World News – Page 506
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Confusion in Qingdao
Qingdao Port Authority (QPA) has confirmed its decision to award a major expansion contract, Qianwan Phase IV, to a consortium after the same project was apparently awarded to CSX World Terminals by the Qingdao municipal government.
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NewsIndia adds terminal capacity
P& O Ports will not be interested in a new container terminal development at the Indian port of Hazira, which it says is " not a viable site" given adverse tidal and weather conditions. The company reports that it had looked three times at Hazira before rejecting it. To give ...
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ICTSI tipped for Port of Spain
Reports from Trinidad indicate that International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has secured the container handling concession at Port of Spain.
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PSA out-manoeuvred in Shanghai..
Confusion surrounds the $12.07bn development of a new 54-berth deep-water port on Yangshan Island, which will be connected to Shanghai via a new 30km bridge.
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JNPT backtracks on MGT
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has dropped proposals to adopt the Minimum Guaranteed Throughput (MGT) formula as part of bid conditions linked to the construction of the third container terminal.
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NewsICTSI calls for tenders for Gdynia
International Container Services Inc (ICTSI) is to press ahead immediately with the $100m expansion plan for its Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Gdynia. Formal approval for the two-phase plan was ratified at the beginning of October in the wake of sustained traffic advances at the terminal following ICTSI''s takeover in ...
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Board questions new Santos car terminal
The Board of Directors of the port of Santos (CAP) is examining the decision of the port company, Codesp, to permit Santos Brasil S.A. to establish a temporary new vehicles terminal on land allocated to develop the container trade.
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ABP posts 7% increase
Whilst ABP''s UK ports and transport turnover was up 7% to £ 172m in the first half of 2003, operating profit increased just 4% to £ 74m.
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Tanga targets northern trade
Tanzania''s second port of Tanga is targeting exporters in the country''s northern regions of Kilimanjara and Arusha in a concerted drive to expand its hinterland.
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NewsChinese Typhoon
Gavin van Marle reports on the scramble for additional container terminal capacity in China.
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Tarragona eyes EU SSS subsidies
Changes in EU legislation next year have prompted Tarragona Port Authority, BASF, Dow and the Tarraco line to explore ways of using short sea shipping to move chemical products between Tarragon''s adjacent petro-chemical estate and ports in Italy. Subsidies may become available to put more hazchem products on vessels rather ...
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Mombasa audited and re-equipped
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has formed a committee to investigate waterfront operations at Mombasa Container Terminal. The team is expected to recommend an appropriate IT system for the management of water and yard operations at the port.
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News"Mighty Tidy" beats out "Stinky Pinky"
The Buffalo Bayou Partnership with the Port of Houston and the local flood control agency, have commissioned a new trash skimmer vessel named " Mighty Tidy" , designed to remove floating rubbish and debris from the Buffalo Bayou.
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EU OKs investment subsidy to Dutch box terminal
The EU has announced that the investment subsidy obtained by Huisvuilcentrale Noord-Holland (HVC) to build a new river container terminal at Alkmaar in The Netherlands does not breach community regulations.
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NewsHumber habitat safeguarded
An agreement between Associated British Ports (ABP) and UK conservation organisations has helped to safeguard the future of the Humber Estuary as one of Britain''s key habitats for migrating birds.
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NewsBillions for airline security, pennies to ports
Helen Delich Bentley, former Chairwoman of the Federal Maritime Commission, has called on US Congress to reconsider pending legislation that requires private sector terminal owners and the nation''s seaports to absorb nearly all the costs involved in a massive security overhaul of America''s maritime industry.
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Gothenburg gets help on ISPS
Hudson Trident has been appointed by the port of Gothenburg to conduct an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code assessment of the port authority' s facilities.
