World News – Page 459
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NewsWildlife habitat preserved in Tacoma
Expansion of facilities at Tacoma may be creating thousands of jobs, but it is also benefiting wildlife.
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NewsEverglades eco plans
Balancing economic growth with ecological concerns is never easy - this is the challenge discussed by Broward County Port Everglades Department staff, approximately 60 Broward County residents and environmental experts, looking to generate ideas about how the South Florida port can further its environmental stewardship. Participants in the Environmental Workshop ...
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NewsOperator sought for Cape Fear River
North Carolina State Ports Authority is seeking one or possibly two companies interested in building a new container terminal on Cape Fear River in Brunswick County.
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No shortage of interest in P&O
Following the political outcry in Washington over P& O''s change of ownership to Dubai''s DP World, both trade and private equity buyers have already expressed interest in P& O''s US port assets that are once more up for grabs. Some industry sources put the likely value of the company at ...
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NewsThe greening of Long Beach
Long Beach is to see changes for the better in an environmental sense in the years to come.
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SMART TAGS FOR MANZANILLO
The Port of Long Beach 2006-2016 Strategic Plan has been unveiled, focusing on Environmental Stewardship as well as six other key areas.Manzanillo Port Authority in Mexico is to implement a programme that will reduce the time it takes to locate a container in any part of the terminal. The aim ...
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Suape seeks alternative investment
Suape is seeking alternative investment sources over and above those allocated to it by the government which are often difficult to access.
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SECURITY CONCERNS REJECTED
The US Coast Guard has rejected a claim by politicians that it had raised " concerns" about DP World''s potential support for terrorism.
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LA/LONG BEACH
Long Beach and Los Angeles are working together to reduce congestion. The two giants have finally settled a squabble that threatened to undermine an innovative plan to speed up cargo moving through the two gateways. The free time allowed for containers has been reduced from five to four days. The ...
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NewsPort bid advisor appointed
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has appointed independent advisor Crighton Anderson Corporate Finance to evaluate the bid of Christchurch City Holdings (CCH) to acquire the 31% shareholding it does not own. The LPC board is awaiting that report before making a recommendation on the US$1.34 per share bid, but industry ...
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NEW CRANES AT TWO PORTS
Port Otago is predicting a 15-20% improvement in vessel-handling productivity from its recently-arrived ZPMC ship-to-shore crane.
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NewsCapacity tsunami
The issue of adding new UK box port capacity is becoming more complex and the industry itself has contributed to this process. Has it shot itself in the foot or is it about to?
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NewsOn the investor radar
Prompted by rising container volumes and better conditions for inward investment the Ukraine is now the focus of growing interest on the part of international terminal operators and shipping lines, as Konstantin Ilnitskiy reports.
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NewsLow Countries aim high
The ports of Holland and Belgium, together with their watery hinterlands, have long served as breeding grounds for innovation within the cargo handling and port construction sectors. Nick Elliott offers a sampling.
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2015 Mediterranean box traffic to reach 91.6m TEU
According to Ocean Shipping Consultants (OSC), container throughput in southern Europe and the Mediterranean will increase somewhere between 35% and 48% by 2015. This would mean terminals in the area needing capacity of between 78.2m and 91.6m TEUs. In the shorter term, traffic is predicted to rise by between 62% ...
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RMS acquires Freshney
Port operator RMS Europe Group has strengthened its position on the Humber following the acquisition of Freshney Cargo Services.
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PIRAEUS
RMS will now have operations in five ports on the Humber and will be able to provide services to clients through handling larger ships with cargoes of up to 30,000 tonnes.COSCO Hellas has expressed interest in taking a stake in Piraeus' container port. A potential deal was discussed during the ...
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NewsCaledonian Canal
It is hoped a recent trial along the Caledonian Canal will open up a new freight logistics gateway for the Scottish Highlands. The trial was undertaken by the ship''s owner in conjunction with the Scottish Executive and British Waterways (Scotland) and demonstrated in a that with technical modifications commercial ship ...
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NewsAPM to boost Algeciras box lifting capability?
APM Terminals is to spend € 48m this year on new equipment for its Algeciras container terminal. The Argentinean manufacturer IMPSA will supply three super post-Panamax gantry cranes for delivery in July, while ZPMC is scheduled to deliver a further two in 2007 as part of an order totalling € ...
