World News – Page 397
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NewsVan Oord comes home to Rotterdam
Van Oord has signed the contract for the Maasvlakte 2 port expansion project in Rotterdam - which means the company will show off its capabilities at home after land reclamation projects in places like Dubai.
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MTC eyes Mexican terminal
Marine Terminals Corporation, the biggest operator of ports on the US west coast, has declared an interest in bidding for the second container terminal at the Mexican port of Lá zaro Cá rdenas.
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Newsgermany/poland outstanding 1
Polish and German ports are vying for Northern European business but with so much to go around it seems no one will lose out. Stuart Pearcey reports
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germany/poland (second)
The Polish port of Gdynia is to invest about ¢ 170m ($258.6m) between now and 2010 on a series of five enhancement schemes.
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germany/poland (third)
A new liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal is to be built at the Polish port of Ś winoujś cie at a cost of ¢ 350m ($523.4m), and is expected to be commissioned in 2011.
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germany/poland (fourth and final)
A major bottleneck to continued expansion of car handling at Bremerhaven will be removed by 2010 with the completion of a ¢ 223m ($339m) project to upgrade the 110-year-old Kaiserschleuse lock.
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Haifa upgrades to 24-hour working
Haifa Port Company Ltd commenced 24-hour working as from February, effectively doubling the amount of time the terminal is open. The pilot programme is aimed at reducing congestion, with up to 300 containers shifting from daytime to night time handling.
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New cranes for Mombassa
Mombassa Port has issued a tender in respect of seven new gantry cranes.
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Survival fight for Westland
New Zealand''s Port Westland is urgently drafting a new business plan to ensure its viability in light of losing out on the lucrative West Coast Coal Consortium deal.
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NewsIsrael port ranking blow
A World Bank study has found that Israeli facilities lack efficiency compared with those in other countries, ranking them 33 out of 150.
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Paita privatisation 'no'
Local members of Parliament in Peru have called on the government to invest urgently in the port of Paita, which has a key export function. Local authorities have also put together a committee to oppose privatisation of the facility.
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NewsKorean and Chinese ports to cooperate
Busan Port Authority (BPA) in Korea has established cooperative ties through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dafeng Port, located in China''s Jiangsu Province.
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Peruvian privatisation plan unveiled
Peru''s Transport and Communications Minister, Veró nica Zavala, has announced that the ports of Pisco, Pucallpa, Iquitos and Paita will be offered for concessions between July and September this year. The government will provide matching investment in both Pucallpa and Iquitos, she said.
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Weight of heavy investment
APM Terminals has so far invested $136m in expansion and modernisation of the container terminal at the Nigerian port of Apapa.
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NewsCrisis deepens at Genova
Trade unions representing road haulage companies in Genova, Italy, are taking out a class action against PSA International, claiming damages in excess of ¢ 5m ($7.7m) because of the decision to temporarily stop the movement of export containers from Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE).
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PSA turns down Farfán
PSA, which is building the new Panamanian port of Rodman, has written to the government to advise that it will not be bidding in the tender for a second port to be built at Farfá n.
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Savannah touts sustainibility
Georgia Ports Authority has announced that an upgrade to one of its container berths at the Port of Savannah is now complete, with installation of electrified refrigerated cargo racks, and transfer of GPA''s 17 ship-to-shore cranes to electric power.
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NewsCarmel port construction choas
Dredging work on Israel''s Carmel port that was halted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection has not delayed development plans of the port, according to Israel Port Company.
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Noble Denton success
Noble Denton Group, the global offshore and marine consulting firm, has joined an elite group of British businesses to secure a place in this year''s UK Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 list.
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BMT forges ports presence
UK-headquartered marine and energy technology solutions group BMT is stepping up its presence in the ports sector, chief executive Peter French made clear as he unveiled financial results including 3% growth in operating profits in 2007 to £ 4.3m, and a 12% rise in turnover.
