News

EUROPE

EUROPE

According to Ocean Shipping Consultants (OSC), container throughput in southern Europe and the Mediterranean will increase somewhere between 35% and 48% by 2015. This would mean terminals in the area needing capacity…

1st March 2006

2015 Mediterranean box traffic to reach 91.6m TEU

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port operator RMS Europe Group has strengthened its position on the Humber following the acquisition of Freshney Cargo Services.

1st March 2006

RMS acquires Freshney

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

RMS will now have operations in five ports on the Humber and will be able to provide services to clients through handling larger ships with cargoes of up to 30,000 tonnes.COSCO Hellas…

1st March 2006

PIRAEUS

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

It is hoped a recent trial along the Caledonian Canal will open up a new freight logistics gateway for the Scottish Highlands. The trial was undertaken by the ships owner in conjunction…

1st March 2006

Caledonian Canal

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port projects throughout Greece to the value of ¢ 1,125bn are planned whilst projects totalling ¢ 215.45m are already in the implementation stage.

1st March 2006

GREECE

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Paper products manufacturer Stora Enso is negotiating with various ports in the north of Spain in respect of a new daily ro-ro service to and from Zeebrugge. This will convey products in…

1st March 2006

SPAIN

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

RMS will now have operations in five ports on the Humber and will be able to provide services to clients through handling larger ships with cargoes of up to 30,000 tonnes.The Association…

1st March 2006

VALENCIA

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Two new resin silos are planned at Thamesport.

1st March 2006

THAMESPORT

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Government has given the go-ahead for the reconfiguration of the southern part of Felixstowe involving the conversion of the ports original Dock Basin and the existing Landguard Terminal, into a new…

1st March 2006

Felixstowe South gets the nod

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

1,350m of quay will be dredged to 16m alongside, and an approach channel dredged to 14.5m. An additional 13 ship-to-shore gantry cranes will bring the total number in operation at the port…

1st March 2006

..while import-export traffic declines

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

In Belgium and Holland recently it was striking to see what a deep-routed culture of maritime tradition prevails. The history of maritime activity goes back centuries and as with any such region,…

1st March 2006

Maritime Centres and Democracy

1st March 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Panama Maritime Authority (APM) is to pre-qualify all those international stevedoring groups interested in managing its new US$600m Pacific coast container port project.

1st March 2006

Prequalification for Panamas Pacific port

1st March 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Long Beach is seeking public input for an Environmental Impact Report intended to address a cleanup project at Pier A West, a 123-acre oil field.

1st March 2006

LONG BEACH

1st March 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas (SAAM) has been given permission to raise its stakeholding in Chiles San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) from 40% to 60%. SAAM acquired an initial 39.99% stake when…

1st March 2006

SAN ANTONIO

1st March 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In an interesting move, Spanish stevedoring group Dragados-SPL has commenced negotiations with the port authority of the Texan port of Corpus Christi regarding a possible 96-year concession to build a brand new…

1st March 2006

Dragados-SPL negotiates with Corpus Christi

1st March 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A special investigations committee set up by the Chilean parliament has detected irregularities linked to the privatisation of national ports.

1st March 2006

Irregularities come to light in Chile

1st March 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Uruguays National Ports Administration (ANP) has awarded a dredging contract to Jan De Nul worth US$6.63m.

1st March 2006

..and Montevideo

1st March 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Amidst the political storm raging in the US over DP Worlds acquisition of P& O Ports, the Dubai company is to separate the US part of P& O Ports which will effectively…

1st March 2006

New York seeks to dump P&O

1st March 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Mexican port of Tampico is to spend US$9.56m on dredging the access channel to its previous depth of 35 feet.

1st March 2006

Jan De Nul dredges Tampico..

1st March 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. The Mexican port of Altamira has scheduled projects for the next few years requiring private sector…

1st March 2006

ALTAMIRA

1st March 2006