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THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

It used to be that we were inundated with newsworthy reports on security issues and the various programmes and schemes with interesting acronyms such as TWIC and CTPAT. The lesson there was…

1st May 2007

The environmental issue: hot topic or here to stay?

1st May 2007

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

It has become increasingly clear in the last two or three years that there is a growing requirement to consider in greater detail the aspect of exit arrangements from a terminal concession…

1st May 2007

Re-writing the concessioning small print

1st May 2007

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

In the UK,if you turn on the radio,look at the television or read the newspaper it is virtually guaranteed that you will be exposed to an array of facts, discussions or opinions…

1st May 2007

Reality check

1st May 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone Limited intends to raise ¢ 310m ($421m) via an IPO, which would be the first time any Indian port operator has used this method as a…

1st May 2007

MUNDRA IPO

1st May 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Xiamen International Container Terminals has taken delivery of two post-panamax quayside gantry cranes and six mobile harbour cranes, bringing to 38 the overall number of cranes owned by the facility. XICT is…

1st May 2007

XICT ADDS QUAYSIDE LIFT

1st May 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Workers belonging to Chittagong port authority implemented a policy of nonco- operation following the takeover of management of the container terminal by private company Saif Powertec.

1st May 2007

Chittagong go-slow cripples operations

1st May 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Karachi Port Trust is rethinking its plan to link the proposed Pakistan Deepwater Container Port by a six kilometre long causeway following an initial cost assessment.

1st May 2007

KPT re-thinks causeway plan

1st May 2007

ASIA

ASIA

K-Line group company, the Daito Corporation, has ordered three hybrid cranes for Ohi Terminal in Tokyo and Honmoku Terminal in Yokohama.

1st May 2007

K-Line hybrid cranes mark Japan first

1st May 2007

ASIA

ASIA

In a major coup for the Korean port, Busan has lured Mediterranean Shipping Companys transhipment business from Chinas Ningbo Port.

1st May 2007

Busan transhipment coup

1st May 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Chennai Port Trust has released the terms of the recently-awarded PSA-Sical 30-year concession to operate the second container terminal in the port.

1st May 2007

Chennai two terms confirmed

1st May 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A new subsidiary company, Port Properties, has been created by Port Marlborough to manage its NZ$50m ($36.8m)- valued property assets.The move is a reflection of the volume and scale of the property…

1st May 2007

PORT MARLBOROUGH ESTABLISHES PROPERTY SUBSIDIARY

1st May 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Eastland Port is expecting to report considerable increases in the volume of forestry and squash exported this financial year. Log throughput is expected to rise about 50% to 600,000 JAS tonnes and…

1st May 2007

BUSY TIME FOR GISBORNE PORT

1st May 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Expansion plans approved by BHP will see Port Hedland reclaim the title of Australias largest port by 2010. The fourth stage of BHPs A$2.3bn ($1.9bn) Rapid Growth Project will boost the ports…

1st May 2007

PORT HEDLAND EXPANSION

1st May 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Western Australian port of Fremantle has put a halt in the shortterm to any further consideration of a third container terminal in the Inner Harbour. Mediterranean Shipping Company had proposed to…

1st May 2007

Fremantle halts new terminal plans

1st May 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A range of congestion-addressing measures recently employed by the Ports of Auckland have reduced truck queues to less than half an hour at both Axis Fergusson and Axis Bledisloe container terminals.

1st May 2007

Auckland truckies breathe sigh of relief

1st May 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

the port operation itself and quite of lot of undeveloped land and resources,” he said. “ Another encouraging sign is the logging, which had not been performing that well, but is improving…

1st May 2007

Double demand on Marlborough

1st May 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Removal of a large backlog of empty containers and continued personnel recruitment have significantly improved congestion at the Ports of Auckland.

1st May 2007

Auckland overcomes congestion blight

1st May 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Odessas HPC Ukraina has ordered four rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) Konecranes cranes for Odessa Sea Trade Port, a subsidiary of HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH.

1st May 2007

KONE NETS UKRAINE ORDERS

1st May 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Swedens largest timber products company has agreed a multi-year rental contract with Kalmar for 31 specially developed forklift trucks.

1st May 2007

KALMAR RENTAL COUP

1st May 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UKs Port of Larne is to upgrade its vessel tracking system (VTS), currently consisting of two radar sites, closed-circuit TV and recording system,VHF recording and three VTS operator workplaces.

1st May 2007

LARNE VTS UPGRADE

1st May 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Piraeus Port Authority posted revenue growth of 2.9% in 2006, when it generated ¢ 144.1m ($195m). However, the increase would have been more had the port not been hit by several strikes…

1st May 2007

Piraeus Port loses box traffic

1st May 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

China Shipping has moved its prestigious AEX-1 service, which links the Far East with northern Europe, from Marítima Valenciana in Valencia to TCB in Barcelona.

1st May 2007

China Shipping swaps Spanish services

1st May 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Construction of Germanys new ¢ 950m ($1.3bn) super-containerport at Wilhelmshaven is set to begin in earnest this summer after planning permission was approved.

1st May 2007

JadeWeserPort crosses planning hurdle

1st May 2007