All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1170
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NewsCAN-BUS tractor popular with ro-ro industry
Demand from ro-ro customers has boosted sales of Kalmar''s i-model tractor range.Since the launch of the product in spring this year,more than 50 units have been ordered by customers such as the Port of Gothenburg, Stena Line, Rauma Stevedoring and DFDS Tor Line.
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Peru calls halt on ports privatisation
Proinversión, promoter of private sector investment in Peruvian companies, has temporarily halted the concession process covering the country''s five main ports until a master development plan has been drawn up for each.
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BUSAN LURES CMA CGM
Korea''s Busan New Port has attracted CMA CGM to its Phase 2-3 expansion programme, subject to government approval. CMA CGM reached an agreement with Hyundai Industry Development Consortium, developer and operator of four berths of Phase 2-3 at Busan New Port, to invest in the project.The agreement follows a government ...
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State bureaucracy killing Indian orders.
State-run ports in India are failing to provide private sector manufacturers with sufficient work in respect of new crane and equipment construction. A slow decision-making process and onerous terms and conditions in contracts have been blamed for the slowdown,which has led to only limited bids in response to state-issued tenders.
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NewsChennai Port to build wind farm
Chennai Port Trust has announced plans to build a wind farm at a cost of $16.8m. The tender is due to be issued shortly for what will be the first project of its kind undertaken by Indian ports. Chennai Port annually consumes 30m units costing $6.7m, which the governing body ...
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NewsSteel boost for Welsh ports
Associated British Ports (ABP) has renewed a three-year contract with Corus for steel coil shipments through its Newport and Swansea ports.
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NewsChina facility to boost Linde output
Linde is adding to its existing reachstacker capacity with a facility in China. The factory in Xiamen has been building empty container handlers from Linde kits since 1996, but the company has confirmed to Port Strategy that reachstackers are being added to the production line to meet growing demand.
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BMT blueprint for global IT community
The establishment of networked port community IT is going to be a key tool in how port users talk to one another in the future, said David Wignall, managing director of BMT''s Ports & Logistics Division.
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Behind the scenes standardisation success
One organisation that does not receive enough credit for the valuable work it does for the ports industry is the SMDG group, a non-profit foundation, which aims to further the development of one single language for electronic data interchange (EDI) messages around the world.
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UK ports back in vogue
A sea change in ownership and huge amounts of investment mean that the future has never looked brighter for the UK ports industry, Forth Ports chief executive Charles Hammond has told maritime experts.
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ROTTERDAM BOUNCES BACK
Throughput at the port of Rotterdam over the first nine months of the year has made a mild recovery, increasing by 1.5% in comparison with the same period last year.The 281m tonnes throughput puts the port "back on track as regards the realisation of its overall 2% growth prognosis for ...
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DUNCA BACK IN BUSINESS
Nigeria''s Dunca inland container terminal has recommenced services after a 14-month shutdown. New owners are AP Moller, Greenview and ENL Terminals.
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NewsAuckland box handling boost
Auckland Port Authority has confirmed that expansion of its new Axis Fergusson terminal would add a further 120,000 teu to its total handling capacity.
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Peel deal cements port attraction
Proof of the unwavering investor interest in ports,Deutsche Bank''s asset management arm has snapped up a 49% stake in the UK''s second largest ports group Peel Ports for £ 750m.
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Ports and terminals attract the eye
As we head into the insurance renewal season, it is easier to spot the areas where market players have decided on pushing out a new boat or two. For some reason, the field of ports and terminals has emerged in 2006 as an area some people want to expand into ...
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NewsEuromax welcomes crane arrival
Rotterdam''s Euromax terminal welcomed the first of sixteen cranes last month The sixteen cranes, together with another three barge/feeder cranes and twelve 23-wide quay cranes, will perform the ship-to-shore operations at the terminal in the port''s Maasvlakte area. Scheduled to be operational by the end of next year, the first ...
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Shot in the arm for Saldanha
Investment totalling $679m will be ploughed into South Africa''s iron ore export port of Saldanha over the next six years to treble export capacity. As part of its expansion plan,the port will be made ready to receive and load ever larger ships, whose number is expected to increase by 70% ...
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SAUDI ARABIA BIG ON BOXES
Saudi Arabia claims it will develop the largest container terminal in the Middle East at Emaar Economic City.This will be capable of throughputs in the region of 10m teu annually, as well as being able to accommodate breakbulk and dry bulk vessels.
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TACOMA BUDGET APPROVED
The Port of Tacoma Commission has given the go-ahead to a 2007 budget of $102.5m, an increase of 12.6% over 2006. The commission also authorised port staff to issue general obligation bonds to refund debt, up to the value of $75m.
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APM seals Dunkirk majority
APM Terminals has purchased a majority 61% share in the Dunkirk container terminal operation Nord France Terminal International. When the tender for operation of the terminal was released last year Dubai Ports International, CMA CGM, and Australia''s International Infrastructure Management all expressed an interest. However, APM Terminals beat off the ...
