All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1153
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NewsCutting out CARBs
New emissions regulations off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach hope to enforce a dramatic improvement in air quality.Felicity Landon reports
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Sassnitz-Mukran eager to fill unused capacity
Germany’ s easternmost deep-water port,Sassnitz- Mukran, expects planned new rail-ferry links this year with Russia will help solve its problem of unused capacity and hopes more cruiseships will fill the rest.
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US short-sea shipping call
Short-sea shipping is the only answer to the US capacity crunch, according to Charles Raymond, chairman, president and chief executive of Horizon Lines. In his view,rising container imports are placing extreme pressure on an already strained transportation infrastructure.
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BUSY TIME FOR GISBORNE PORT
Eastland Port is expecting to report considerable increases in the volume of forestry and squash exported this financial year. Log throughput is expected to rise about 50% to 600,000 JAS tonnes and squash to double to 30,000 tonnes, with "additional kiwifruit volumes" also mooted.
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Busan transhipment coup
In a major coup for the Korean port, Busan has lured Mediterranean Shipping Company''s transhipment business from China''s Ningbo Port.
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NewsBuilding Frenzy
A record orderbook and increasing pressure to produce more green tugs proves there’ s a future for these waterborne powerhouses, as Jack Gaston explains
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NewsBucking the trend
HHLA’ s decision to ditch a share sell-off in favour of a “ safe” IPO is understandable says consultant BMT, in conversation with Alex Hughes
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Overheight frame complements Bromma range
Sweden''s spreader specialist Bromma Group has added an overheight frame to its product range.
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HPH Brisbane winner
An operating duopoly on Australia''s east coast is set to be upended by the arrival of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH).
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NewsNew floodlight shines bright
Hazardous area lighting specialist Victor Lighting has developed a new floodlight for harsh industrial environments.
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NewsFinnish record breakers
Kotka''s monster gate operating system will unite two competing operators without compromising data privacy. Felicity Landon reports
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Piraeus Port loses box traffic
Piraeus Port Authority posted revenue growth of 2.9% in 2006, when it generated ¢ 144.1m ($195m). However, the increase would have been more had the port not been hit by several strikes during the last few months of the year.
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LISBON DELAYS THIRD BOX TERMINAL
The president of the port of Lisbon''s administrative authority,Manuel Frasquilho, has indicated that it will not be necessary to expand Terminal da Trafaria to accommodate major flows of container traffic in the short-term.Work to create a new container terminal will not therefore be necessary until 2015.
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Biometrics question safety at US ports
A Federal programme aimed at improving maritime security in the US may well result in up to one million port personnel having to undergo additional background checks and obtain biometric identification cards.
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DALIAN IN BED WITH MODERN TERMINALS
Dalian Port Company and Modern Terminals Ltd are to build a deepwater container terminal at the Port of Dalian. This will be located at Dayaowan North Harbour.
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NewsBeat the orderbook blues
In terms of price and lead time, it can often make sense for a terminal operator to buy second-hand, rather than new. Alex Hughes reports
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Barcelona's TCB borrows to expand
Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB) has signed a loan agreement, securing ¢ 118.5m ($160.4m) to expand its Muelle Sur terminal to a 870,000 sq m facility capable of handling 2.2m teu.
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NewsBattles in Barcelona
Alex Hughes looks at the workings of the hard-fought El Prat terminal concession, asking who really benefited from the award
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NewsBanking but not as we no it
International government equity houses offer an alternative to traditional port financing routes, as Barry Parker explains
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NewsStrainstall celebrates automated success
A leading supplier of jetty management systems, Strainstall AMTS Ltd, has reported significant contract success.
