World News – Page 471
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NewsNew Zealand: Whither ports after mergers?
Merger and acquisition activity has left New Zealand’s main container ports facing months of uncertainty.
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NewsAustralia's growing pains
Growing trade, bigger boxships and politics make for a potent brew Downunder. Kevin Chinnery has been tracking it all from Sydney.
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NewsAustralia prepares worker history screen
Up to 130,000 of Australia''s stevedores, seafarers and long-haul truck drivers are to be screened for criminal history from this October. This is prior to being issued a new identification card that will be mandatory for access to the docks. Government officials have predicted that the vetting will cause some ...
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NewsQuality code welcomed
The proposed open industry standard, the 360 Quality Code, recently put forward by reefer carriers LauritzenCool, Seatrade and NYK Reefer, is wholly supported by Simon Bird and the port of Bristol. While he acknowledges this will inevitably add some degree of cost both to the port and to the shipping ...
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NewsABP warns children
The aim is to bring all the agencies in the port and others together to recognise and mitigate risks, and for new types of risk, to nominate a lead agency responsible for security.UK port group, ABP, has launched a summer safety-awareness campaign to warn children of the dangers they face ...
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NewsThomas E. Falknor 24 March 1944 - 10 August 2005
Ask Thomas ''To m '' Falknor a serious question and in all probability you would receive a playful answer. Humour was one of his strong points as was his humanity, ability to command respect and astute business brain which he deployed to such good effect in the international world of ...
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Trade not aid
This year Africa has hardly been out of the spotlight with the G8 summit in Scotland, Live 8 concerts around the world and the UK''s Commission for Africa, all focusing on solving the continent''s difficulties. Whilst the results on debt relief and the potential reduction of trade barriers have been ...
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NewsPrivatisation proceeds apace
Steve Cameron reports on terminals, transport and trade. And you can''t have the first two if you don''t sort out the latter.
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NewsThe Solution Provider
Byron Hock is director of Trade Development for the Georgia Ports Authority. In speaking with him Nick Elliott discovers what makes for a successful marketing strategy.
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Getting the basics right
You can''t have a successful marketing strategy if your core product isn''t right. As a quasistate agency, the GPA is one of the state''s largest public employers, directly employing more than 900 people. However, the GPA, together with private sector, port-related operations, account for more than 295,000 jobs state-wide, some ...
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Congestion: this will get you home at least
The UK''s Freight Transport Association together with six other maritime and logistics associations, have published a Best Practice Guide which describes how each party involved in the movement of goods could help reduce the problem of port congestion.
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UK PORTS' STRONG FIRST HALF BUT . . .
Associated British Ports and Forth Ports both report buoyant performance for the first half of this year, bolstered by property sales and cargo volume growth.
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NewsDeurganckdock opens - finally
After a decade of hopes and plans, Antwerp has officially opened the Deurganckdock, intending to relieve northwest European port congestion. The dock adds 1.4m TEUs of capacity to the market, and Antwerp''s capacity is expected to eventually double.
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NewsPSA moves on Mersin
The E470m Vuosaari Harbour project will sweep up cargo operations from the existing city centre North and West Harbours, which are constrained by the surrounding city.PSA International, together with construction company Turkish Afken, has lodged a US$755m bid to operate the port of Mersin under a 36 year concession.
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LA CORUNA GETS ITS OUTER HARBOUR
The Spanish cabinet has reserved 708ha of land for the construction of the Outer Harbour at La Coruna. Work will consist of the construction of a dyke 3.36km long and a contra-dyke 579 metres long. Within this protected area, transversal quay 921 metres in length will be built, alongside which ...
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NewsLondon Gateway almost there
P& O''s £ 1.5bn plans for a new terminal near London have at last been given a tentative thumbs-up by the government, provoking a predictable scramble for attention among other port development promoters. The plans intend to alleviate Britain''s chronic container capacity headache, and to eventually create 16,500 jobs.
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C'EST CERES CERES
P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development is planned out for the next decade and beyond. Another £700m is earmarked for the adjacent business park, ...
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Tangier-Med not a threat - we hope
P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development is planned out for the next decade and beyond. Another £700m is earmarked for the adjacent business park, ...
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CONTAINER MILLIONAIRES HAVE CLOSE RACE
The UK may be top of the Rotterdam container customer throughput league table, but China is snapping at its heels.
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EUROGATE EXPANSION IS GO
P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development is planned out for the next decade and beyond. Another £700m is earmarked for the adjacent business park, ...
