All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 632

  • News

    Unions target Macquarie's Gdansk terminal

    2016-02-02T16:56:00Z

    The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) have announced that dockworkers will hold protests in locations across Europe.

  • Marseille Fos reports record growth and gears up for further success in 2016 Photo: collection Port de Marseille Fos
    News

    Gearing up at Marseille Fos

    2016-02-02T11:20:00Z

    Last year saw record container volumes headlining all-round freight growth at Marseille Fos, with total cargo rising 4.1% on the previous year to 81.7m tonnes. Similar growth was seen in the cruise sector with passenger numbers topping 2.5m for the first time.

  • The Bolloré Group will partner the East Timor authorities to build a deepwater port at Dili
    News

    Bolloré Group wins Dili concession

    2016-02-02T09:38:00Z

    The Bolloré Group has been chosen by the authorities of East Timor to build and operate the deepwater port at Dili under a 30 year-term public-private partnership agreement.

  • News

    Piraeus crippled by ongoing strikes

    2016-02-01T17:05:00Z

    A general strike in Greece has been extended by another 48 hours according to Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS).

  • The Port of Savannah - awaiting delivery of four new Konecranes STS cranes this year
    News

    Konecranes counts TCV and GPA orders

    2016-02-01T12:27:00Z

    Finnish crane and lifting equipment specialist, Konecranes, has taken new orders from both sides of the Atlantic.

  • LNG will be supplied to vessels in the Port of Singapore.
    News

    LNG bunkering in Singapore

    2016-02-01T10:03:00Z

    Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd and BG Group have been selected to supply LNG to vessels in the Port of Singapore.

  • Over 100 LNG vessels have travelled through the Gladstone since LNG exports commenced in early 2015
    News

    Port of Gladstone reaches 100 LNG vessels

    2016-01-29T17:09:00Z

    The Port of Gladstone, Australia, has welcomed its 100th LNG carrier, marking a significant milestone for LNG export.

  • News

    ABP invests in Grimsby control centre

    2016-01-29T16:37:00Z

    ABP has confirmed it will invest £5m in a purpose-built Marine Control Centre at the Port of Grimsby.

  • Kalmar K-Motion for reachstackers
    News

    New efficient Kalmar reachstackers

    2016-01-29T10:01:00Z

    Kalmar has launched a new drive train system, K-Motion, into the Asia-Pacific region.

  • The InvaSave is on track to obtain IMO type approval
    News

    Damen's InvaSave en route for type approval

    2016-01-28T17:10:00Z

    Final shipboard tests of Damen’s InvaSave technology have commenced on board of the 800 teu container vessel, Henrike Schepers.

  • News

    Groundhog day

    2016-01-28T13:33:00Z

    Third time’s a charm? Not for the European Port Services Regulation. For 15 years, the European Commission has been trying to regulate the bloc’s port industry, with no success.

  • Cyprus has received 14 bids Limassol Port
    News

    Limassol concession competition heats up

    2016-01-28T12:45:00Z

    Cyprus has received 14 bids for the commercialisation of the Limassol Port, according to the Ministry for Transport.

  • Antwerp is one of the Belgian ports exempt from the general corporate income tax
    News

    Ports under EC tax scrutiny

    2016-01-28T11:15:00Z

    The Netherlands has been required to abolish an exemption from corporate tax for six of its ports by the Commission, while Belgium and France have been told to align their taxation of ports with state aid rules.

  • Thumbs down: Mombasa has failed to capitalise on its concession process
    News

    Mombasa: process versus vested interest?

    2016-01-27T14:00:00Z

    The completion of the first phase of the second container terminal in Mombasa, a new deep-water facility, is imminent. At the beginning of 2015 there were a lot of statements to the effect that the terminal would be open early for business – some suggested March 2015.

  • News

    Whanganui port upgrade commences

    2016-01-27T11:17:00Z

    A project to upgrade Whanganui’s commercial port with a focus on “keeping windows of opportunity alive” has been initiated by the Whanganui District Council and local Maori.

  • Higher: did COSCO pay over the odds for Piraeus?
    News

    Cosco's Piraeus bid defies market realities

    2016-01-27T11:17:00Z

    It is no surprise to Port Strategy that there was only one bidder for the Port of Piraeus concession and that in the end, after a request to up its bid, the sole bidder, COSCO, was awarded the whole port concession. However, the price that COSCO was prepared to pay ...

  • News

    Auckland reviews challenges

    2016-01-27T11:17:00Z

    Ports of Auckland (PoAL) acting chairperson Rodger Fisher has predicted the 2015-2016 financial year will deliver a “subdued” result for his firm, particularly in light of softening global dairy prices and a falling New Zealand Dollar.

  • News

    Lyttelton recovery plan approved

    2016-01-27T11:17:00Z

    Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has received Government sign-off on its recovery plan, launching the significant repair and rebuild necessary to fully recover from the damage received during the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.

  • News

    Cuba hub mooted at AAPA conference

    2016-01-27T11:17:00Z

    The lifting of the US embargo on Cuba, unanticipated by many port planners, could alter the map of shipping services around the Caribbean, according to delegates at the American Association of Port Authorities’ Shifting International Trade Routes conference.

  • Concerns: PSA's Antwerp hub is under EC investigation
    News

    EC announces Antwerp ‘state aid’ investigation

    2016-01-26T20:33:00Z

    The European Commission has opened an ‘in-depth investigation’ into state aid allegations relating to two container terminal operators in the Port of Antwerp.