All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1179
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NewsGulftainer lands Comoros Islands contract
United Arab Emirates container terminal manager and operator Gulftainer has agreed a 15-year contract to operate, manage and upgrade the Comoros Islands ports of Moroni and Mutsamudu.
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COLONET PORT TENDER
A tender has been issued in Mexico by the Ministry of Transport and Communications for a concession to manage the port of Colonet Bay, Ensenada.
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Fraser relieves pressure of cleaning
Fraser Pump has unveiled a low pressure jet machine for cleaning and preparing surfaces up to 10m below water.
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STILL SWEET ON CORPUS CHRISTI
The ZPMC cranes, with a capability of handling containerships stacking 24 containers, were transported from Shanghai to Malta on a dedicated barge. Meanwhile, ZMPC has also delivered the largest container cranes in northern Europe to Göteborg. With a maximum over-water height of 118 m,the three cranes will be the tallest ...
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Chinese companies flirt with Las Palmas
China Shipping Container Lines and Cosco Container Lines, as well as the stevedoring company Sekou Terminals, have indicated a willingness to make use of the Spanish port of Las Palmas, which currently handles significant amounts of transhipment traffic from its location in the Canary Islands Peninsula.
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NewsMaking molehills out of mountains in China
The growth of port and terminal infrastructure in China proceeds apace. If you go to the deep water port of Yangshan, just outside Shanghai, there is a facility whose planners are already thinking big.The first phase is designed to cope with 2m teu and work on phase 2 has begun.This ...
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NewsNew CEO Gottwald
Gottwald Port Technology has appointed former chief technical officer Dr Mathias Dobner as its new chief executive, effective immediately.
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NewsRTG order for Cartagena
The Colombian port of Cartagena says it has placed an order for eight RTGs costing $10.4m, as part of a $300m upgrade programme which will last three years and boost capacity to 1.2m teu.
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NewsA calmer pace
East Africa''s less frantic approach to port development belies the undercurrent of activity taking place
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URGENT JNP DREDGING CALL
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. The Container Shipping Lines' Association has ...
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COLOMBIANS CONTROL CALDERA
Colombian investors have been awarded a 20-year concession to operate the Costa Rican Pacific port of Caldera. Sociedad Portuaria de Caldera will invest a total of $35m in the first three years of operation to upgrade existing infrastructure and buy new equipment.The concession, the first of its type in Costa ...
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TAIM BUYS WESER
The CCTV system includes numerous dome cameras, providing high-quality digital images via a wireless WiMAX LAN, which spans an area around the port of over 10 sq km. Spanish crane manufacturer Taim-Tfg has acquired the German company Weser Engineering GMbH, a subsidiary of Izar Construciones Navales, for ¢250,100.Weser has mining, ...
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TIPS CRANE BUY
The joint-venture TIPS container terminal operated in Laem Chabang by NYK Line and MOL is to buy two post-panamax quayside gantry cranes from ZPMC to operate vessels of up to 6,000 teu capacity.
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Demand soars as customers meet bulk commitments
Sales of Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC) fitted with four-rope grabs have remained buoyant in 2006, reflecting the success the two leading manufacturers have had in selling the benefits of the flexible MHC terminal concept in preference to cargo-dedicated handling options.
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BRAWAL TAKES OVER NIGERIAN TERMINAL
Brawal Oil Services Ltd has been awarded a 25-year concession for Terminal A at the Federal Lighter Terminal in Onne Rivers State, in Nigeria.
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Box terminal concession for new Karachi port
Karachi Port Trust has asked for companies to submit pre-qualification applications to finance, build and operate the first four-berth container terminal at its new Deep Water Container Port.
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DP WORLD QASIM BOOST
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. DP World is to invest $211m ...
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SOUTHERN BOX BOOST
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. The southern Indian ports of Chennai,Tuticorin, ...
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FREMANTLE BOX BOOST
The Western Australian port of Fremantle is to undertake a three-phase container terminal development.The initial phase will cost an estimated ¢ 1bn and allow up to 2m teu to be handled at the port, doubling the existing capacity.Work is scheduled for completion in 2015.
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BMT's Middle Eastern promise
International consultant BMT has stepped up its commitments in Abu Dhabi, assisting with a concession for Mina Zayed Port and completing a business plan for a major new offshore port development near Abu Dhabi.
