All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1141
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NewsGas-guzzlers help Vopak expansion
Increased demand for petroleum drove Vopak Terminal Singapore Pte Ltd to revisit its jetty layout and capacity at its Petroleum Storage Terminal at Banyan Basin on Singapore’ s Jurong Island.
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Malaysia's Northport expands facilities
Port Klang’ s Northport has introduced a € 110m ($148.1m) expansion programme, which aims to boost container handling capacity, in addition to that of other cargoes. Investment will take place over the next three years, funding development of a new 350 metre long container berth, which will bring to 3,600 ...
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NewsNZ's South Port expands hardstanding
A newly-completed 30,000 sq metre heavy-duty hardstand area is expected to provide improved container and project cargo handling efficiency at South Port.
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Maersk loss hits Ensenada
The Mexican port of Ensenada registered a 4% drop in container traffic during the first four months of this year. This is the first time for at least 12 months that the port has registered a downturn, which is due to changes in Maersk' s Asian services; these no longer ...
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MSC Las Palmas dream
MSC has announced a wish to operate its own terminal in the port of Las Palmas, where it is currently a shareholder in OPCSA. The shipping line accounted for 50% of the 1.4m teu throughput registered by Las Palmas in 2006.
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Wrangles over proposed Dharma port
Indian steel manufacturing giant Tata has stoutly defended its plans for a new steel and ore port at Dhamra, in the eastern Indian province of Orissa, in the face of environmental protests.
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Sonardyne diver detection
A new diver detection sonar to counter the threat of underwater attacks against ships, harbours, coastal industrial installations and offshore oil platforms has been unveiled by manufacturer Sonardyne International. The maker claims that the new Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar is considerably smaller than any other system currently available, providing a ...
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Port-Net delegates discuss finance
The complexities of securing, and working with, European Union funding were highlighted at a Port-Net workshop on port financing, hosted by the Port of Tallinn. Tallinn itself has gained EU funding for a number of key projects but Riina Palu, responsible for European affairs at the port, said: “ The ...
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NewsDeepening Woes
Melbourne’s much-needed dredging programme is still a long way off becoming a reality.
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Is there a danger of diseconomies of scale?
Economic theory and practice tells us that economies of scale have the potential to increase both consumer and producer welfare. Yet there are limits to the advantages that they can bring.
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NewsDancing out-of-step with the Greenback
The music has not stopped yet. But even though interest rates have risen, the infrastructure deal business has not been slowing down – “ there’ s more money out there than there are saleable assets at the moment – the supply gap is driving up prices” , according to Manju ...
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NewsDakar dealings
Back in the May issue of PS you may recall that there appeared to be some strange things going on with the concessioning of the Dakar container terminal in Senegal. Remember one of the qualifying technical criteria for parties to qualify to submit an Expression of Interest was to handle ...
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NewsPatrick takeover cuts Toll in two
Toll Holdings,Australia’ s largest logistics and ports concern, has split into two following the takeover of container terminal operator Patrick Corp.
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NewsNew mobile cranes for ICTSI Syria
ICTSI subsidiary Tartous Inter-national Container Terminal has contracted manufacturer Liebherr for two new mobile harbour cranes, a first for Syria. Tradition-ally, container handling in the country has been undertaken by geared vessels.
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Marlborough nets lucrative pipeline contract
Port Marlborough’ s Shakespeare Bay facility has been selected as the spoolbase for the NZ$1bn ($766m) offshore Taranaki Kupe gas pipelaying project.
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Contenemar move
Spanish shipping line Contenemar will move its Canary Islands and Moroccan services from Vigo to a new 44,000 sq metre container terminal at the nearby port of Vilagarcía at the end of this year. The terminal, which will be located on Ferrazo Quay, will have 260 metres of quayside with ...
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Concession extension at San Vicente
Chile’ s San Vicente port operator SVTI has had its concession extended until 2029.
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DP World commits to long-term financing
DP World plans to issue both conventional bonds and Islamic bonds as a means of extending its debt maturity profile.
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Quay walls come under scrutiny
The next phase in the revision of the UK’ s British Standard 6349 for Maritime Structures will focus on the design of quay walls, jetties and dolphins. This follows on from the recent launch of a Code of Practice for the design of Ro-Ro ramps, linkspans and walkways.
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Force majeure depresses Lyttelton coal exports
Aggressive protestors and extended environmental obligations have forced Solid Energy to invoke force majeure provisions and temporarily reduce export coal volume through Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC).Initially expecting to encounter about 1,000 protected snails in its Stockton Mine, the company has to date had to relocate about 5,600.
