World News – Page 384
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Growth for Lagos
APM has more than doubled the quayside capacity of its Apapa Container Terminal, the largest container facility in Nigeria, with the installation of four more gantry cranes.
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Logs take care of empties
Continuing high bulk vessel charter rates are seeing New Zealand forestry product exporters increasingly investigating containerising their consignments.
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Spanish port for Dubai link
Tarragona, near Barcelona, is to be the first of DP World''s Spanish ports. DP World has acquired a 60% shareholding in Contarsa Sociedad de Estiba which holds the exclusive concession for the container terminal.
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Post-panamax at Helsinki
Finland''s newest container facility, Vuosaari Port in Helsinki, will soon be able to hande post-panamax ships carrying up to 18 containers abreast with recently delivered Kalmar ship-to-shore cranes.
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ENAPU needs private sector cash
Peru''s National Ports Authority (Enapu) has come under fire for its decision to court private sector finance for the upgrading of Quay 5 at the Port of Callao.
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Peruvian port progress
Peru is undergoing a spate of new ports building as its trade with the rest of the world mushrooms.
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NewsPort outlet mooted for land-locked Bolivians
Evo Morales, President of Bolivia and his opposite number, Michelle Bachelet of Chile have opened the door to the construction of a Bolivian port on the Chilean coast, according to local sources.
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NewsStealth tax threat to US west coast ports
A controversial revenue-generating port bill appears to be on the home stretch in the California legislative process, lacking only the final seal from state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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NewsMega-coal port on drawing board down-under
Australia is considering plans to construct a new 100m tonnes coal export terminal, its first in 25 years.
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NewsAuckland's energy audit
An inventory audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers of the Port of Auckland''s total greenhouse gas emissions has provided a solid foundation for further work by the company to manage its carbon footprint.
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Salalah splashes out on equipment
Oman''s Port of Salalah is to invest $112m on supplying new handling equipment for recently commissioned berths, which will boost capacity from 4.5m teu to 6m teu.
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Dredging dearth undermines Brazilian harvest
The legislative assembly of the Brazilian state of Paraná has been told that if dredging work on the access channel at the Port of Paranagua is not completed rapidly, it will seriously prejudice the state''s ability to export both this year''s and next year''s harvests.
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Nelson noise bill
A new Nelson City Council ruling is expected to force Port Nelson to offer to buy outright or install acoustic insulation to a maximum of about 50% of the value of 11 nearby houses and face additional financial commitments at up to 256 other properties.
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Budget nod for Queensland ports
Queensland ports bodies will get A$798.4m (US$769m) in the 2008/09 state transport budget.
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Farfán back in the courts
The proposed new Panamanian Port of Farfán is once again the subject of a new legal challenge.
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Saudi traffic up
Overall, in the first quarter, ports in Saudi Arabia handled a combined 36.1m tonnes, 9.94% up on the previous year.
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Ennore compiles shortlist
Ennore Port Trust is to put together a shortlist of six bidders from the 22 that originally made offers for the concession to build the $305m 1.5m teu container terminal at the Port.
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June Oz News Snippets from Dave Mac
The Western Australian Government has approved A$194.1m (US$187m) for capital works in Fremantle. This includes deepening the Inner Harbour and approach channels, and strengthening the North Quay berths. The aim is to cater for container vessels with a draught of 14 metres.
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Kalmar tractors for St Petersburg
The Russian National Container Company has ordered 19 TR618i (Icon series) tractors from Kalmar for two terminals in St Petersburg. The units are scheduled to be delivered by September 2008.
