All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1053

  • News

    Patrick raises landside game

    2009-01-21T12:24:00Z

    Following a series of criticisms of the stevedoring industry, Australia''s Patrick Terminals claims that it now considers landside operations equally important to its oceanside obligations.

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    Aussy operation extends automated fleet

    2009-01-21T12:24:00Z

    Patrick Stevedores has ordered another set of fully automated straddle carriers, bringing the total at the Fisherman Islands terminal in Brisbane to 27 - all of which are being looked after on a Kalmar maintenance contract that has been in place since the operation was in its testing phase.

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    Strike greets DP World handover at Aden

    2009-01-21T12:24:00Z

    DP World has now officially taken over management of box handling at the Port of Aden under a joint venture with the Yemen Gulf of Aden Port Corporation.

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    Mobile box terminal opens

    2009-01-20T12:24:00Z

    Mobile Container Terminal, a joint venture between APM Terminals and the Terminal Link subsidiary of the CMA CGM group, has started operations at the US port of Mobile. Its current capacity of 350,000 teu/year will rise to 800,000 teu/year as new infrastructure is added.

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    Hybrids amongst the flock

    2009-01-20T12:24:00Z

    DP World''s UK terminal in Southampton has opted for two hybrid versions in an order for 15 Kalmar straddle carriers.

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    DP World unfazed by economic downturn

    2009-01-19T12:24:00Z

    DP World says that the economic downturn will not have any impact on completion of the new international transhipment terminal at Kochi in India.

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    Another Rubb for Maher

    2009-01-19T12:24:00Z

    Maher Terminals has erected yet another fabric structure - its 14th - this time for salt and sand storage at the Port Elizabeth facility in New Jersey.

  • Port Strategy: strike cripples Peru's main port
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    strike Peru

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    Workers went on strike for a day this week at Peru''s largest shipping terminal as part of their campaign for better pay and benefits.

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    Logistics winner for Southampton

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    Logistics company Import Services has found a niche for storage combined with high volume retail ''pick and pack'', close to Southampton container port.

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    European orders ticking over

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    Two Liebherr super post-panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes are destined for the Port of Tilbury, in the UK. The cranes are scheduled for delivery during the first quarter of 2010.

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    Economic Reality

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    It is not often that we can clearly identify distinct changes in economic realities but we can safely say that September 2008 was just such a critical time point.

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    Drewry paints bleak picture

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    The latest report from Drewry Shipping Consultants points out what some may feel is the obvious - that 2009 will be the toughest test yet for the container industry and there is a real possibility of others following Chinese company SYMS and the Lonrho-backed SAILs.

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    BBI sells off more port business

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    Troubled Australian bank Babcock & Brown  is continuing to sell off port businesses in an attempt to fill the holes in its books.

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    Algeciras unions strike deal with Maersk

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    After 30 months of negotiation, trade unions at the Port of Algeciras have finally agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement.

  • Port Strategy: incoming chief executive Charles Fenton is pleased with the renewals result
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    TT Club confident after renewals battle

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    Mutual insurer TT Club has retained the vast majority of its prime ports and terminals portfolio, following hard fought start-of-the-year renewal negotiations.

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    Bolloré Congo concession

    2009-01-15T12:24:00Z

    Bolloré Africa Logistics has expanded its terminal network in Africa by securing a 27-year concession to manage a container facility at the Port of Pointe Noire in the Democratic Republic of Congo in tandem with local partner Socotrans. The company already operates port facilities in Abidjan, Tema, Lagos, Douala, and ...

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    Boskalis ditches Smit bid

    2009-01-15T12:24:00Z

    The Dutch group Royal Boskalis has abandoned plans to acquire Smit International. Boskalis was unable to agree on a structure for the takeover and, given a deterioration in market conditions, decided to pull out of any possible deal.

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    Bintu gets better radar for less

    2009-01-15T12:24:00Z

    Bintulu Port, Sarawak, East Malaysia is upgrading its VTMIS and has chosen a system from Kongsberg that will improve the port''s radar performance without upgrading radar hardware.

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    Public funding for JadeWeser approved

    2009-01-15T12:24:00Z

    The European Union has approved $765m of public funding for the $1.2bn new deepwater port of Wilhelmshaven in Germany. The money will come from the federal states of Bremen and Lower Saxony. The first 1,000 metres of quay offering 18 metres alongside draught will open in the second half of ...

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    Email alerts from Thamesport

    2009-01-15T12:24:00Z

    London Thamesport has introduced an e-mail alert system to update hauliers and port users on operational conditions.