Latest News – Page 692
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NewsSpreader 'add ons' a necessity not a luxury
There is a time and a place for basic spreaders, Pedro Cisternas Fernández, who oversees Valparaíso-based container handling facility, Terminal Pacífico Sur''s gantry crane operations tells Port Strategy.
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NewsPortVision explains new MTMSA guidelines
American maritime technology company, PortVision, has explained that terminal optimisation platforms can help terminal operators meet the expectations recently set by the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF).
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NewsDNV and GL join to form mega-class society
Oslo-based classification society Det Norske Veritas has announced that it has concluded an agreement to merge with another major class society, Germanischer Lloyd. The new entity will be known as DNV GL Group.
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NewsBack to basics
Alex Hughes asks the leading spreader manufacturer whether greater sophistication equals more maintenance
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NewsGAC West African expansion underway
Global shipping and llogistics specialist, the GAC Group, is making headway with its expansion in West Africa – its signed a Global Network Agency (GNA) agreement with Oil and Marine Agencies (OMA) Ltd for support services for all ports in Ghana, Togo and Benin.
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NewsIntercargo worries over MARPOL changes
The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (Intercargo) has expressed its concern over the lack of information and understanding of important changes to MARPOL Annex V for port reception facilities.
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NewsNegotiations continue to avoid US strikes
Following a disagreement over a contract extension, the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) continue negotiations to avoid work stoppage along America''s East Coast.
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NewsIPC focuses on being eco-green
Indonesian port operator, Indonesia Port Corporation II (IPC), has conducted a new programme to clean up the port of Tanjung Priok which includes litter collection and tree planting as part of its ‘Greening and environmental hygiene programme’.
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NewsLetter to the Editor
Dear Editor, as a specialist fender consultant I am non-aligned and provide support to manufacturers and end users of fenders on a variety of topics which I believe benefit and improve the fender industry, also investigations to identify the diverse causes of fender failures when these become an insurance or ...
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Improving fender quality tops the agenda
The fender debate is heating up, as industry experts clash on the quality of products available in today''s port industry.
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Punta Colonet project pulled
The Mexican government has cancelled the tender to build a new container terminal - as well as rail link to the US - at the port of Punta Colonet.
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Haldia Dock re-tender
Kolkata Port Trust is to re-tender berths 2 and 8 at the Haldia Dock Complex just three weeks after ABG Haldia Bulk Terminals abandoned its concession there.
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Valparaiso concession open to all
Competition authorities in Chile have given the go-ahead for incumbent operators in the country''s V region to bid for the concession to operate the new Terminal 2 at the port of Valparaiso.
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State to step in at Manta
Ecuador''s Minister of Transport & Public Works, Maria de los Angeles Duarte, has stressed that the government will fund the $106m Manta deep water port itself, if it has to.
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No end to Portuguese dock strike
Port unions active in Portugal''s central and southern regions have called a new round of partial strikes, which aim to paralyse activity at the ports of Lisbon, Setúbal, Aveiro and Figueira da Foz from December 31 to January 7.
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‘Investment explosion’ for Brazilian ports
Brazil''s President Dilma wants to see "an investment explosion" in the ports sector, where an estimated $26bn of state and private funding is earmarked.
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Guaymas could substitute for Punta Colonet
The Mexican Transport Minister believes that the port of Guaymas could substitute for the abandoned Punta Colonet project as the flagship port development for the current government.
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New Bedford port planned
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center is seeking bids for construction of $100m facility called the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal.
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Ten declare an interest in Cortés
A total of 10 companies have indicated an interest in bidding for the contract for the port of Cortés in Honduras.
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Brazilian ports expensive and slow
Brazil''s National Transport Confederation (CNT) has labelled Brazilian ports as among the slowest and most costly in the world.
