All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1086

  • News

    Three in the frame for Salonika

    2008-07-06T21:26:00Z

    Salonika Port in Greece says that it will have addressed all objections raised as part of the bidding process in respect of privatisation of port handling by the end of July.

  • News

    Financial Performance of NZ Ports Criticised

    2008-07-05T21:26:00Z

    A hard-hitting report on the New Zealand port sector by investment bankers Rockpoint Corporate Finance suggests that the vast majority of the increase in shareholders'' funds achieved by port companies over the last decade has been due to revaluations of land and property holdings.

  • News

    Otago on strike notice

    2008-07-04T21:26:00Z

    Port Otago has narrowly avoided its first serious industrial action in 21 years, with two unions issuing notice of an overtime ban after failed mediation talkes on pay.

  • News

    Tanger Med takes its toll

    2008-07-03T21:26:00Z

    The reach of Morocco''s Tanger Med behemoth is already being felt across the Mediterranean, with Las Palmas Port reporting a drop in container throughput over the first quarter.

  • Port Strategy: Port set to benefit for renewed labour agreement
    News

    Agreement means stability for Lyttelton

    2008-07-03T21:26:00Z

    A three-year collective employment agreement has been signed by Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) and the Combined Unions.

  • News

    PS Page

    2008-07-02T21:26:00Z

    The contrast between achieving market reach in mature and emerging economies has perhaps never been greater. In northern Europe, for example, the battle is one of delivering enough capacity and removing the landside bottlenecks that can slow road and rail traffic especially at peak times.

  • Hull
    News

    Investment for Hull

    2008-07-02T21:26:00Z

    A new eight-year agreement for Hull Container Terminal includes a £ 4m investment by PD Ports to be used to implement IT systems, refurbish the existing ship-to-shore cranes and reconfigure the terminal layout to improve efficiency.

  • Port Strategy: away with the lines and in with vacuum mooring in modern day Melbourne
    News

    50th Anniversary -- Oz NZ Main Lead

    2008-07-02T21:26:00Z

    Has a ''fewer and bigger'' mantra paid off for the ports industry down under ask Dave and Iain MacIntyre

  • News

    50th feature OZ NZ 5th story

    2008-07-02T21:26:00Z

    An aerial view of most Australian and New Zealand ports 50 years ago would have revealed a profusion of narrow timber wharves lining river banks and copious finger piers protruding into harbours and bays.

  • Port Strategy: Australian ports have stepped up to the chill challenge with reefer plugs on dock
    News

    50th anniversary 4th Oz NZ story

    2008-07-02T21:26:00Z

    Australasian ports have had to buy-in to the demands of cold chain monitoring, as the international meat trades have grown more sophisticated over the last 50 years.

  • News

    Oz-Nz 3rd story

    2008-07-02T21:26:00Z

    The coastal shipping network that bound New Zealand''s ports together fifty years ago was struck a severe blow following the introduction of the Maritime Transport Act in 1994.

  • News

    50th anniversary Oz-NZ 2nd story

    2008-07-02T21:26:00Z

    Fifty years ago the wharves of Australia and New Zealand''s ports were lined with goods almost exclusively headed for and received from the ''Mother Country'', namely the British Isles.

  • News

    Israeli port reform

    2008-06-30T21:26:00Z

    A tariff reform being considered for Israeli ports could save up to $290m over the next 10 years. In addition, port users willing to undertake operations outside normal daytime shifts will receive fixed discounts as an incentive.

  • Port Strategy: Portline's shift will drive throughput at the Portuguese port
    News

    Setúbal boosts box throughput

    2008-06-30T21:26:00Z

    Short sea shipping company Portline has recently defected from the port of Lisbon to the port of Setú bal.

  • News

    Bullish Illichevsk forecast

    2008-06-29T21:26:00Z

    The port of Illichevsk in Ukraine believes it can boost throughput to 3.2m teu within five years following the upgrade of existing handling facilities. This compares with a throughput of 455,976 teu handled by Ukrtanscontainer at berths 3-6 last year, along with a further 100,000T teu generated by CMA CGM ...

  • News

    Klaipeda 2017 port

    2008-06-29T21:26:00Z

    A new port at Klaipeda in Lithuania is scheduled to be completed by 2017. This will be built on an artificial island and be used to handle oil products, fertiliser, containers and new vehicles.

  • News

    Northport to invest in new facilities

    2008-06-28T21:26:00Z

    Port Klang terminal operator Northport is to spend $152m over the next two to three years on expanding existing facilities, including the construction of a 350-metre container berth that will boost the existing amount of quay given over to this activity to 3,600 metres.

  • News

    Kenya cool on Lamu

    2008-06-28T21:26:00Z

    Doubts have emerged regarding the feasibility of the proposed Kenyan lake port of Lamu. Steady economic growth in the Great Lakes region has prompted the need for such a facility, but while the government has publicly supported the project, privately it continues to drag its feet

  • News

    Poland access upgrades

    2008-06-28T21:26:00Z

    Poland is to invest up to ¢ 780m ($1.2bn) on improving access to its ports by 2014. To date, ¢ 150m ($233.7m) has been spent on upgrades in this area.

  • News

    Russia growth prediction

    2008-06-27T21:26:00Z

    According to Russia''s Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport, throughput at ports in Russia is forecast to grow by 10%-12% during 2008. By 2015, overall volume of cargo is expected to reach 700m tonnes, which compares with the 450m tonnes handled in 2007.