All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1135
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YILPORT SUPPLIED BY KALMAR
Yilport Container Terminal, located at the Turkish port of Izmir, has placed an order for 21 terminal tractors with Kalmar. Delivery will commence from October 2007. Another option for a further 30 tractors to be delivered over the next three years has also been included in the contract.
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NewsMaher partners Kalmar
Canada’ s Maher Terminals has chosen Kalmar as it sole equipment supplier for container handling operations at Fairview Terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
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Look to software for improved outputs
X-ray scanning technology is somewhat mature, according to Rapiscan’ s Peter Kant. “ We have multiple players in the market to deliver it, and the technology today isn’ t all that different from last year or the year before. “ There was a huge jump three or four years ago, ...
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Guatemala to upgrade ports
Guatemala has set up an interparliamentary commission to look into the modernisation of its ports. Santo Tomás de Castilla, Quetzál and San José all need to be expanded to be able to accommodate larger vessels.
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RIO GRANDE INVESTMENT REQUEST
Rio Grande Port authority, Brazil is negotiating with the federal government for increased investment of € 54m ($73.8m). Part of the money will be spent on revitalising the Porto Novo area and the rest on deepening the draught from 31ft to 40ft.
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GPA supports Savannah growth
Buoyed by record container movements, Georgia Port Authority has announced a swathe of infrastructure improvements, equipment purchases and personnel additions at its Port of Savannah.
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Go slow on Vietnamese port projects
A lack of concrete progress on many of Vietnam’ s proposed port projects is being blamed on consultants.
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NewsGloves are off
Colombo prepares to fight off nearby transhipment challenges. Wing Kah-goh outlines the main contender
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NewsGiant steps
Moving quayside cranes from one port to the next is not a job for the faint-hearted, as Stuart Pearcey finds out
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Green fuels set for starring port role
Biofuels are all set to become the new buzzword of the 21st century and ports would be wise to keep a weather eye on developments. Currently accounting for just 1% of fuel used for global transport, the Worldwatch Institute estimates that biofuels could provide 37% of US transport fuel within ...
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NewsMobile solutions win over French officials
Smiths Detection, part of the global Smiths Group, recently delivered two HCV-Mobile systems to French customs, to screen trucks for narcotics, contraband and counterfeit goods. It is the first time the French government has purchased mobile scanners for customs applications. The contract includes an option to buy two more HCV-Mobiles.
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NewsFourth iron ore pier at PDM
Ponta da Madeira port terminal in Brazil is to gain a fourth pier courtesy of CVRD. The aim is to be able to serve increased onshore stockpiles amounting to 210m tonnes as from 2011.
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NewsFrom Food to Fuel
With bioenergy set to become the fuel choice of the future, ports should act now to capture this unsung trade. Stuart Pearcey reports
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UK kick starts 'motorway' finance
The UK Department for Transport (DoT) has invited ports with sea-related infrastructure projects in the North Sea region to bid for financing funds under the European Union’ s (EU) plan to establish “ Motorways of the Sea” .
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NewsHand that feeds
Back to normal in Tuticorin after PSA International made a point to the Indian Government about the weird workings of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP), the body which, in September 2006, effectively halved PSA’ s revenue at its Tuticorin Container Terminal (TCT) as a result of enforced tariff ...
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Maersk 'no' to Farfán
APM Terminals has informed Panama Maritime Authority and the Panamanian government that it is no longer interested in participating in the Farfán deep seaport project.
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Vycon teams up with Fantuzzi
Energy regeneration specialist VYCON has partnered with Italy’ s Fantuzzi group to market and sell its REGEN system on new cranes and as a retrofit to the existing fleet. Fantuzzi Group, with its subsidiary company Noell Crane Systems (China) Ltd, has a production capacity of approximately 120 new rubber-tyred gantry ...
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KLANG TO EXPAND NORTHPORT
Port Klang Authority is seeking consultants to carry out a feasibility study on developing a plot of industrial land next to Sungei Puloh. This will be incorporated into the Northport concession. The area in question covers 800 hectares and has sea frontage, and is located just to the north of ...
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The outsourcing evolution
Port authorities are increasingly reluctant to provide services themselves if somebody else can do it cheaper and more efficiently, as Alex Hughes finds out
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NewsTanger Med equipment orders roll in
A rash of new equipment orders for the Tanger Med port development in Morocco has materialised as the terminal prepares for opening this year.
