All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 988
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NewsTOs vs POS
Michael King examines whether traditional Terminal Operating Systems can be expanded to manage entire ports
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NewsPrivate investors needed in Chittagong
Chittagong Port Berth Operators and Ship Handling Operators Association has emphasised the need to get private investors involved in the introduction of modern maintenance systems at the port.
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NewsAuckland issues auxiliary tenders
Ports of Auckland has issued requests for expressions of interest documents to 16 potential contractors in container lashing, shuttle and supplementary straddle, and crane driving services.
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Guaymas box terminal tender
The Mexican port of Guaymas has issued a tender in respect of a new container terminal.
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NewsLázaro Cárdenas tender back on the table
Mexican port authority API Lázaro Cárdenas, which operates Lázaro Cárdenas port, is preparing a tender to concession a second container terminal, commercial director Julián Pérez Rodríguez has confirmed.
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NewsSuez terminal benefits from upgrades
Against a background of struggling volumes and a 20% drop in ship numbers transiting the Suez Canal, the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) showed an unexpected 11% rise to a record 2.7m teu in 2009.
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Eilat workers up the ante
Employees of Eilat Port Company Ltd are seeking to obtain 15% of the company''s equity when it is eventually privatised, despite a government offer of just 10%.
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Green light for second Chennai box terminal
India''s Private Public Partnership Advisory Committee has given the go-ahead for a new $776m container terminal to be built at Chennai.
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Good year ahead for dry bulk
JP Morgan Chase & Company is predicting that iron ore volumes dispatched by sea will grow by 5.7%, while both coal and grain will go up by 3.8%.
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Yilport harnesses SPARCS
Turkey’s Yilport has implemented Navis SPARCS N4 terminal operating system to support the terminal’s anticipated capacity growth of 2m teu in five years.
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GlobalSim lands Puerto Rico order
Puerto Rico Port Authority has added to its training suite with Globalsim’s ML4000 crane simulator.
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All-electric spreads the gain
Bromma is reaping the rewards of the green revolution. Its all-electric Greenline spreader is winning orders, 70 in the last quarter alone.
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Tough calls: U.S. Coast Guard demands tigher control on Madagascar visits
Madagascan port Toamasina is the only one in the country exempt from new US Coast Guard rules imposed by authorities unhappy with inadequate security precautions at other seaports.
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Gothenburg to re-structure
The Swedish port of Gothenburg is to be radically restructured with the port authority ceding handling operations to three private companies, allowing it to retain landlord and regulatory functions only.
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NewsGreat Yarmouth’s £80m outer harbour opens its doors
Great Yarmouth''s new outer harbour at EastPort UK opened in January, with PSA International, Gleadell Agricultural Ltd, and Stema Shipping (UK) Ltd all confirming long-term commitments to the port.
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Valenciaport enjoys growth
Container traffic in Spain’s Port of Valencia climbed 1.44% in 2009 to 3.7m teu, buoyed by transhipment traffic which accounted for nearly half the port’s throughput.
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Boskalis and Smit tie the knot
The Dutch companies Royal Boskalis Westminster and Smit International have announced they are officially to merge.
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Malmo traffic drop
Copenhagen Malmö Port AB (CMP) saw traffic slump by 17% in 2009, led by declines in ferry traffic and car distribution, where volumes halved.
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NewsThames dredging poised to start
River deepening work on the Thames is scheduled to start this month to allow the world’s largest container ships to call at the UK’s London Gateway.
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Marseilles drop fails to dent optimism
France’s Marseilles Fos was hit by a 13.3% drop in throughput last year to 83m tonnes compared with 96m tonnes in 2008.
