World News – Page 230
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NewsFederal funding rejection for Savannah deepening project
America’s Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has been dealt a huge blow this week by the Obama Administration, which has decided not to fund the full deficit in the US$652m Port of Savannah harbour deepening project.
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Political pressure blamed for withdrawal of Israel port bidders
There has been intense speculation in the Israeli press as to why two international pre-qualified companies unexpectedly dropped out of the bidding process to build new ports at both Ashdod and Haifa. Companies with interests in the Arab world, it has been suggested, fear losing existing work in that region.
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NewsUnpaid workers threaten new strike in Chile
Port workers in Chile are once again threatening to go back out on strike, citing the non-payment of agreed bonuses as the reason.
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Magnetic levitation to solve container transport problems in Russia
National Speedways OJSC has presented a project to the Leningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry involving the use of magnetic levitation to move containers.
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NewsRotterdam losing out to unfair subsidies
“Unfair competition” means that Rotterdam could be missing out on 1m teu of additional container traffic every year, claims a report commissioned by the Netherlands’ Ministry of Infrastructure.
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NewsUkrainian ports still going strong
Ukraine’s three largest ports, Odessa, Ilyichevsk and Yuzhny, are all “stable” and “under control”, despite the current unrest in the country, but others are less secure.
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NewsNigerian seaport Bill woes
The Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), says that the continued delay in the passage of the Ports and Harbours Bill might inhibit foreign investment in the port industry.
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NewsAdani to build on Indian East coast
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s largest private port operator, is working to strengthen its position on the country''s East coast with a new container terminal at Ennore Port.
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NewsVancouver moves to block strike disruption
Canada’s Port Metro Vancouver has moved to block strikes over pay and services by members of the United Truckers Association (UCA) after truck drivers from the union Unifor voted to join in industrial action.
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NewsPanama picks up the pace
Work on the new set of locks for the Panama Canal is to “regain a normal pace” after a conceptual agreement was reached by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and contractor Grupo Unidos por el Canal SA (GUPC).
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Fostering cross-Strait relations
One issue shaping the immediate port landscape in New Zealand is the acquisition by North Island container hub port Tauranga of a 50% stake in the South Island regional port Timaru.
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NewsCyprus privatisation bill fails
A Bill to privatise Cyprus’ ports has been thrown out by parliament, leaving the country at risk to further downfall.
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NewsRiding the concessioning wave
Privatisation and acquisition top Australasian port agendas, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre explain
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NewsCyprus privatisation struggle turns ugly
Workers are striking again at Cyprus Ports Authority’s (CPA) Limassol and Larnaca ports in a bid to protest against the proposed privatisation plan being voted on this week, which they say will mean job losses.
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NewsManila port operations under strain
Two of Manila''s largest ports are struggling with backlog created by an expanded truck ban enforced by the government on Monday, and worsened by truckers'' protests.
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NewsTruck troubles in Vancouver
Members of the United Truckers Association (UCA) held a two day strike at the Port Metro Vancouver this week in an attempt to increase the compensation they receive from the trucking companies that hire them.
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Counting the cost of the Chilean port strike
The agreement struck with port workers in Chile that ended a 23-day strike could cost the state around $60m in retrospective bonus payments dating back to 2005.
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First new Brazilian port concessions ready in March
The Brazilian ports minister, Antonio Henrique Pinheiro Silveira, believes that the first batch of 29 port concessions – forming block one, covering the port of Santos and ports in Pará – will now be ready for March.
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Serious questions asked about Spanish transhipment traffic
In 2013, both traffic and revenue declined at Spanish ports, following a record year in 2012. Transhipment traffic, in particular, began to seep away, with shipping lines complaining of the high cost of doing business.
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Investors line up behind Mariel industrial zone
More than 70 companies from both Europe and China have shown an interest in investing in the free zone attached to the Cuban port of Mariel, west of Havana, which inaugurated its container terminal at the end of January.
