All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1066
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Mombasa cancels tender for second grain handler
Kenya Port Authority unexpectedly cancelled a tender for a second grain handler at the port of Mombasa just three days before the bidding deadline.
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NewsAssociation provides common platform
The port authorities of Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion and Seychelles are all members of the Association of Ports of the Indian Ocean Islands (APIOI), which was officially established last year.
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Transnet appointments
Former chief operating officer for Transnet''s container business, Solly Letsoalo has taken over as chief of operations at the company. Reporting to Mr Letsoalo will be a team of divisional executive managers, each tasked with a separate sector of operations: Siyabulela Mhlaluka will be in charge of the container sector, ...
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Algeciras downbeat on short term box figures
Algeciras Bay Port Authority has agreed a series of very modest container traffic figures over the next five years.
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NewsFirst shore-side power supply for merchant shipping in Germany
After successfully completing the testing phase, Siemens Energy and the Lübeck utility have commissioned Germany’s first shoreside power supply system for merchant shipping. The shoreside power supply, installed at the port of Lübeck’s Nordland dock, provides ships with an environmentally friendly ...
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Container recognition in Europe
A new container recognition system is being installed at the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. This will be the first port in Europe to take up the technology after its successful deployment in the US.
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Port body to service north-east
A dedicated bulk ports corporation is to be set up in Queensland with another body set to administer the far north''s smaller "community" ports.
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NewsValencia no 1 Spanish box port
The Spanish Port of Valencia has overtaken Algeciras as the country''s leading container port.
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GreenPort 2009 Environmental Study Tour
Prior to GreenPort 2008 in February the world’s first environmental port study tour was held: devised to enable GreenPort delegates to experience environmental projects and management expertise in other ports.
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Green light for Danube environmental initiative
The European Commission has decided not to raise objections to plans to extend a scheme piloted by Austria’s federal government, aimed at promoting a modal shift to inland waterways. Under the pilot scheme, new inland navigation services on the Danube are eligible for ...
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NewsPort Reunion
Port Reunion is looking to increase its transhipment business, and the expansion of its container terminal this year is a key part of this ambition.
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Star performer
No one wants to contribute to talking ourselves into a recession, least of all this column, but given that we are now genuinely experiencing a rough ride in financial and economic terms it does seem appropriate to highlight the importance of achieving a consistently good performance in the port industry, ...
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NewsMadagascar investment continues
Madagascar International Container Terminal at Toamasina, run by Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) through a 20-year concession signed in 2005, is also looking for transhipment; Madagascar International Container Terminal Services (MICTS) has stated its ambitions to be "Africa''s secondary hub".
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Funding to cut freight emissions
UK Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick has announced a £67m boost to the Sustainable Distribution Fund that will help the freight industry reduce costs and cut emissions.
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Multi-Modal guide from Freight Best Practice
A new free publication ‘Choosing and Developing a Multi-Modal Transport Solution’ has been published by the Freight Best Practice programme. This new Guide examines how to approach the use of rail or water transport as part of an operators’ supply chain.
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Sinking property values hit NZ financials
Port Taranaki recorded a comparably flat net after-tax profit of NZ$4.76m (US$2.9m), 16% rise in revenue to NZ$43m (US$26.4m) and new container throughput record of 59,586 teu during the 2007-2008 financial year. Profit was predominantly affected by higher operating expenditure and write-offs associated with a failed coal trade bid.
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Hamburg to develop “Hinterland Gateway”
HHLA’s Uniconsult Universal Transport Consulting subsidiary is drawing up a scheme for a “Hinterland Gateway of the Port of Hamburg”.
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NewsSpeed limits on the trucks
Transmon Engineering has developed a series of speed control systems to combat forklift truck accidents.
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Major investment for Freeport
Freeport Container Terminal in the Bahamas is to undertake an upgrade programme costing $300m.
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Demonstrators close Bangkok
Pro-democracy demonstrations in Thailand have begun to impact negatively on the nation''s ports. Bangkok has in recent months already suffered a complete one-day shutdown due to agitation from anti-government protesters, prompting prompted shipping lines to divert cargo to Laem Chabang.
