World News – Page 410
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NewsTWIC rolls out
The Transport Workers ID programme (TWIC) is one of the latest in a series of security measures being absorbed by US ports. Being rolled out in phases around the country, it is designed to protect secured areas by requiring all unescorted personnel to have been pre-screened and deemed not a ...
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NewsStockton
The Port of Stockton, which handled 3.23m tonnes of imports and 528,238 tonnes of exports last year, continues to pursue governmental and environmental permissions for a project to dredge to 35 feet the seven berths at its West Complex facility, formerly the US naval facility on Rough & Ready Island.
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Record month for Portland
September was a record month for the port of Portland, with 1.28m tonnes of cargo moving in and out of its terminals. Much of this was dry bulks - 960,000 tonnes, divided between grain, potash and soda ash.
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Nigerian dockworkers take on Maersk
Dockworkers belonging to the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria have commenced industrial action in protest over claimed anti-labour practices implemented by private-sector terminal operators.
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NewsHPH denies Auckland approach
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) did not recently make a formal bid for a stake in Ports of Auckland, Auckland Regional Holdings (ARH) chairperson Judith Bassett has said.
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NewsEl Salvador port concession programme
Hugo Barrera, president of El Salvador''s national ports authority, CEPA, has told Port Strategy that, of the 14 parties to show an interest in the country''s ports privatisation programme, 85% favour a Master Concession. Signficantly, any concession could also include the national rail network.
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HPH loses out in Panama
Panama''s Supreme Court has rejected the legal challenge made by Panama Ports Company (PPC), part of the HPH group, aimed at preventing construction of a new mega-port at Farfá n.
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NewsABP opens agribulk terminal
A new £ 3.26m dockside UK agribulk terminal not only enhances access to European markets, but could also be a key element in future expansion in bio-fuel, according to the people who''ll be operating it.
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New mega-port for São Paulo state
A $3bn project to build a mega-port between the coastal cities of Peruí be and Itanhaé m in Brazil''s Sã o Paulo State has been put forward by entrepreneur Eike Batista, who controls the MMX mining company.
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NewsIndustrial unrest at Russian ports
Dock workers at the Russian ports of Tuapse and St Petersburg are threatening to go on strike in November it they are not paid more money.
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Tracking system monitors shipping
The Port of Amsterdam went live with a new port management system during September.
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NewsSpace: the final frontier
Benelux ports are moving at top speed to take advantage of burgeoning world trade. Stuart Pearcey reports
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Private sector welcome in Nicaragua
A new National Ports Law that will allow private sector operators to undertake management of domestic maritime terminals is planned to be introduced in Nicaragua by the end of the first quarter of 2008.
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NewsScarcity of traffic at Busan new port
Busan new port, which will be completed by 2015 at a cost of $9.2bn, is currently struggling to attract sufficient traffic to make a return on investment. The facility, which will eventually have 30 berths, is supposed to establish South Korea as a logistics centre in Asia.
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PrimePort flies regional port flags
PrimePort Timaru chairperson Sid McAuley has said regional ports need increased weighting in Government decisions on New Zealand''s shipping future.
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Yang Ming in Kaoshiung
Kao Ming Container Terminal Corporation has been awarded a 50-year BOT contract to operate the initial phase of the International Container Terminal at the Port of Kaohsiung, the port''s sixth container terminal. Investment of $458m is planned for what will be a four-berth facility.
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Chinese port work up and running
Work has begun on the new SP-PSA International Port joint-venture container terminal located on the Cai Mep-Thi Vai River in Vietnam. Development will be in two phases, with the first operational in 2009 and eventual capacity will be 2m teu.
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Qianwan development on the way
Work on the fourth phase of the Qingdao Qianwan container terminal development has begun.
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NewsLegislation clears Melbourne for dredging
The Victorian Government has moved to clear a legislative path for dredging to begin in the Port of Melbourne.
