All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1149
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NewsNew-found popularity threatens to block Vietnam's arteries
In Southeast Asia,the single most exciting development ports-wise has been the rapid opening up of Vietnam, where container exports have been growing at 19% on average for the past decade. In the last 12 months the world and his wife has piled into the former French colony. Most are forming ...
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Jordan prepares Aqaba tender
Jordan is readying itself for a $3bn project to relocate its only port, Aqaba, to deeper waters 20 km south to expand its handling capacity. The government has confirmed that it has started the study of tender documents for the new port, which will include general cargo, industrial bulk and ...
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APM not eyeing Australian ports
AP Moller-Maersk subsidiary APM Terminals has denied recent New Zealand media speculation it is actively planning to buy port terminals in either that country or Australia.
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TRUCKS CLOG APAPA
Truck parking around the Nigerian port of Apapa, as well as the location of tank farms on the main road to the facility, are causing serious congestion in the immediate area. A joint action committee has called for the rehabilitation of railway lines to the port and the fast tracking ...
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ANTOFAGASTA AREA AVAILABLE
Chile’ s Antofagasta Port Company is considering offering so-called “ Area C” to companies wishing to establish terminal operations in the port.
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NewsPort workers need never be alone
The UK’ s Argyll Telecom has launched a waterproof device for mobile personnel monitoring allowing easy pinpointing of workers in an emergency. The MaxCare device, which can be worn on the arm, leg, shoulder, waist or sewn into an item of clothing, combines mobile phone and satellite location monitoring technology.
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All things Indonesian
Long avoided, suddenly international firms are eyeing the archipelago, as Wing Kah-goh uncovers
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ALINPORT STARTS POSORJA
The Spanish company Alinport has begun construction of the port of Posorja in Ecuador, which will occupy a 200,000 square metre area.Total cost is $450m.
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DPW JEBEL ALI INVESTMENT
DP World has placed an order for 129 terminal trailers with global handing solutions provider Gaussin.The trailers, due for delivery this summer, will operate in the new Terminal 2 expansion phase of Jebel Ali Port container facility
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NewsNgqura development ploughs ahead
South Africa’ s National Port Authority has decided to implement the € 363m ($489.7m) first phase development of Ngqura without private sector partners. However, it is still interested in collaborating with external companies to take forward the container terminal project.
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NewsLife after feedering
Black Sea ports are following Constantza’ s lead to take on a transhipment role in the region.Alex Hughes reports
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NewsAdded value
Manufacturer Gottwald views crane upgrades as just another service to its clients, as Alex Hughes finds out
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Dublin Port Company active in Indonesia
Sabang Free Trade Zone Management Board in Indonesia’ s Aceh province has put together a joint venture with Dublin Port Company of Ireland to undertake a $445m investment in the Port of Sabang.
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MOTA-ENGIL ACQUISITION
Portuguese construction company Mota-Engil has acquired port terminal operator Multiterminal for € 25m ($33.8m).
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Keeping abreast of the container tracking trail
Despite the most advanced software solutions in use, every terminal will occasionally misplace containers, particularly if drivers may not always be able to correctly execute the instructions they receive. To avoid this, Cosmos in Belgium has integrated differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) technology into its applications, resulting in higher operational ...
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Newcastle rationing about turn approved
Australia’ s competition watchdog, the ACCC, has given draft approval for capacity rationing to return to the port of Newcastle. The approval authorises rationing until the end of this year, and assumes that under the amended system,the total volume of coal exports is unlikely to be reduced.
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ABB ASIAN BONANZA
Zurich-based engineering company ABB has netted more than $65m in orders for crane systems at Asian ports.The contracts cover the supply of automation and electrical systems for 74 ZPMC cranes, for delivery in 2008 and 2009.
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EL PRAT PUT BACK TO 2010
Partial opening of Barcelona’ s El Prat Quay has been put back to mid-2009. This follows the collapse on January 1, 2007 of one third of the 1,500 metre quay line.
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TRAFFIC IN INDIA UP 10%
India’ s 12 leading ports handled a total of 463.8m tonnes in 2006- 07, equivalent to an increase of 9.51% over the 423.6m tonnes reported for the previous year. Nevertheless, the target forecast had been for 465.7m tonnes, resulting in a 0.4% shortfall.The three leading ports were: Visakhapatnam (56.3m tonnes), ...
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Box traffic to hit 1bn by 2020
Andrew Penfold, director of Ocean Shipping Consultants, anticipates that total container traffic will hit 1bn teu by 2020, building on last year’ s total of 426m teu and 2015 estimates of 600m teu.
