World News – Page 165
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NewsMSC Valencia box terminal upgrade
The MSC terminal on Muelle Transversal de Costa in the Spanish Mediterranean Port of Valencia is to be upgraded to enable it to receive the largest vessels afloat. Work is to take place over a seven-month period at a cost of €5.748m.
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NewsVigo unhappy with stevedoring deal
Following a year of substantial unrest linked to the European Commission’s demand that Spain introduce substantial changes to the structure of its stevedoring legislation to enable competition to flourish, an in-principle agreement had been struck between port unions and the owners’ association Anesco.
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NewsYemen conflict sees ports abandoned
Yemen’s ports of Hodeidah and Saleef have been left in limbo following a UN order for commercial ships to leave.
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NewsDPW calls for end to Botany strike action
DP World Australia is calling for an end to the industrial action affecting terminal operations at Port Botany.
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NewsTaking charge
Dithering on privatisation is not distracting Canadian ports from building their business, says Martin Rushmere
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NewsICTSI banks on emerging markets
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is building up its emerging market portfolio by acquiring three new operations in Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.
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NewsLA & Long Beach approve CAAP update
The governing boards of Los Angeles and Long Beach ports have approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update.
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NewsPOAL focused on 30-year capacity build
Container terminal automation, a deepwater terminal berth and three new cranes will provide Ports of Auckland (POAL) with additional capacity.
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NewsJurong pursues alternative energy research
Singapore’s Jurong Port has inked an agreement with Nanyang Technological University to jointly research ad develop alternative energy applications.
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NewsStorage tanks could save 3m litres of water at Antwerp
Port of Antwerp terminals could conserve up to 3m litres of water annually with underground storage tanks for washing equipment.
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NewsColombia studying 17 port projects
The government in Colombia is undertaking a study for the development of terminals across 17 ports, distributed between the country’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts. These are seen as medium-term projects and their establishment would help upgrade existing logistics provision in the country.
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NewsAlgeciras bid deadline extended again
Despite much-improved labour relations at ports throughout Spain, Algeciras Bay Port Authority has decided to put back for a fifth time the bidding deadline for a tender for a new container terminal – its third – which it proposes to build on the Phase B extension of the Isla Verde ...
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NewsFuture green EU port project plan
An EU-funded green initiatives project aims to define the port of the future and its challenges.
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NewsJeddah development to help economic diversification
Jeddah Port will be developed by DP World as part of a plan to diversify Saudi Arabia''s economy.
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NewsPort of Barcelona model for Catalonian independence
A Catalonian government official has hailed the autonomy of the Port of Barcelona as an example of how the region could succeed independent from Spain.
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NewsBaltimore receives environmental kudos for truck programme
The Port of Baltimore has received national kudos for its environmental efforts including its dray truck replacement programme.
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NewsICTSI approves Iraq’s BGT development
ICTSI has approved the second development phase of the Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) in North Port, Umm Qasr, Iraq.
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NewsHouston equips itself for growth
America’s Port Houston has taken delivery of three new super post-panamax cranes to equip itself for further growth.
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NewsPorts of Auckland move uncertain
The future of a plan to move container operations from Ports of Auckland to Northport is uncertain.
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NewsEuroports up for sale
A consortium of investors has appointed Citi and Goldman Sachs to sell Euroports, Reuters has reported.
