-screen containers shipped from Shanghai and Shenzhen to US ports.

1st September 2003

China signs CSI

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The UN-hosted Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries has come up with a plan to reinforce the right of all countries to enjoy secure access to the sea. The plan incorporates…

1st September 2003

Landlocked countries get relief

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Maersk Sealand is negotiating with Dragados with a view to basing its enhanced North African container services at Terminales del Sudeste, which the construction company is building at the southern Spanish port…

1st September 2003

Maersk diversifies across southern Spain

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Freight Investor Services (FIS) has launched two new iron ore price estimates prompted by the buoyant 530m tonne seaborne trade. They will be known as Iron Ore 1 (C& F Rotterdam) and…

1st September 2003

Iron ore indices launched

1st September 2003