Latest News – Page 317
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NewsQUEBEC GOES DEEP TO TARGET US MIDWEST TRAFFIC
Quebec Port Authority (QPA) plans to enter the container port business. It has Hutchison Ports and Canadian Railway on board already, but is it viable, asks AJ Keyes.
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NewsTHE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING IN HALIFAX
A new president and CEO, global terminal operator involvement and growing competition shows that 2019 is proving to be an eventful year for the Port of Halifax, as AJ Keyes discovers.
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NewsGREAT EXPECTATIONS - THE ROBERTS BANK CHRONICLES
Roberts Bank2 remains Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s preferred option to add capacity. AJ Keyes assesses the latest position and looks at recent developments at the port.
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NewsInnovation platform fuels collaboration
A new partnership will see the development of a worldwide sustainability-focused innovation platform, where ports can engage in pilots and partnerships with start-ups and scale-ups.
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NewsUS$520m Egypt expansion project
A port operator marking its 10th anniversary is getting closer to completing a US$520m expansion project in Egypt.
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NewsHull cleaning reach grows
A sustainable robotic hull cleaning company has been given the green light to start offering hull cleaning services to vessels at all Dutch ports including Rotterdam.
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NewsInnovation platform fuels collaboration
A new partnership will see the development of a worldwide sustainability-focused innovation platform, where ports can engage in pilots and partnerships with start-ups and scale-ups.
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NewsUK port begins GB£4.3m ro-ro project
A major UK port has begun a new phase of planned investment to maximise quayside space and ensure the world’s largest ships can continue to call there.
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NewsPorts feel effects of Chile strikes
Port operations in Chile have been disrupted after dockworkers took part in protest strikes in the country.
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NewsPorts sign sustainability MoU
Two environmentally forward-thinking ports have signed a five-year MoU to collaborate on sustainability and environmental issues.
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NewsTIME TO WEAR SHADES IN CALLAO – THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT
Rob Ward gives the port of Callao, Peru a health check and discovers that volumes are growing in 2019 and that the future looks bright.
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NewsThe real culprit in Miami
COMMENT: Attention-grabbing media coverage, which accused the Port of Miami’s dredging project of causing mass coral death, may not be entirely accurate after all, writes Stevie Knight.
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NewsFirst Ecoports PERS award for Caribbean port
A Caribbean-located port has achieved Ecoports’ Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certificate for the first time.
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NewsCanadian shore power system is proven
A new shore power system at a Canadian container terminal has been successfully utilised for the first time to help improve air quality and reduce noise.
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NewsPhilippines port proposal underway
A port development proposal has been accepted as complete by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), which will now begin to evaluate its legal, financial and technical merits.
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NewsTax probe begins
An in-depth investigation will assess whether tax exemptions for ports in an EU country are lawful and impact fair competition.
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INTRA-PORT COMPETITION IN BUENOS AIRES
COMMENT: One of the best-known cases of port reform aimed to create intra-port competition is that of Buenos Aires, the largest port of Argentina, writes Peter de Langen.
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NO NEED FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF “WeWork” CULTURE
COMMENT: It is interesting to see the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) voicing a pitch for a larger slice of Trans-European (Ten-T) funding and particularly on the basis of assisting ports that have projects with an ROI which is “low and slow", writes Mike Mundy.
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Brexit: changing the logistics landscape
COMMENT: As PS goes to press us citizens of the UK await the end of the latest chapter in the saga of Brexit, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsSustainability top priority for US port
Sustainability is a top priority in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s proposed US$3.4bn 2020 operating expense budget.
