World News – Page 438
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Colombian/Venezuelan ports link floated
The National Highways Institute of Colombia (Invías) has been given the go-ahead to implement a $103m highway and port project,which aims to link Pacific coast ports to Venezuela''s Atlantic coast. The project encompasses improving the navigability of river access and also building new roads.
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Bromma boosts South America business
The main access will be between Buenaventura and Puerto Lopez on the Meta River, from where there will be improved access to Puerto Ordaz in Venezuela. "We are delighted with the many successful partnerships we continue to develop with container terminals in Latin America, Mexico, and the Caribbean" said Lars ...
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Ecuadorians fear competition from outsiders
Small port terminal operators in Ecuador are somewhat worried by the emergence of major port development projects, such as Manta and Posorja.
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US PURCHASE FOR KALMAR
Kalmar has acquired American service company Port Equipment Service to "strengthen its position in US ports".The deal, sealed at an undisclosed sum, will see the founders of PES, Dan Stevens and Tom McDonough, continuing to run the existing intermodal and port service business,while the entire Port Equipment Service operation will ...
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Scanning partnership to improve security
Container radiation scanning specialist VeriTainer and shipping optical character recognition developer APS Technology have teamed up to offer high-tech box identification at ports.
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NewsLibra moots Santos investment increase
The Libra Group, Brazil''s leading port container operator, is looking to invest $12m in Terminal 37 at the port of Santos, which would also involve the acquisition of two quayside gantry cranes, each of which would cost $6m. In 2006, Libra ploughed $23m into the terminal in the form of ...
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Port wants to keep short sea discounts
Santos Port Authority (Codesp) has asked the Port Authority Council (CAP) to be allowed to keep offering 50% discounts for transhipment and cabotage traffic in the port for at least a further six months.
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Seven chase Brisbane concession
A total of seven applications have been received from terminal operators eager to occupy new terminal space at Brisbane''s expanding port, Fisherman Islands.
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DPW FINDS AUSTRALIAN PARTNER
DP World is to partner Kaplan Equity in bidding for various port projects in Australia.This will be done through its two subsidiaries P& O Automotive & General Stevedoring and P& O Trans Australia. Kaplan Equity will take financial stakes in both these companies, with DP World retaining 25% of the ...
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NAPIER REVISES EXPANSION PLANS
Port of Napier has responded to local resident opposition and lessened the environmental impact of a development plan. Stage one of the expansion, which should begin next year, will entail replacing its current "finger piers" with a multipurpose berth capable of servicing two container vessels simultaneously.
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NEWCASTLE PRODUCER REVOLT
Coal producers are demanding a reintroduction of a rationing system at Newcastle Port to combat continued congestion. The queue of ships waiting to berth at Australia''s largest coal export port has stayed stubbornly around 50. According to local press reports, large miners like Coal & Allied and Xstrata, have lobbied ...
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Sydneysiders back retention of working port
A strong public support base is forming to campaign to keep Sydney''s Port Jackson as a working harbour.
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Tauranga ups ante in merger talks
Port of Tauranga chairperson John Parker has cast doubt over the proposed merger with Ports of Auckland, following a comment the two ports will this month need to discuss "whether or not, and how" the merger progresses.
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NewsCustoms extends x-raying hours
Increasing demand has seen the New Zealand Customs Service expand its sea container x-raying service at Ports of Auckland from a five-day to a six-day-aweek operation.
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Taiwan has opened Qingdao terminal
Taiwan-based shipping line, Evergreen, has inaugurated a new $300m container terminal at the Chinese port of Qingdao. It will provide logistics support to vessels linking China, South Korea and Japan.
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ICTSI swoops on Shandong terminal
Global port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has bolstered its Asian port holdings with a majority share in a Chinese operator.
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China's bright star still shining
"China''s port industry shows a promising future", a recent report from Research in China has found. The study estimates that China''s port handling capacity will increase by 80% or more from 2006 to 2010 and by 2010 the annual handling capacity of Chinese ports will top 6bn tonnes. Container handing ...
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Klang and Incheon pool resources
Port Klang and Incheon Port have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve trade, traffic and services between the two ports. Last year, Port Klang handled 22,000 teu from Incheon Port, a rise of 37.5% from 16,000 teu in 2005. Total throughput from South Korea was 142,000 teu in ...
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NewsOOIL terminal division sale awaits official seal
Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas (International) Ltd (OOIL) deal to sell its terminal division to Canada''s Ontario Teachers'' Pension Plan for $2.35m is awaiting approval from shareholders and competition authorities.
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WEST BENGAL FEASIBILITY
The tender for a feasibility study for a deep-water port in West Bengal has attracted bids from consultancy firms in the US, Europe and China. In addition to drawing up the report, the winning bidder will have to maintain an association with the project until it is fully implemented.
