World News – Page 238
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Auckland airs its union grievances
Ports of Auckland and the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) have broken a relative period of public civility in their long-standing industrial dispute to trade sharp criticisms.
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Firm financials favour Kiwi ports
Ports of Auckland has achieved a comparable 22.8% rise in profit before tax to NZ$44.4m and 5.1% increase in revenue to NZ$186.6m for the 2012-2013 financial year.
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Hastings ‘necessary’ for Victoria
The Victorian Government has reaffirmed that a Hastings container terminal remains a key plank of its logistics blueprint for the state.
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Competition prompts Australian investment
The prospect of new competition in the stevedoring industry has already had the effect of prompting additional investment in Australian ports, group managing director of Hutchison Port Holdings, Dr John Meredith, has said.
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Docked trouble at Port Kembla
The crew of the Egyptian government-owned coal carrier, ‘Wadi Alkram’, which is currently docked in Australia’s Port Kembla, are on strike over poor working conditions.
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Terex southeast Asian strategy
Terex Port Solutions is continuing to expand its footprint in Southeast Asia as a supplier of ship to shore cranes.
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NewsMoU to boost EU trade growth
The Chambers of Commerce in Hampshire, UK and the Southern Spanish port city of Almería have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote and develop new trade growth.
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NewsVancouver invests in Asian gateway
Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) and Canada''s Harper government are investing CAD$106m in infrastructure to open new markets in Asia.
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NewsGlobal Ports looks to Russia
Global Ports Investments is to acquire Russian terminal operator, NCC Group Limited, for a value of approximately US$1.5bn.
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NewsGulftainer growth to soar
UAE based Gulftainer is set to see volumes soar in 2013 as it continues to expand its global footprint, with Saudi Arabia being the main driving force.
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Alarm in Brazil over new concession pricing structure
Despite the introduction of new legislation to reduce costs and increase investment, leasing charges for companies operating terminals at the Port of Santos is set to rise, in some case by as much as eleven times.
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Manila order for LCC
DP World’s subsidiary in Manila has ordered equipment from Liebherr Container Cranes.
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Return visit for Fospar
Brazilian operator Fospar SA has returned to Terex Gottwald to place an order for a portal harbour crane to move handle fertilizer at a bulk terminal in Paranagua.
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Controversy surrounds possible Guayaquil relocation
The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has stated that the existing port of Guayaquil must be relocated outside the Gulf of Guayaquil, prompting the mayor, Jaime Nebot, to suggest that, in future, this would mean that port traffic would be limited to cabotage with the Galapagos Islands and tourism.
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Putin urges private sector investment in ports
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has stated that he would like to see conditions created that would allow significantly increased private sector in ports. The announcement was made during a meeting to discuss the development of ports in the Azov and Black Seas.
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NewsTackling shipping congestion
A global engineering and construction company has come up with an innovative port design to tackle shipping congestion in Africa.
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NewsMaintaining competitive edge
The Port of Los Angeles is investing in its Yang Ming terminal with a US$122m project to expand the facility and extend the lease agreement.
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NewsChilean terminal concession
Iquique’s port authority, Empresa Portuaria Iquique (EPI) will put the public terminal of the Port of Iquique out to tender this year.
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NewsICTSI's Portland pain to end
Longshoremen at the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6 have been given a stern directive by a federal administrative law judge ordering them to stop disrupting operations.
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Japan considers upping state intervention
In Japan, the central government is considering taking equity stakes in the local government run companies that operate container ports in Tokyo and Osaka to tackle the threat of South Korean competition.
