News

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Sometimes an item of news will, without us always knowing it, provide a glimpse into the future. It might also teach us a lesson or two.

1st September 2003

CAPACITY, CONNECTIONS, CONTROL AND THE CUSTOMER

1st September 2003

ASIA

ASIA

Alex Hughes talks to major iron ore exporters and finds them all responding to Chinas spectacular demands

1st September 2003

CHINA HOOVERS UP WORLD IRON ORE PRODUCTION

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

P& O Ports has announced its Q2 throughput was 26% up on Q2 2002 with 22% attributable to organic growth. Globally the company handled 2.743m TEUs in Q2 and 5,217m year-to-date up…

1st September 2003

P&OP volumes up

1st September 2003

ASIA

ASIA

Tianjin is to invest $2.18bn to expand its facilities to rival those of Shanghai. At present the northern port is Chinas fourth largest having handled total traffic of 129m tonnes in 2002.

1st September 2003

Tianjin to double capacity

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Greymouths owners, the Grey District Council, have approved a staged approach to developing the west coast South Island, New Zealand port, with the object of matching development with customer commitments.

1st September 2003

Coal Greymouths catalyst

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Preliminary construction of a new deep-sea port at Vostochny in the Kaliningrad Region has started. Located close to the town of Baltiisk, the port will be used by container lines as well…

1st September 2003

Russians get go-ahead..

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) has finally gone ahead with its Initial Public Offering on the Athens Stock Exchange. 25.5% of OLPs stock has been floated and was oversold by almost 20 times.

1st September 2003

Piraeus IPO at last

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

US consultants Moffatt & Nichol are due to complete a feasibility study for the proposed Colombian port on the Aguadulce Peninsula by the end of this year.

1st September 2003

Aguadulce study

1st September 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

A senior official at South Africas Public Enterprises Ministry, Dr Ian Phillips, conceded recently the national ports authority had had to support a huge financial burden in attempting to keep afloat the…

1st September 2003

Pension problems delay investment

1st September 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

Volumes at Vostochny International Container Services (VICS) increased by 48% in the first half of 2003. Under the joint management of CSX World Terminals (CSXWT) and P& O Ports since 1995, the…

1st September 2003

..Meanwhile in Siberia

1st September 2003

ASIA

ASIA

The third container terminal being developed by Indias Jawaharlal Nehru Port is almost certain to be offered as a concession based on minimum guaranteed throughputs (MGTs), rather than revenue sharing.

1st September 2003

JNPT gets third box terminal

1st September 2003

ASIA

ASIA

PSA Corp' s sale of a 49% stake of its Pasir Panjang terminal to Cosco follows a policy shift by the state-owned operator.

1st September 2003

PSA policy shift nets Cosco

1st September 2003

ASIA

ASIA

PSA Corp has negotiated pay cuts with its unions in an effort to be more competitive.

1st September 2003

PSA Corp cuts wages

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT 1st September 2003

J.F.J. DE NUL

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Tyne has improved cargo handling of non-palletised goods at its Tyne Dock by purchasing a Loron fork-mounted Push Pull from B& B Attachments.

1st September 2003

Tynes push pull

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar is to supply two ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes to EUROGATE' s Container Terminal Hamburg (CTH). The contract includes an option for a third crane.

1st September 2003

Eurogate orders STSs . . .

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Following an order from HHLA of Hamburg for eight of its sixth generation CSC340 straddle carriers Kalmar has been awarded two further contracts by HHLA, one for 12 more CSC340 machines and…

1st September 2003

. . . whilst HHLA takes strads

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Israel Ports Authority (IPA) has ordered 24 new generation RTGs from KCI Konecranes and reserved an option to buy 15 more. The order (excluding the option) is worth € 29m and…

1st September 2003

Israel orders RTGs

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT 1st September 2003

LUKoil selects Transas

1st September 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald Port Technology has appointed Transmate to market its Wide Span Gantries in Holland.

1st September 2003

Gottwald expands representation

1st September 2003