Latest News – Page 902
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NewsBreakwater construction sees by sonar
Punta Langosteira in Coruña has employed CodaOctopus'' Echoscope sonar technology to aid construction of a protective 3,360m long breakwater to improve port operations.
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Web-based management tool
PortVision has announced the world’s first web-based service platform that integrates vessel tracking, management and analysis in a single dashboard.
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WWL cuts greenhouse emissions
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) managed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 32% last year.
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NewsManila’s challenge to shipping lines
Manila’s North Harbour Port Inc (MNHPI) has spoken out at charges that its fees will hit consumers by challenging the shipping lines to bring down both cargo and passenger rates following its own 10% reduction in tariffs.
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NewsOil spill update from US
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill might well disrupt a number of ports operations. US press secretary Robert Gibbs and other officials briefed the media with an update, saying that “the area of the spill could soon be in a very large shipping channel.”
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NewsForth Ports holds off Northstream again
The third takeover proposal for Forth Ports has been unanimously rejected on the basis that it was too low. Worth around an estimated £640 million (US$973m) the bid, like the previous two, came from the Northstream consortium.
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NewsUK election promises for ports and shipping industry
In the run up to the election, Julian Brazier, the Conservative shadow minister for Aviation and Shipping was quizzed about the Tory stance toward the backdated rates fiasco.
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Mexico needs better ports legislation
Legal action and an inadequate legal framework may well have been the catalyst for a $2bn loss in the Mexican port sector on the back of the cancellations of several major projects.
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NewsA watery rebirth
As I write this column, the UK is just emerging from yet another day of airspace troubles; the result of Iceland’s hard-to-pronounce volcano slewing thousands of tonnes of ash into the skies.
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NewsEnvironmental insurance on the cards
Marsh has been exploring the use of environmental insurance to manage potential pollution liabilities associated with ports and terminal operations.
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Auckland advances online offering
Ports of Auckland has expanded its customer offering by combining its suite of information and cargo management systems into one online product.
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NewsK Line wins Green Flag for fifth year
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has been recognised through the port of Long Beach’s Green Flag award for the fifth consecutive year.
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Check the small print
In these less frenetic times, everyone from customers to customs has more to time to read the small print.
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NewsNew axle extends tyre life
An axle for heavy-duty empty container handlers has been introduced by AxleTech. The axle incorporates wheel-end technology that can reduce tyre wear by as much as 60%.
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Antaq to rule on third party traffic
Controversy continues in Brazil regarding privately-owned terminals handling third-party traffic.
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Two bid for Genova MP terminal
Two consortia have bid to operate the multipurpose terminal at the Italian port of Genova. These are headed by Messina/Gavio and Grendi, Spinelli and Pastorino, with the former having been assessed as the high scoring candidate.
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Sochi to have eight new terminals
A $32m contract is to be offered by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise RosMorPort for the development of technical documents and construction of eight terminals at Sochi seaport. Three of these will be brand new and the other five rebuilt terminals, with work to be completed by the first quarter ...
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NewsClaims camouflage
As trade volumes have fallen and times have become less frenetic, port insurance claims have slowed, reports Felicity Landon
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Itapoá Terminal gets SPARCS system
Itapoá Terminais Portuários, a port located in Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil, will implement the NavisTM SPARCS N4 system from Zebra Enterprise Solutions with plans to go live by 2011. The software integrates gate-to–yard-to-vessel operations.
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Portland adds bank to secure debt
The Australian port of Portland has brought another bank into its funding portfolio as part of its moves to refinance its senior secured debt facility. The port had an existing relationship with National Australia Bank but has now added ANZ Banking Group to the equation.
