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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

New Zealand’ s Jade Software has recently been responsible for a wholesale IT revamp at Port Nelson, which included the replacement of the port’ s outdated radio data terminals with a new…

1st June 2007

Jade solution reduces data entering time

1st June 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

There’ s mounting demand for quayside upgrade projects as ports tussle to accommodate larger ships and swelling volumes, as Alex Hughes finds out

1st June 2007

Jobs piling up

1st June 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Accelerated Low Water Corrosion – a bacteriological attack on steel – has in the past contributed to the loss of two thirds of the structural design life of many quay walls before…

1st June 2007

Corrosion bug needs careful consideration

1st June 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

In signing up Japanese car carrier experts NYK and K Line to its car terminal ambitions, PSA has cemented Singapore’ s number one position, writes Wing Kah-goh

1st June 2007

Final piece of jigsaw

1st June 2007

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

There is not a day that passes without a senior industry executive warning of the dangers of congestion and lack of terminal capacity. I have come to the conclusion that this is…

1st June 2007

Lesson in the importance of hinterland competition

1st June 2007

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Interesting times in the US, sparked originally by DP World’ s forced sale of its US assets, the former P& O Ports US portfolio. 

1st June 2007

Does size really matter in the terminal operating game?

1st June 2007

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Port tariff reform is not a subject that “ rings everyone’ s bell” , but it is an important one worth paying some attention to. Larger ports will tend to have the…

1st June 2007

Time for Clarity

1st June 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Zurich-based engineering company ABB has netted more than $65m in orders for crane systems at Asian ports.The contracts cover the supply of automation and electrical systems for 74 ZPMC cranes, for delivery…

1st June 2007

ABB ASIAN BONANZA

1st June 2007

ASIA

ASIA

New Zealand’ s Jade Software Corporation has signed an Memorandum of Understanding with CMC Limited of India to “ accelerate the rate of use and deployment of Jade technology and applications” .

1st June 2007

JADES EASTERN PROMISE

1st June 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Sabang Free Trade Zone Management Board in Indonesia’ s Aceh province has put together a joint venture with Dublin Port Company of Ireland to undertake a $445m investment in the Port of…

1st June 2007

Dublin Port Company active in Indonesia

1st June 2007

ASIA

ASIA

The Russian government has revealed that it is in talks with DP World in respect of new developments in its future port special economic zones.The company already has interests in Vostochny Port…

1st June 2007

DP WORLD WOOS RUSSIANS

1st June 2007

ASIA

ASIA

India’ s 12 leading ports handled a total of 463.8m tonnes in 2006- 07, equivalent to an increase of 9.51% over the 423.6m tonnes reported for the previous year. Nevertheless, the target…

1st June 2007

TRAFFIC IN INDIA UP 10%

1st June 2007

ASIA

ASIA

A joint-venture encompassing FELDA of Malaysia and Pakistan’ s Westbury Group have inaugurated 100,000 tonnes of additional storage capacity at Mapak Qasim Bulkers in Port Qasim.This will be used for edible oils,…

1st June 2007

QASIM BULK STORAGE

1st June 2007

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese port of Tianjin is spending $89.25m on creating the world’ s largest manmade deep water port. 

1st June 2007

Tianjins deep water goals

1st June 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Vietnam’ s Saigon Newport Company (SNP) has plumped for ten Kalmar Industries E-One type rubber-tyred gantry (RTGs) cranes, underlining the increasing demand for environmentally sensitive handling machines. 

1st June 2007

Saigon favours electric avenue

1st June 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australia’ s competition watchdog, the ACCC, has given draft approval for capacity rationing to return to the port of Newcastle. The approval authorises rationing until the end of this year, and assumes…

1st June 2007

Newcastle rationing about turn approved

1st June 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is expecting calls from the weekly Maersk Line Pacific Island service and the currently fortnightly CMA CGM New Europe, Mascarene and Orient (NEMO) service will raise its annual…

1st June 2007

Lyttelton callers boost volumes

1st June 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Privately-operated coal terminals in Queensland have rejected any offer to publicly fund their export infrastructure, despite vessel queues reaching record levels. 

1st June 2007

QUEENSLAND SHUNS NVESTMENT

1st June 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

They feel that their private investments are underpinned by long-term contracts with mining companies and therefore public money is unnecessary.Marlborough harbourmaster Captain Alex van Wijngaarden is seeking radar, expansion of the automatic…

1st June 2007

MARLBOROUGH SAFETY DRIVE

1st June 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A new A$200m ($165.8m) ship loader will add an extra 10m tonnes to the export coal capacity of Gladstone’ s RG Tanna Coal Terminal. The commissioning follows a 20% increase in capacity…

1st June 2007

GLADSTONE COAL GOAL

1st June 2007