World News – Page 269
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Consultant slams Australian port productivity
Australian port performance has come under fire from a report by economic researchers Castalia which suggests productivity at Adelaide, Brisbane, Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney is not keeping pace with wage increases.
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Eilat concession decision deferred
Israel Chemicals Ltd has emerged as the sole bidder for the concession to run the Israeli port of Eilat.
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Competition authority probes Valencia
Spain''s National Competition Commission says it is to continue investigating a complaint against the logistics community in the port of Valencia.
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DPW Adelaide sale result of right exercise
DP World says it was forced to sell its Adelaide terminal to Flinders Ports due to the exercise of a right in the agreement held by Flinders.
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Yemen to end DP World's Aden tenure
Yemen''s Anti-Corruption Commission has asked the country''s parliament to cancel the contract that allows DP World to operate Aden container terminal.
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Enapu on verge of bankruptcy
Peru''s Transport and Communications Minister, Carlos Paredes, has conceded that the National Ports Company, Enapu, is skirting bankruptcy.
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WA mulls second box port
Western Australia’s state government is to consider options for a second container port 10km south of Fremantle to cope with predicted steep annual growth rates in cargo volumes.
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Asciano questions multiple operators
The head of Australian stevedore Asciano has questioned whether having three competitive stevedores in the Australian waterfront industry is viable in the long-term.
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NewsPTP invest in new equipment
The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) is investing RM1.4bn (US$313.5m) in new cranes, electrifying existing RTGs and building two new berths to keep up with the ever-growing shipping industry.
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NewsMuelle Prat begins testing phase
Terminal Catalunya (TERCAT) has had its first vessel call at Muelle Prat signifying the start of the testing phase which will cover all equipment and IT systems at the new terminal.
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NewsTrieste wants a modern free trade zone
The president of the Trieste Port Authority, Marina Monassi, wants to modernise the trade system in the existing free trade areas of the Port of Trieste - which could have wider implications for traffic in the upper Adriatic.
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NewsAPMT's Cai Mep transforms Vietnam
According to APMT, Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) will transform Vietnamese ports because it will handle almost 600,000 teu in 2012 - 50% of the amount currently moving through the Cai Mep area.
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NewsTrade route shift opportunity for Canada
Canada’s Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) has launched a bid to attract support for the development of a new container terminal at Nova Scotia’s Port of Sydney - the Sydport gateway project.
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NewsTemporary labour resolution at Portland
Even though the ongoing process to resolve a labour dispute impacting operations at Portland’s Terminal 6 had to be extended until 3 July – it now looks like both parties have reached a resolution, in the interim at least.
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NewsLondon Gateway gets intermodal
DB Schenker Rail will provide intermodal rail services to and from the new DP World London Gateway deep sea port and Europe’s largest logistics park, which will open in late 2013.
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NewsContainer port market outlook
A new study from Ocean Shipping Consultants (OSC), part of Royal HaskoningDHV, indicates a positive outlook for the containerport market up until 2025, despite short term uncertainty.
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NewsUS grants help improve rail infrastructure
Port freight projects across the US have been awarded US$79m in TIGER IV infrastructure grants with a heavy emphasis on funding green intermodality aiming to get freight off the roads by improving rail infrastructure.
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NewsHamburg works on LNG feasibility
The Port of Hamburg has welcomed its first LNG ship - the Norwegian Coastguard''s ''KV Barentshav''.
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Peru to unveil new port development plan
Peru''s Ministry of Transport is to shortly publish a new National Port Development Plan, which aims to modernise services and infrastructure to bring them up to levels necessary to allow the country to compete internationally.
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NewsAlgeciras weighs up development potential
Hanjin-owned Total Terminal International Algeciras handled 650,000 teu last year and could reach 1m teu in 2012. However, no decision has yet been reached as to whether to proceed with a Phase B development of the terminal.
