All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 6
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NewsCoal Greymouth's catalyst
Greymouth''s owners, the Grey District Council, have approved a staged approach to developing the west coast South Island, New Zealand port, with the object of matching development with customer commitments.
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NewsCHINA HOOVERS UP WORLD IRON ORE PRODUCTION
Alex Hughes talks to major iron ore exporters and finds them all responding to China''s spectacular demands
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China signs CSI
China has formally joined the Container Security Initiative (CSI) to target and pre-screen containers shipped from Shanghai and Shenzhen to US ports.
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PSA Corp cuts wages
PSA Corp has negotiated pay cuts with its unions in an effort to be more competitive.
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NewsPSA policy shift nets Cosco
PSA Corp' s sale of a 49% stake of its Pasir Panjang terminal to Cosco follows a policy shift by the state-owned operator.
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NewsLandlocked countries get relief
The UN-hosted Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries has come up with a plan to reinforce the right of all countries to enjoy secure access to the sea. The plan incorporates policy guidelines for reducing red tape for landlocked country exports.
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NewsSUPER CRANE
Andrew Foxcroft tracks the inexorable growth of the super post-panamax ship-to-shore gantry and explains why terminals are right to favour them.
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NewsCSCL
China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has confirmed Malta Freeport as its hub for Mediterranean transhipments. CSCL will operate a weekly pendulum service linking Asia, the Mediterranean and the North American West Coast calling Malta weekly. The service is expected to generate a throughput of 100,000 TEUs annually.
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Pension problems delay investment
A senior official at South Africa''s Public Enterprises Ministry, Dr Ian Phillips, conceded recently the national ports authority had had to support a huge financial burden in attempting to keep afloat the pension fund of its holding company Transnet. By 1999, Transnet was having to find US$253m simply to service ...
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Tarragona eyes EU SSS subsidies
Changes in EU legislation next year have prompted Tarragona Port Authority, BASF, Dow and the Tarraco line to explore ways of using short sea shipping to move chemical products between Tarragon''s adjacent petro-chemical estate and ports in Italy. Subsidies may become available to put more hazchem products on vessels rather ...
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NewsEurogate orders STSs . . .
Kalmar is to supply two ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes to EUROGATE' s Container Terminal Hamburg (CTH). The contract includes an option for a third crane.
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Gottwald expands representation
Gottwald Port Technology has appointed Transmate to market its Wide Span Gantries in Holland.
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Russians get go-ahead..
Preliminary construction of a new deep-sea port at Vostochny in the Kaliningrad Region has started. Located close to the town of Baltiisk, the port will be used by container lines as well as passenger and freight ferries linking Baltiisk, Ust Luga and ports in Germany.
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Gothenburg gets help on ISPS
Hudson Trident has been appointed by the port of Gothenburg to conduct an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code assessment of the port authority' s facilities.
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Tarragona goes south
Puerto de Tarragona, which holds a concession to develop the Argentinean port of Rosario, has started work costing $2m at terminals 1 and 2.
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NewsGRABBING OPPORTUNITIES
Times are tough for grab manufacturers and any change of fortunes are over the horizon, writes Benedict Young
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NewsHumber habitat safeguarded
An agreement between Associated British Ports (ABP) and UK conservation organisations has helped to safeguard the future of the Humber Estuary as one of Britain''s key habitats for migrating birds.
