World News – Page 241
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NewsUpgrading EU seaports
Port Strategy issued a newsflash on 23 May from Siim Kallas, European Commissioner for mobility and transport, on a new initiative to improve port operations and transport connections at 319 key EU seaports.
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NewsMaasvlakte 2 opens
The Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Environment opened the port expansion project Maasvlakte 2 this week - phase 1 of the project has worked out €150m cheaper than estimated.
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NewsInterest sought for new Oz terminal
The Australian Goverment is calling for interested parties to come forward with a view to developing and operating the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal in Sydney – being called Australia’s major rail freight solution of the future.
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NewsPreparing ports for the future: making the most of a vital resource
Europe’s prosperity has always been linked to sea trade and ports, which have great potential for sustaining growth in the years ahead. As gateways to the EU’s entire transport network, they are engines of economic development. And more cargo, cruise ships and ferries in our ports mean more jobs.
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NewsICTSI shortlisted for Melbourne
On top of the bid war for Melbourne’s new car terminal reported by Port Strategy last month, there is also the bid war for the build and operation of the city’s third international container terminal at Webb Dock.
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NewsUnion targets DP World drugs policy
The Australian maritime union has been cleared to mount a legal challenge to the drugs and alcohol policy of stevedore DP World after winning an employment case. The pathway has been cleared by the Maritime Union of Australia’s (MUA) case before the Fair Work Commission.
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NewsMUNZ withdraws Auckland injuction
Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) this week withdrew its objection to the lifting of an interim injunction which has restricted the Ports of Auckland’s ability to hire and train staff over the past 14 months.
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NewsAutomation for Stockton
California’s Port of Stockton has taken the plunge and will be deploying a Tideworks Technology terminal operating system (TOS) to manage its container on barge operation and improve overall efficiency.
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NewsEMS wins Durres concession
Newly formed port operator, EMS Albanian Port Operator (EMS APO), wholly owned subsidiary of EMS Shipping and Trader GmbH, has won the tender for the new East Terminal at the Port of Durres, Albania.
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NewsAuckland hopeful as facilitation looms
Ports of Auckland (POAL) says it’s hopeful that a resolution will finally be reached over the longstanding employment dispute with the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) during facilitation next month.
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NewsNorth Europe imports to decline
North Europe laden deep sea imports are expected to fall by 13.6% to 11.6 million teu in the next six months, according to Hackett Associates’ and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics’ (ISL) latest Global Port Tracker: North Europe Trade Outlook.
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Colombian ports eye major league status
The Colombian port of Cartagena is upgrading infrastructure and equipment as a means of converting it into one of the world''s 30th largest ports.
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NewsGenoa crash update
The search is still on for some of the missing victims of the control tower container ship crash at the Port of Genoa earlier this week - meanwhile, the country is still in a state of shock over the incident.
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NewsHong Kong strike comes to an end
The Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD) has called an end to the 40 day strike at Hongkong International Terminals’ (HIT) Kwai Tsing Port after accepting an improved wage offer and promises of further negotiations on working conditions.
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NewsPort of Genoa crash
The Italian press has reported four dead and several people missing after a container ship crashed into the control tower at the Port of Genoa late last night.
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NewsNew HHLA container hub
Rail operator, Metrans, a subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), has opened a modern container hub terminal in Ceská Trebová in the Czech Republic.
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NewsPortek traffic hits new record
Singapore based terminal operator, Portek International’s container throughput has hit a new record, exceeding the 1m teu mark.
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Caspian development takes shape
Major port investment is underway in the Caspian Sea: dredging for a new port 65 kms south of the Azerbaijani capital of Baku began in 2011. The new port is being built in three phases, with the first – estimated cost $690m – due for completion next year.
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NewsHong Kong docker talks unsuccessful
The latest rounds of negotiations which took place today between the unions, Everbest Technologies Ltd and Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), a subsidiary of Hutchinson Whampoa Limited (HWL), have been unsuccessful, with Everbest refusing to put a wage deal in writing.
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NewsContainers a top priority for Vladivostok
The Port of Vladivostok saw cargo turnover increase by 4% last year to 6.7m tonnes. This included metal products, heavy duty vehicles, containers, heavy lifts, construction materials and metal structures, oil products, scrap and coke.
