World News – Page 184

  • Peel Ports announces the acquisition of GYPC
    News

    Peel adds Great Yarmouth to portfolio

    2015-12-17T10:19:00Z

    Peel Ports Group has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Great Yarmouth Port Company Limited (GYPC).

  • Port Metro Vancouver calls for the protection of industrial land
    News

    Port Metro Vancouver calls for collaboration

    2015-12-16T23:32:00Z

    Port Metro Vancouver is calling on leaders to embrace a shared responsibility for managing the growth of Vancouver’s trade gateway and the protection of the ports industrial land.

  • News

    Panama releases Corozal tender

    2015-12-16T23:25:00Z

    Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for companies interested in the Corozal Container Terminal.

  • Asciano's container terminal at the Port of Botany
    News

    Asciano buyout not a done deal

    2015-12-16T23:19:00Z

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has rejected a bid from Brookfield Asset Management for the port and rail firm Asciano.

  • Brazil scraps Para port auction
    News

    Brazil ditches Para tender

    2015-12-16T16:24:00Z

    Brazil has cancelled an auction to lease a port terminal area in the northern state of Para due to a lack of interest, according to Reuters.

  • Terminal expansion: Fairview Container Terminal in Prince Rupert is under development to promote growth
    News

    Prince Rupert earmarked for further expansion

    2015-12-16T15:04:00Z

    DP World and the Prince Rupert Port Authority have announced an agreement to study further expansion of the south Fairview Container Terminal in Prince Rupert in order to promote growth.

  • An artist's impression of the DP World Burnie international container port Photo: DP World Australia
    News

    DP World's Tasmanian port development in doubt

    2015-12-15T21:20:00Z

    DP World’s plans to develop a $20 million container terminal at Tasmania''s Port of Burnie are in jeopardy after the Senate voted down a proposed shipping bill to allow foreign vessels greater access to Australian ports.

  • Terex Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbour cranes are in demand in India
    News

    Terex cements Indian presence

    2015-12-15T21:15:00Z

    Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has delivered almost 40 diesel-electric Terex Gottwald harbour cranes to India.

  • The Port Authority has released the 2016 proposed budget
    News

    PANYNJ lays out future spending plans

    2015-12-15T21:13:00Z

    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has released its proposed budget for 2016.

  • ILWU guilty of serious federal labour law violations at Portland’s T6
    News

    ILWU guilty of labour violations

    2015-12-15T21:13:00Z

    The National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) has affirmed the decision of an administrative law judge that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and ILWU Local 8 violated federal labour law.

  • Doubled growth: Khalifa Port Container Terminal has doubled container volumes since 2012
    News

    Khalifa Port ready for expansion

    2015-12-15T21:12:00Z

    Port operator, Abu Dhabi Terminals says that Khalifa Port Container Terminal is ready for the next phase of expansion and that new equipment will be added in 2016 and 2017 to keep up with demand for services.

  • Port strategy: PLA’s vision is for the Thames to handle 60 to 80 million tonnes of cargo each year
    News

    London reveals 20 year vision

    2015-12-15T14:12:00Z

    The use of the Thames could be transformed to its benefit, according to the latest Thames Vision publication by the Port of London Authority (PLA), which sets out a plan to develop the Thames over the next 20 years.

  • News

    Chennai port operations crippled by floods

    2015-12-11T16:22:00Z

    The city of Chennai, India has seen some of the heaviest and deadliest rainfalls in decades, with the flooding resulting in the death of more than 400 people.

  • “Decisions on the sector can’t be left to bankers and private equity funds," Torben Seebold, ETF Dockers’ Section
    News

    "Dark year" for dockers' safety

    2015-12-11T15:12:00Z

    The number of deaths and accidents at European ports has caused 2015 to be dubbed a ‘dark year’ for safety.

  • News

    ABB secures DP World project

    2015-12-11T14:43:00Z

    ABB will deliver automation and remote control solutions to the underway Terminal 4 in Dubai, which is operated by DP World.

  • CCCC to participate in Sydney development project after agreement
    News

    Chinese win Sydney port construction contract

    2015-12-10T11:30:00Z

    China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) will participate in the Port of Sydney development project after coming to an agreement with Harbour-Port Development Partners (HPDP).

  • Turku is doing its bit to promote a sustainable maritime link between Finland and Sweden Photo: Port of Turku
    News

    Baltic ports in green collaboration

    2015-11-30T14:37:00Z

    Three Finnish TEN-T core ports are working in collaboration with Ports of Stockholm and Viking Line to invest €8,100,000 in measures to reduce the environmental impact from shipping in the Baltic Sea.

  • News

    Callao: no to regional hub status

    2015-11-26T10:56:00Z

    Peru has all but ruled out the possibility that Port of Callao will become a regional hub.

  • News

    China eyes Slovenian port potential

    2015-11-24T16:58:00Z

    Media reports say that China is interested in getting involved with the Port of Koper renovation project in Slovenia.

  • The Port of New York and New Jersey is preparing for the 2015-16 winter
    News

    PANYNJ ready for winter

    2015-11-24T12:05:00Z

    The Port of New York and New Jersey has published its winter weather plan for 2015-2016.