World News – Page 180
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Qatar joint venture to operate Hamad
Mwani Qatar and Milaha have a signed an agreement to establish a new company, QTerminals, to manage Hamad Port.
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NewsHarnessing solar power
The Port of Long Beach has installed a 904.75kW Mitsubishi Electric photovoltaic (PV) system to contribute to its sustainable environment developments.
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NewsRotterdam to aid Kuala Tanjung development
The Port of Rotterdam and the Indonesian state-owned port corporation Pelindo 1 have signed a joint venture agreement.
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NewsHMM preferred bidder for Hanjin’s Spain terminal
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has been chosen as the preferred bidder to buy a terminal in the Spanish Port of Algeciras.
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NewsNew container terminal at Port of Montréal
The Port of Montréal has celebrated the opening of a new container terminal in the Viau sector.
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NewsPhiladelphia to double container capacity
A comprehensive Capital Investment Programme at the Port of Philadelphia has been announced by Governor Tom Wolf.
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Panama needs better logistics, not new ports
There is no need for Panama to increase its existing port capacity, director of Panama Ports, Paul Wallace has said.
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Peru governor supports new deep water port
In Peru, the governor of Tacna province, Omar Jiménez, is backing a new megaport project.
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New Brazilian infrastructure fund emerges
The Latin American Development Bank, known previously as the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), and BNP Paribas Asset Management Brasil have agreed to constitute an infrastructure investment fund.
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NewsAuckland and Lyttelton support South Island
Ports of Auckland, Lyttelton Port of Christchurch and KiwiRail have joined forces to provide movement of domestic freight from Auckland to Christchurch following the Kaikoura Earthquake.
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NewsVahle completes Priok electrification
Vahle has finished the first phase of a port electrification mega project at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta in Indonesia.
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NewsLA/LB propose roadmap for next green developments
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are proposing for the next version of San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP).
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African ports embrace big data
African ports have been urged to go digital in a big way to leapfrog the development process.
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Beira lays out its ambitions
Mozambique’s Beira is pitching to be the primary port of choice in Southern Africa.
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Positive Tauranga forecast
New Zealand’s largest export port, Port of Tauranga, is expecting a comparable 2.2% to 7.4% rise in net after-tax profit to between NZ$79m and NZ$83m in the 2016-2017 financial year.
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Kiwis rebound from quakes
Transport services are largely returning to normality in New Zealand following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake which hit the upper east coast of the South Island at 12.02am on November 14.
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Approval for Philippines mega port
The CEPU Port Authority (CPA) in the Philippines has been given the go ahead to proceed with its proposed P9.2bn new international container port in the Cebu province, according to the Cebu Daily news.
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NewsTerex expands presence in Spanish terminals
Maritime industry group Ership S.A (Ership) has ordered four new diesel-electric Terex Gottwald mobile harbour cranes from Terex Port Solutions (TPS).
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DP World seeks BA terminal renewals
DP World has officially requested permission to renew the terminal concessions the company operates in the Port of Buenos Aires. Currently, it operates in terminals 1, 2 and 3, which have a combined area of 430,000 square metres. These were acquired from P&O Ports almost a decade ago.
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NewsPorts call for pro-trade UK policies
The UK Government must raise the priority of trade and ports in a post-Brexit world, particularly in the allocation of infrastructure funding, said James Cooper, chairman of the UK Major Ports Group, at the group’s annual reception in Westminster.
