All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1155
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PORTEK SHARE SOLD
Stockholm-based Bromma Group has bought a 25% equity interest in Bromma Far East (Singapore) from Portek International, to give it sole ownership of the company.
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SWORD slices through paperwork
IT services company SWORD has launched a document control system targeted towards the engineering, energy and transport sectors. Based on Microsoft''s SharePoint® 2007 software, the C2Share Document Control system aims to control the flow of documents between contractors and internal staff, and to effectively monitor the documents review, approval and ...
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REDUNDANCY OPPOSED
The plan announced by Liberia''s National Port Authority to lay off 350 workers because of financial difficulties has been challenged by the Dock Workers Union.
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NOL QINGDAO PROJECT
Neptune Orient Lines of Singapore and Chinese partner the SITC Maritime (Group) have established a joint-venture to build and manage the new container terminal at the Chinese port of Qingdao to implement the concession it was awarded in 2005.
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Newcastle policy reversal
Port Waratah Coal Services has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to approve a revised capacity balancing system for the port of Newcastle.
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Navis takes the middle road
As gate automation becomes an increasingly complex mix of technologies and systems, the challenge is how to integrate all of these efficiently and cost effectively.
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Riding the Malaysian transhipment wave
Ports in Malaysia posted a 12% volume increase last year in containers with a total of 13.6m teu handled, compared with 12m teu in 2005.
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TUI SELLS MONTRÉAL MAJORITY
TUI, owner of shipping line Hapag-Lloyd, has sold an 80% stake in Montréal Gateway Terminals to Morgan Stanley. The company acquired the initial stake after its buyout of CP Ships.
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PTP KALMAR LINK
The Port of Tanjung Pelepas is to upgrade its rubber-tyred gantry fleet with Kalmar''s Fleetview fleet management system.Marking the first order for the system in Asia, the upgrade will be completed by April 2007 and will allow port control room staff to monitor the real-time positioning and efficient control of ...
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TARRAGONA SEEKS INVESTMENT
Tarragona Port Authority is to award construction and management of its newest terminal to a private sector company.This facility will occupy a 25 hectare area on the extension of the existing outer quay dock wall.Cost is expected to be ¢ 70m ($93.2m) and the concession period is 35 years.
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PORT WALCOTT INVESTMENT
Mitsui Iron Ore Development is to invest $284m to increase the export capacity for iron ore at Australia''s Port Walcott, situated at Cape Lambert, rising from 55m tonnes to 80m tonnes a year.
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NEW ZEALAND INTERIMS
New Zealand port companies who have recently published financial results for the six months to December 31, 2006 include: Northport - NZ$7.5m (US$5.2m) after-tax profit (up 834%) and NZ$9.4m (US$6.5m) (up 217%); Port of Tauranga -- NZ$21.3m (US$14.8m) after-tax profit (up 56%) and NZ$73.7m (US$51.2m) revenue (up 20.7%); Lyttelton Port ...
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Salerno signs up to US initiative
Salerno Container Terminal has opened its doors to US Customs officials as the first commercial port in Italy to become operational under the US Container Security Initiative.
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NewsPanacea or potential headache?
Alex Hughes investigates whether transhipment is the pot of gold everyone thinks it is for Mediterranean ports.
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NewsStaff salute Royal Haskoning
Royal Haskoning has joined the Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to work for, as voted by its employees. The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies survey is carried out by Best Companies who use a methodology to measure employee engagement with a firm, and their satisfaction at work.
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Mombasa to stay in public hands
Kenya''s Transport Minister has labelled as ''unrealistic'' plans to privatise container handling at the port of Mombasa.
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New tender for Guayaquil
The government of Ecuador has not ruled out launching a new tender for the concession to run the port of Guayaquil, while in the meantime it has commenced restructuring of the port authority both there and in the cities of Manta, Esmeraldas and Puerto Bolívar. Guayaquil, it is argued, needs ...
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NewsOn solid ground
You want a mess on the quayside, dust in the air and complaints from the neighbours? Try handling cement without the right kit. Felicity Landon finds out about best practice
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NewsLiverpool post-panamax terminal gets nod
A proposal for the first post-panamax box terminal on the UK''s west coast has been cleared by the Department of Transport.
