World News – Page 393
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Farfán tender withdrawn
The Panama Maritime Authority has voided the tender issued in respect of the new $500m Farfá n mega-port on its Pacific coast. The project will now be taken forward by a consortium consisting of Cosco Pacific and MTC Holdings following direct negotiations with the Panama government.
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PSA's $60m for Kandla
PSA will issue preference shares to raise $60m to invest in ABG Kandla Container Terminal Ltd. These will be convertible into equity shares after October 2011, but will not exceed 49% of paid-up equity share capital.
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NewsTangier terminal is on the rise
APM Terminals Tangier is ramping-up operations at the new container port and transhipment hub at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea.
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NewsContainer terminal meets the mark
Classification society Germanischer Lloyd''s award of its first Container Terminal Quality Indicator (CTQI) standard is an important step towards meeting the challenge of comparing global box terminals.
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NewsLondon Gateway clears final hurdle
DP World''s monster London Gateway port project has received the final seal of approval from the UK Government, making its dream of creating the country''s most advanced container port a reality.
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NewsLiverpool crane crashing marks a sign of the times
Dramatic photos taken as the Port of Liverpool disposed of two redundant quayside cranes mark striking images of port progression in the 21st Century.
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NewsRostima update
Workforce management specialist Rostima is gearing up for two large scale roll-outs of its products in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.
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NewsAnother boxport slated for the Malacca Strait
Karimun in Riau Islands province, Indonesia, will commence construction of a container terminal this year in a bid to promote its status as a special economic zone.
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Transit port for landlocked Laos to be built in central Vietnam
A transit port reserved for Laos commodities will be built this year at the Vung Ang Port in the central Vietnamese province of Ha Tinh.
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ASEAN defined
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional community of ten nations in Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) that aims to accelerate economic growth and social progress.
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New Luanda harbour
Work is to start at Dande Bay this year on construction of a new harbour to serve the Angolan capital of Luanda. This will have double the capacity of Luanda''s existing port, offering 32 berths.
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NewsGrowing as a region
Trade within the continent will spur growth at southeast Asia''s terminals in the coming years, suggests Wing Kah-goh from Singapore
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NewsISPS code doubts at Paranaguá
Questions are being raised as to whether the Brazilian port of Paranaguá is abiding by security measures contained within the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code.
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Hauliers fined in Barcelona
Road haulage organisations Transcont and ALTC have been issued with fines of ¢ 7.3m ($11.6m) and ¢ 7.6m ($12.1m) respectively by Spain''s competition authority for restrictive practices involving operations in the container terminals at the port of Barcelona.
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France to privatise ports
Seven of France''s nine public ports - Bordeaux, Dunkirk, La Rochelle, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes-Saint-Nazaire and Rouen - are to be privatised, with investment made available by the state to boost throughput from 3.6m teu/year to 10m teu/year by 2015.
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Sjursøya Phase Two delayed till 2014
Completion of phase two of the Port of Oslo''s container terminal at Sjursø ya has been put on hold and is unlikely to open before 2014.
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NewsMarval and MSC end cooperation
Marí tima Valenciana and MSC have ended the management contract that the former has at the latter''s home terminal in the port of Valencia.
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Productivity Award for APM Cranes
APM Terminal''s Zeebrugge has been awarded a Crane Productivity Award by APL for its handling of the New World Alliance weekly South China Express (SCX) service.
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Singapore broadband
Infocomm Development Authority, QMax Communications and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore have introduced the world''s first wireless broadband network for ships in port. Known as Wiseport, it is based on the Mobile WiMAX wireless broadband network.
