Asia – Page 38
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Lining up despite the rivalry
Southeast Asia ports are trying to find answers to help the cargo flow, and at time of writing, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was about to try to meld its 10 nations together into a body a little like the European Union, although the differences between them are ...
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An open door
Intra-Asia ports will find they will have to learn to swallow or choke on a cascade of larger ship sizes coming from the main Europe-Asian trades. But typically, they won''t get much state help.
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A domino waiting to fall
Stevie Knight questions whether how many of the rising Southeast Asian feeder facilities will cope with the influx of traffic inevitably coming
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NewsEast Timor plans tandem port projects
East Timor is planning two new ports to help ease congestion at the capital, Dili, with both the north and south coasts set to benefit from the ambitious development plan.
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ICTSI invests in Karachi terminal
Manila-based International Container Terminal Services Inc subsidiary ICTSI Mauritius has acquired a 35% stake in Karachi’s Pakistan International Container Terminal Ltd.
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ICTSI to acquire additional concessions
Enrique Razon, chairman and chief executive of ICTSI, has announced that the company is seeking to acquire additional port concessions this year, especially in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
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Embracing social responsibility
While public-private partnerships may be the favoured new look for India, the long-hand of government control can still be felt in several areas.
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Thailand powers ahead with port plans
Thailand is moving on with developing its ports and supply chain as it positions itself as the hub of Upper ASEAN, a senior Thai official told Port Strategy.
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NewsCargotec straddles Malaysia
Cargotec has secured a deal to supply four of its Kalmar ESC340W straddle carriers to Malaysian port operator Northport (Malaysia) Bhd.
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Open arms greet private investors
Major ports have undertaken aggressive expansion plans to boost capacity such as dredging and development of new berths using the Public Private Partnership model.
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NewsTowards hub status
South Asia is facing up to the challenge of becoming a serious link in the East-West container trades.
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Chinese investors mull Sri Lankan port city
An investment group based in Beijing, China has proposed the development of an international port city, similar in scope to Singapore, to be built around the Sri Lankan port city of Hambantota.
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Box operators ignore India rate hike directive
Directives issued by India''s Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) to the country''s three leading container terminals to cut rates to shipping lines have been ignored.
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NewsStrategic moves for ICTSI
Baltic Container Services (BCT), International Container Service Inc’s subsidiary in Poland, has inked a new subsidy agreement with the Center of European Union Transport Projects for part of the investment needed for the terminal expansion project at Gdynia Port.
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Urgent Indonesian port growth needed
Indonesia must quickly expand and modernise its ports to keep up with a recent trade boom, the country’s trade minister has said.
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NewsThailand sports new ports strategy
Thailand has altered its port strategy to put emphasis on its own hubs in a change that represents a large shift in transportation thinking.
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Not much comfort from a trading niche
Indian Ocean energy has a ready market and Indonesian entrepreneurs, for example, might be looking to take a leaf out of India’s copybook.
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Holding the key
There are Indonesian rewards to be reaped by patient investors, as Stevie Knight explains
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Japan puts annus horribilis behind it
2011 was a year to forget for Japan and its ports. On March 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake launched a tsunami which engulfed much of the country''s coastal northeast and caused the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl in 1986.
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Hong Kong and its neighbourly rivals
Hong Kong has been one of Asia''s leading ports for generations and remains one of the top three container ports in the world.
