All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 2
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NewsMSC Commits to New Venice Terminal
Terminal Intermodale Venezia (TIV) signalled its entrance to the container handling business in Venice, Italy, with the handling of its first Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) vessel in mid-May. Four MSC vessels per week are now scheduled to call at the terminal which anticipates a throughput of 120,000TEU in its first ...
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OnePort to Enhance Hong Kong's Competitiveness
Major Hong Kong terminal operators Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), Modern Terminals Limited and COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited have formed a new joint venture company, OnePort, that will provide an open, secure and neutral platform for electronic information exchange between all port users.
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Massive Crane Order
Yantian International Terminals has placed a massive order for 57 container cranes with Chinese crane builder Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co.
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NewsMed Medley plays the tune of DEMAND
Container terminal strategies to suit every aspiration have evolved in the Mediterranean but can they keep pace with change? Nick Elliott reports .
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NewsDFDS Tor Line go for rental
DFDS Tor Line has expanded its rental and maintenance agreement with Kalmar to cover its terminal in Maasvlakte, Holland and the North Sea Terminal in Norway.
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NewsHumber Trade Zone key to UK's 'Southern Discomfort'
An international conference to promote shipping, logistics and investment opportunities around the Humber Estuary takes place on 24 June in Hull.
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New safety tracking system unveiled at Dover
Vessels passing through the Dover Strait will be among the safest in the world following the recent launch of the latest in ship safety and surveillance by Alistair Darling, British Secretary of State for Transport.
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NewsPrivate participation drying up?
In the first of an ongoing series, Jordan Schwartz examines the uncertain future of private investment in port infrastructure within the developing world, with a particular eye this month on Africa.
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NewsEC goes further on security
The European Commission is to introduce anti-terrorism legislation that goes further than the agreements made within the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
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NewsWhat to do with the empties?
To remain viable, container terminals must implement effective management strategies for handling empty boxes, writes Benedict Young
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Oakland Maersk and Evergreen Negotiations
The Port of Oakland is in discussion with two leading liner operators regarding the enlargement of their respective terminal facilities.
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First USWC LNG Terminal
The Port of Long Beach, USA has cleared the way for the development of a US$400m liquefied natural gas terminal (LNG) on Terminal Island, the first facility of its kind to be built on the US West Coast.
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NewsHarbour towage sector looks to lower manning
Jack Gaston explains why compact and manoeuvrable harbour tugs are the future.
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Maersk Sealand weigh up Tarragona
Lluis Badia, president of Tarragona Port Authority, has revealed that representatives from Maersk Sealand (MSL) are discussing the possibility of transferring the company' s current Algeciras-based transhipment operation to the Catalan port.
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THAT MAGIC WORD "MANAGEMENT"
''Management'' is the word that underpins portstrategy, the new magazine for your industry. portstrategy, or PS as we call it, is designed to meet the modern information needs of port and terminal management, as well as inform key port users of the main industry trend lines and developments.
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Portek to operate Makassar
Singapore-based Portek International has secured a contract from Indonesia''s Pelindo IV to jointly operate a container terminal at Sulawesi''s port of Makassar which handles close to 200,000 TEUs annually.
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NewsScale technology people
Dredging capability review: it' s all about size, technology and the right people, reports David Robinson
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Retrofitting Smartrail
Kalmar' s automatic steering and container position verification system, Smartrail, introduced in 1997, has been granted an international patent.
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NewsThe soft UNDERBELLY
It is said that in the rather anxious aftermath of the 911 outrage, officials in the Bush administration looked around at the shipping and transport industry and saw in all its openness and globalness, the soft underbelly of national security.
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Dole's Ecuador banana port up to 60% of capacity
According to Juan Carlos Alferez, manager of Dole Ecuador''s new private port, near Guayaquil, throughput of mainly export bananas has pushed the facility up to 60% of capacity. However, Dole is not the only customer with several other banana exporters channelling produce through the private port along with a handful ...
