Latest News – Page 132
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NewsNAMPORT PPPs
Andrew Kanime, CEO, Namibian Ports Authority (Namport), reports that PPP initiatives in development or under consideration include: the development of a common user manganese export terminal at the port of Luderitz and green hydrogen production and export from both the port of Luderitz and North Port. In late 2021 Namport ...
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NewsPATENGA POSITIVES BUT…
Operator selection for the soon to open Patenga Container Terminal may benefit from a more empirical approach drawing on best practice. Mike Mundy reports
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NewsPERU LINES UP MAJOR PORT INVESTMENTS FOR 2022
Public and private sector port investment in Peru in 2022 is expected to come in at just under the two billion US dollar mark.
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DPW-P&O FERRIES: WHAT CODE OF ETHICS?
DP World, owner of P&O Ferries, has gone to the trouble of publishing an eight-page document on its Code of Ethics, the openings words of which state: “DP World’s intention is to create a culture of honesty and openness…”
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STS10 SANTOS GETS GOING BUT WITH SOME CONTROVERSY
The planned concession of the new so-called STS10 container terminal in the port of Santos, Brazil is running into stormy waters.
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NewsTHE COLD WAR IS BACK, A NEW NORMAL LOOMS
Congestion and supply chain problems continue to be with us and now the Ukraine war has caused a thick fog over our industry.
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POLITICAL PRESSURES SET TO CHANGE TRADE HORIZONS
All of a sudden (or at least so it seems) gone is the conviction that free trade is a ‘win-win’ solution that will make all countries (and their people) better-off.
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NewsNO TO REGULATION BUT YES TO DATA COORDINATION INITIATIVE FROM FMC
By the time that this column appears, the situation in Ukraine could have stabilised, or gotten much worse; it’s impossible to forecast.
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Negatives and positives
I make no apology for returning to the starting point of my last Viewpoint – Ukraine.
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NewsFIGHTING TO SURVIVE
Oleksandr Gavrylyuk, Port Strategy’s Ukraine based correspondent, provides a human perspective of life in the face of Russian aggression
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NewsFLSMIDTH WINS GLADSTONE CONTRACT
Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has selected FLSmidth to build its new shiploader 1.
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NewsDOUALA TARGETS INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
The Container Terminal Management of the Port of Douala (RTC) is targeting increased operational productivity with the arrival of fi ve new reach stackers and an empty container handler from Konecranes.
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DB Jumbo Trial
DB Cargo UK is trialling the use of ‘combi-consists’ to increase capacity, improve customer service and improve its efficiency.
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Brazil’s Wind
Shell has confirmed that it has applied for environmental licenses from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) to develop off shore wind farms along the coast of Brazil.
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New PSA Halifax Cranes
PSA Halifax LP has confi rmed an order for two additional Super Post Panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes.
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NewsFRUIT: ON FERTILE GROUND
Brazilian gateway ports for fruit are capturing greater cargo volumes. Rob Ward assesses their performance and plans to facilitate further growth
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NewsSAN DIEGO ORDERS ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND MOBILE HARBOUR CRANES
The US West Coast port of San Diego is adding new electric vehicles (EVs) to its fleet as it takes its first steps to converting to a zero emissions facility
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NewsSSA PLANS MANZANILLO CRANE INVESTMENT
SSA Mexico is to order two Super Post Panamax ship-to-shore gantries and six rubber-tyred-gantry (RTG) units for its Terminal Especializada de Contenedores (TEC1) in Manzanillo, Mexico.
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Inland Shipping Battery Test
The Port of Rotterdam has been testing a battery system in the centre of Rotterdam for the inland shipping sector to trial the use of shore-based power.
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Electric Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma’s South Intermodal Yard (SIM) has received six new electric cargo trucks.
