All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1174
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NewsFighting talk
A five-year plan to boost Taiwan''s ports could move the island back into the premier league
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HPH EYES GIOIA TAURO
Hutchison Whampoa group president, Li Ka-shing,has indicated a strong interest in participating in the Italian port of Gioia Tauro. Indeed, a meeting has been held with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi to this effect. The port, which is in the Calabria region of Italy,handled 1.6m teu last year.
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TAURANGA MAINTAINS LEADING EXPORT STATUS
Statistics New Zealand has confirmed Port of Tauranga is the country''s leading export port, with a total value of goods annually exported of NZ$7.3bn (up 2.8% for the financial year) and annual volume of goods exported of 6.1m tonnes (down 3.3%).
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NewsShaw expands maritime services with GBB purchase
Louisiana-based Shaw Group''s Environmental and Infrastructure operating unit has bought maritime engineering and design firm Gottlieb, Barnett & Bridges (GBB) to enhance its portfolio of services to government and commercial port and marine facility clients. GBB has been involved in the design and procurement of container and bulk handling equipment ...
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NewsUnited by Excess
Korean ports must come together to realise the nation''s goal of becoming the centre of Asia''s economic powerhouse
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NewsHinterland headaches in North Europe
A number of studies have been completed, and most likely some are still in progress, that have addressed the issue of the origin and destination of cargo from the "natural hinterland of the major European ports". In theory this should not be a hard task to achieve, but in practice ...
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EU FUND FINANCES LAS PALMAS WORK
Las Palmas port authority is to finance 35% of planned infrastructure work at the port using ¢ 140m sourced from the European Union''s Feder fund. Among the work to be financed is the reinforcement and upgrading of the container terminal at Arrecife costing ¢ 262,000, and the creation of a ...
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NewsMiddle Eastern riches
The Gulf is a hotbed of port development as nations vie for cargo business.Alex Hughes makes sense of the frantic pace
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SHORTLIST GO HEAD-TO-HEAD FOR DPW'S US TERMINALS
The shortlist of US companies in the running to take over terminal facilities currently owned by DP World now numbers five to eight.
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NewsDouble take
Upper Gulf keen to secure its share of region''s port business with additional terminals planned to serve the north
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Importers demand Port Harcourt overhaul
Nigerian importers have asked the federal government to make immediate changes to the management of Port Harcourt.
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IPSWICH DEAL STUNTS TRUCKS
An agreement between Associated British Ports''Port of Ipswich and Solvay Chemicals will remove in excess of 100,000 lorry miles from the UK''s roads annually.
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Portfocus CuxPort finds niche
Not all multi-purpose terminals have evolved out of older-style general cargo operations. Some, such as CuxPort in Germany, are purposedesigned multi-purpose terminals, CuxPort having been designed on behalf of Niedersächsisches Hafenamt Cuxhaven and CuxPort Seehafen-Dienstleistungs by Sellhorn Ingenieurgesellschaft.
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Cozumel reconstruction grinds to a halt
The Mexican Ministry of Transport and Communications (SCT) has ordered SSA México to stop all reconstruction work it was undertaking on the quayside at the port of Cozumel, claiming it has not received authorisation to do this.
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Felixstowe deal extends Savi's UK cover
The positive decision moves the project away from parliament and into the hands of the port authority and local, regional and national authorities, who will now focus on the land reclamation. The readers, which are placed on dockside cranes and at entry and exit gates, automatically capture chain of custody ...
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Rotterdam still keen on cooperation with Zeeland
Zeeland Seaports and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have been cited as reasons for the lacklustre past relations. Hans Smits, chief executive of the port authority, said: "It is to our advantage to remain involved in developments in Zeeland. If Zeeland and Rotterdam can exploit the port of ...
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NewsHPH takes control of Manta
Manta Port Authority and Investment Holdings Corporation, a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), have signed a concession agreement covering the transfer of operations at the port to HPH.
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SAVI SECURES VIRGINIA TRACKING CONTRACT
US security firm Savi Networks has won a contract to install Radio Frequency Identification based (RFID) technology information services at Virginia Port Authority terminals to enhance the security and efficiency of cargo container shipments.The network automatically tracks the location and security status of RFID tagged containers, sending realtime information to ...
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NewsDurban shippers' congestion despair
Shippers, fed up with delays in container processing at Durban Container Terminal, have threatened to impose a surcharge. Just last month, an MOL ship was delayed by 200 hours, however the average wait is around three days.
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Guayaquil modifies concession terms
There has been a change in terms and conditions attached to the concession to operate the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
