World News – Page 263
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Suape threatened with $50m fine
Suape Container Terminal has been asked to pay a fine of $50m related to a breach of an established labour agreement.
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APPA to issue 20-year investment plan
Paranaguá and Antonina Port Authority (APPA) is to issue a 20-year port expansion programme in June.
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EIB loans Rotterdam €900m
The European Investment Bank has made total loans of €900m available to the port of Rotterdam, the majority of which will be used to develop the Maasvlakte 2 outer harbour.
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Altamira issues bulk terminal tender
Altamira Port Authority has issued a tender in respect of the construction, fitting out, management and operation of Specialist Dry Bulk Terminal (TEGM).
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Valparaiso box concession could fail again
Asaf Ashar, ports consultant at the University of New Orleans, believes that the new tender proposed for Terminal 2 at the Chilean port of Valparaiso may well fail again.
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Ecuador to formalise port services
The government of Ecuador has introduced new directives that will formalise all services offered by those working within the ports industry.
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Brazil's private operators face tender threat
The Audit Commission of the Brazilian government has asked for four of the country’s private container terminal operators to demonstrate within 90 days that they are handling a balance of their own cargo and that of third parties.
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Auckland enters facilitation phase
Ports of Auckland and the Maritime Union of New Zealand commenced the Employment Relations Authority’s facilitation process in May in a bid to break their nine-month industrial dispute.
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Manta issues port tender
Manta Port Authority in Ecuador has issued a tender for a 25-year concession to not only expand the existing port, but also to operate it.
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NewsBalancing the portfolios
Swings in port ownership throughout southern Europe are changing the face of Mediterranean operations. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsUS gateway for global commerce
Global Terminal & Container Services LLC has revealed plans for a multi-million dollar expansion project to develop a technologically advanced container terminal on the New Jersey waterfront.
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Lining up despite the rivalry
Southeast Asia ports are trying to find answers to help the cargo flow, and at time of writing, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was about to try to meld its 10 nations together into a body a little like the European Union, although the differences between them are ...
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An open door
Intra-Asia ports will find they will have to learn to swallow or choke on a cascade of larger ship sizes coming from the main Europe-Asian trades. But typically, they won''t get much state help.
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NewsICTSI get busy in the Baltic
Its been a busy week for International Container Services (ICTSI) – its subsidiary Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) has taken the plunge and entered into a credit agreement for the modernisation of the Gdynia terminal in Poland.
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A domino waiting to fall
Stevie Knight questions whether how many of the rising Southeast Asian feeder facilities will cope with the influx of traffic inevitably coming
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NewsUK examines investment opportunities
British government agency UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has published its most extensive assessment of market potential in the Asian ports sector to date.
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NewsScandal over misuse of public finance
A recent report issued by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has revealed that millions of pounds of EU public port finance may have been squandered in ineffective port projects.
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NewsJebel Ali set to get rail link
The United Arab Emirates'' 1,200km rail network has secured the support of the region''s dominant operator, DP World.
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NewsFelixstowe Port Users’ raise funds for hospice
Felixstowe Port Users Association has donated the proceeds from its annual charity ball to the St Elizabeth Hospice, in memory of its former vice chairman, John Munnings.
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NewsEast Timor plans tandem port projects
East Timor is planning two new ports to help ease congestion at the capital, Dili, with both the north and south coasts set to benefit from the ambitious development plan.
