Latest News – Page 1149
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NewsEmbattled Hong Kong cuts charges
Having lost its premier position as the world''s leading container terminal to Singapore, Hong Kong now finds its position as China''s number one port also under threat from domestic rivals. As a result, plans have been announced to cut vessel charges by 5.3% to US$7.33 for every 100 tons of ...
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YANGSHAN
According to a local survey, Hong Kong's share of traffic emanating from southern China fell continuously from 1996 to 2003. This decline may well be halted if the reduced charges can persuade some shippers to tranship containers at Hong Kong which would have previously been placed on direct services out ...
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JNPT Port Trust could lose control of box terminal
A recent diagnostic study undertaken on the Indian port of Jawaharlal Nehru has suggested delaying implementation of the proposed fourth container terminal and also taking away from the port trust operational responsibility for the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal. The report also identifies a major bottleneck in container-rail services, which ...
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MOL builds Jacksonville terminal
Mitsui OSK Line (MOL) is to build a US$200m container terminal at Jacksonville, which will open within two years. The 30-year lease agreement was signed in August with the Jacksonville Port Authority.
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NewsSo far so good with US war on congestion
Having learned last year''s hard lessons, America''s ports are successfully avoiding gridlock after investing in both equipment and personnel. More contingency time has been built into schedules, and while ships are still arriving full, they are not having to wait around for a berth. This is in sharp contrast to ...
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CONCESSIONS
The 360,000TEU facility will be built at Dames Point where projected traffic could eventually climbed to 800,000TEUs. The hope is that the new terminal will act as a major gateway for trade between the Southern US and Asia and also between the US and fast-growing Latin American markets.Only a quarter ...
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CALLAO, ICA, PAITA
The 360,000TEU facility will be built at Dames Point where projected traffic could eventually climbed to 800,000TEUs. The hope is that the new terminal will act as a major gateway for trade between the Southern US and Asia and also between the US and fast-growing Latin American markets.The Peruvian Ministry ...
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CSN to expand Sepetiba facility
Brazil''s National steel company, Companhia Siderugica Nacional (CSN), is to spend US$150m on transforming part of its coal terminal at the port of Sepetiba, in Rio de Janeiro, into an export bulk and iron ore terminal.
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NewsKatrina's ill wind
At time of press US Gulf ports were showing signs of getting back to something vaguely resembling normality. New Orleans'' port was just reopening, Gulfport had reopened, Biloxi remained closed as did several others whilst along the coast yet more were operating on restricted draughts. The Mississippi itself had re-opened ...
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Who's Building What?
DALIAN: COSCO Pacific/Dalian Port Container Co/PSA China/APM Terminals: Two berths at Dalian Dayaowan Phase II, quay length 652m, capacity 700,000 TEUs annually.
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NewsHave they gone overboard?
Well on the road to becoming the world''s workshop, a port building frenzy has hit China in recent years. But does it amount to too much, asks Neil Madden .
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NewsCleaner and Greener
The Californians and Scandinavians seem to lead the way when it comes to matters green so Nick Elliott turned to these two regions for the latest thinking.
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What comes next?
Hydrogen can be made from a number of different sources, including natural gas and the splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen (electrolysis). The hydrogen is then liquefied by and delivered to the fuelling site where it is dispensed as a gas into pressurised cylinders.
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NewsPeering inside the box
Bill Mawer of Smiths Detection explains to Alex Hughes how those who need but cannot afford scanning equipment, can be helped out.
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Katrina - The shame of it all
Ben Hackett laments the tardiness of the US Administration and its agencies
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NewsBring back the Big Easy
In the short life of this magazine we have had to report on three major calamities wrought upon us by Mother Nature: Typhoon Maemi flattened Busan''s container terminal; then the Boxing Day tsuname wiped out whole coastlines; and now Hurricane Katrina. Each one an Act of God.
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NewsNew Zealand: Whither ports after mergers?
Merger and acquisition activity has left New Zealand’s main container ports facing months of uncertainty.
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NewsAustralia's growing pains
Growing trade, bigger boxships and politics make for a potent brew Downunder. Kevin Chinnery has been tracking it all from Sydney.
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NewsAustralia prepares worker history screen
Up to 130,000 of Australia''s stevedores, seafarers and long-haul truck drivers are to be screened for criminal history from this October. This is prior to being issued a new identification card that will be mandatory for access to the docks. Government officials have predicted that the vetting will cause some ...
