All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1047

  • News

    Auckand heads to supreme court

    2009-02-27T12:24:00Z

    Ports of Auckland''s lawyers are seeking leave to appeal a recent Court of Appeal decision to the Supreme Court.

  • Port Strategy: Kaohsiung is to benefit from line's investment
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    Yang Ming invests in Kaohsiung

    2009-02-26T12:24:00Z

    Yang Ming is to go ahead with a 2.92m teu box terminal at the port of Kaohsiung, despite the economic downturn.

  • Port Strategy: TT Club's Jones is getting to the root causes of claims
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    Containerport Insurance

    2009-02-26T12:24:00Z

    Insurers are working with operators and equipment suppliers to upgrade shore safety, keep cranes on track, and cut claims right back, finds James Brewer

  • News

    ZIM switches transhipment to Tarragona

    2009-02-25T12:24:00Z

    Zim has moved its western Mediterranean hub from the port of Barcelona to Tarragona, where it has a 40% equity participation in the Contarsa box handling facility.

  • News

    Indonesian ports slash rates

    2009-02-25T12:24:00Z

    Indonesian ports, prompted by the reduction in global oil prices, have cut charges by up to 5% for port services. This move will be re-evaluated within the next three months.

  • News

    Strategist Column

    2009-02-25T12:24:00Z

    Here we are seemingly with the natural order of things collapsing around us. Trade is on the slide, contracts are being broken, freight rates are heading south, ships are being mothballed, terminal operators are walking away from concessions and the number of company failures is accelerating. Doom and gloom! Or ...

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    Santos box terminals hiring

    2009-02-25T12:24:00Z

    The four container terminals in the Brazilian port of Santos are to take on 300 additional employees this year. Santos-Brazil will contract 72 labourers and Tecondi 70, the rest will be divided between Libra and Rodrimar.

  • Newcastle
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    Securing the bottom line

    2009-02-25T12:24:00Z

    Australia''s Newcastle coal port is looking at riding the downturn by an investment strategy which could potentially double the ports capacity.

  • News

    SECH and VTE share swap scandal

    2009-02-24T12:24:00Z

    The president of Genova port authority, Luigi Merlo, has had his knuckles rapped by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport over an interchange of shares between the port''s two container terminal operators, VTE and SECH.

  • News

    Long-term plans in Brazil

    2009-02-24T12:24:00Z

    The axe may have fallen on some areas of Brazil''s production, but a $300m deal that includes Caribbean port interests as well as two coal mines was concluded in December by Vale.

  • News

    Coal - can it warm a cool economy?

    2009-02-23T12:24:00Z

    Can coal bring a much needed fillip to stagnating bulk ports? Stevie Knight finds out

  • Port Strategy: A new collective bargaining agreement is being thrashed out in the Spanish port. Credit: IAPH
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    New collective bargaining agreement in Valencia

    2009-02-23T12:24:00Z

    Port unions in Valencia are currently renegotiating their new collective bargaining agreement, to replace the agreement introduced in 1995.

  • News

    EC calls for third short sea funding proposals

    2009-02-22T12:24:00Z

    The European Commission (EC) has published its third call for proposals for freight transport services under its second Marco Polo programme.

  • News

    ZIM abandons Indian consortium

    2009-02-22T12:24:00Z

    Israeli shipping line Zim has pulled out of the group building the container terminal project at Ennore in India.

  • News

    Liscont concession extension legal

    2009-02-21T12:24:00Z

    Portugal''s Office of Port and Maritime Transport has found that the extension granted to Liscont for the concession of its container terminal in the port of Lisbon is not anti-competitive. Given particular examination was the fact that majority shareholder Mota-Engil (82.95%) also has interests in other terminals in the port.

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    An individual perspective

    2009-02-20T12:24:00Z

    David Jacobs of CWA has a very  personal view  of pollution issues. A ship''s master for many years, he is now a senior consultant and acts as arbitration for various maritime pollution cases.

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    Pollution - the big clean up

    2009-02-20T12:24:00Z

    Port pollution control has taken on a life of its own, as Stevie Knight finds out

  • News

    Naples operators back port revival

    2009-02-20T12:24:00Z

    Operators at the port of Naples recently got together with representatives of the port authority and the Transport Department of the regional government to discuss ways of tackling future challenges at the port.

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    Kalmar

    2009-02-19T12:24:00Z

    Maximum stacking heights depend on the type of operation, says Jari Pirhonen, general manager, terminal development, at Kalmar.

  • News

    Lines in Vietnam JV

    2009-02-19T12:24:00Z

    Mitsui OSK Lines, Hanjin Shipping and Wan Hai Lines have sealed a joint venture deal with Vietnam''s Saigon Newport Company. The joint terminal will be located in Vietnam''s Cai Mep region and is anticipated to start operations in 2011.