World News – Page 221
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NewsVancouver trucker troubles continue
Port Metro Vancouver officials, Government representatives and unions are at stalemate over talks to end trucker strikes at the port this week.
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NSW unveils 20-year ports strategy
The state of New South Wales has unveiled its first Freight and Ports Strategy, aiming to cater for a near-doubling of freight volumes in 20 years. The strategy document says the growth in the NSW will impact significantly on ports, road and rail networks, intermodal terminals and freight corridors.
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Valencia struggles to retain transhipment
Valencia''s ongoing difficulties over the cost of handling transhipment containers have handicapped its ability to retain business.
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Antaq fines bulk terminals for blocking access ways
Brazil''s National Agency for Waterway Transport (Antaq) has revealed that it has fined seven dry bulk terminals operating in the port of Santos for rule violations.
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NewsStrategic partnerships to build Hong Kong hub
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Trust is working to strengthen Hong Kong’s position as a long-term transhipment hub through strategic partnerships with COSCO Pacific and China Shipping terminal Development Company (CSTD).
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NewsEast Coast draught and capacity issues
Port Strategy has spoken alot lately about the struggles which US East Coast ports are experiencing in the rush to get upgrade works completed to cater for post-Panamax ships when the Panama Canal extension opens in 2015.
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NewsUK boycotts EU wide Port Services Regulation
Momentum appears to be building in the UK over the boycott of the EU wide Port Services Regulation with reassurance being gained from the Secretary of State for Transport that the government will not accept the regulation in its current form.
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NewsFederal funding rejection for Savannah deepening project
America’s Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has been dealt a huge blow this week by the Obama Administration, which has decided not to fund the full deficit in the US$652m Port of Savannah harbour deepening project.
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Political pressure blamed for withdrawal of Israel port bidders
There has been intense speculation in the Israeli press as to why two international pre-qualified companies unexpectedly dropped out of the bidding process to build new ports at both Ashdod and Haifa. Companies with interests in the Arab world, it has been suggested, fear losing existing work in that region.
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NewsUnpaid workers threaten new strike in Chile
Port workers in Chile are once again threatening to go back out on strike, citing the non-payment of agreed bonuses as the reason.
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Magnetic levitation to solve container transport problems in Russia
National Speedways OJSC has presented a project to the Leningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry involving the use of magnetic levitation to move containers.
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NewsRotterdam losing out to unfair subsidies
“Unfair competition” means that Rotterdam could be missing out on 1m teu of additional container traffic every year, claims a report commissioned by the Netherlands’ Ministry of Infrastructure.
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NewsUkrainian ports still going strong
Ukraine’s three largest ports, Odessa, Ilyichevsk and Yuzhny, are all “stable” and “under control”, despite the current unrest in the country, but others are less secure.
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NewsNigerian seaport Bill woes
The Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), says that the continued delay in the passage of the Ports and Harbours Bill might inhibit foreign investment in the port industry.
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NewsAdani to build on Indian East coast
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s largest private port operator, is working to strengthen its position on the country''s East coast with a new container terminal at Ennore Port.
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NewsVancouver moves to block strike disruption
Canada’s Port Metro Vancouver has moved to block strikes over pay and services by members of the United Truckers Association (UCA) after truck drivers from the union Unifor voted to join in industrial action.
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NewsPanama picks up the pace
Work on the new set of locks for the Panama Canal is to “regain a normal pace” after a conceptual agreement was reached by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and contractor Grupo Unidos por el Canal SA (GUPC).
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Fostering cross-Strait relations
One issue shaping the immediate port landscape in New Zealand is the acquisition by North Island container hub port Tauranga of a 50% stake in the South Island regional port Timaru.
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NewsCyprus privatisation bill fails
A Bill to privatise Cyprus’ ports has been thrown out by parliament, leaving the country at risk to further downfall.
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NewsRiding the concessioning wave
Privatisation and acquisition top Australasian port agendas, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre explain
