All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 953
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NewsNeat little packages
Just as the package deal has for long been one of the simplest ways of organising a vacation, the package has become the favoured route for the majority of port and terminal clients purchasing insurance.
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NewsA way through the growth of Green
A ports magazine, e-news and series of events specifically aimed at issues thrown up by the growing environmental agenda is the subject of a new venture by Mercator Media.
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NewsChinese ports to benefit from waterways push
The prominence of China’s river ports is to increase as a result of rising fuel prices, worsening road congestion and a search for greener forms of transport, according to a new report.
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NewsRussian assets ‘earmarked’ for acquisition
A new venture is on the lookout for Russian port acquisitions and has already created a fund to pursue opportunities in “the complete logistics chain” in the region.
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NewsA way through the growth of Green
A ports magazine, e-news and series of events specifically aimed at issues thrown up by the growing environmental agenda is the subject of a new venture by Mercator Media.
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NewsReap what you sow
The Chamber of Shipping has warned of ‘severe consequences’ if the UK’s offshore wind power planning process isn’t tightened up. Felicity Landon reports
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Wanganui council regains port
Ownership of Wanganui Port has returned to the district council in a NZ$2.75m (US$2m) deal with former port leaseholder, River City Port (RCP).
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China Merchants to operate Colombo terminal
China Merchants Holdings (CMH) has signed a $450m deal with Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and the local conglomerate Aitken Spence to build a new container terminal at the port of Colombo.
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Altamira extension on track for 2011 opening
Three-quarters of Altamira’s expansion work has been completed, with operations scheduled to commence in the first quarter of next year, according to officials.
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NewsThe littered road to recovery
The spectre of mass insolvency and bankruptcy appears to be behind us as the maritime industry roars to the end of 2010 with excellent financial results for the first half of the year.
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Mundra to get major investment
The Adani group is to invest $1.2bn in the Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone over the next five years. The aim is to reach 200m tonnes in throughput by 2020.
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NewsCallao expansion still open to interest
Economic and mining growth in Peru has put pressure on both general cargo and mineral facilities in Callao, but this is about to change as the port pulls together a number of measures to deal with growing volumes.
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NewsTaking it neat - or home brew?
If a port wants to go the whole way to reduce its carbon footprint or, for example, if it is in a developing country, one alternative may be to convert the engine to burn straight plant oils.
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Melbourne opens up capacity question
The Port of Melbourne Corporation is consulting industry and community views on how projected increases in container freight throughput can be handled.
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NewsDon’t let the bugs bite
Going ‘green’ with your fuel is not as straightforward as you might hope. Stevie Knight reports.
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NewsJury out on PM fenders
Dave MacIntyre and Iain MacIntyre consider the future for PM type fender systems.
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DBCT investor merges with Brookfield
Australian utilities investor Prime Infrastructure, which owns 50.1% of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, the world’s third-largest coal export facility, is to merge with co-owner Brookfield Infrastructure Partners of Canada.
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NewsJapan to establish ‘super-ports’
The Japanese government is to create two mega-ports, labelling them International Strategic Freight Ports.
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Two international NZ hubs identified
Development of the Port of Tauranga and Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) as the sole 7000-teu vessel-capable ports in New Zealand could deliver a NZ$338m (US$244m) per year benefit to the country’s economy from 2015-2016.
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NewsUK campaign to save ports fund
A campaign has been launched to highlight the necessity of investment into port facilities in order to safeguard the UK’s place in the wind farm supply chain.
