World News – Page 270
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President inks Manta concession
The president of Ecuador has signed a decree allowing the port of Manta to be offered as a single concession and an operator is expected to be in place by December.
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New terminal concession award in Colombo
A consortium consisting of Sri Lanka Port Authority(15%), China Merchant Holdings (55%) and Aitken Spence (30%) has been awarded a $500m contract to build a new container terminal at the port of Colombo. Construction work will begin in December.
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Santos to use ethanol-powered vehicles
Santos Brasil has converted 58 petrol-driven vehicles at its Santos container terminal to work with ethanol, which will cut CO2 emissions by 73%.
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Gulftainer goes into Ust Luga
Gulftainer has secured an agreement to co-develop and operate a facility at Ust-Luga Port near St Petersburg in Russia.
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NewsVietnamese terminals cut regional costs
Container terminal operators in Vietnam are charging an average of just $32 to handle a 20 foot container, which compares with $55 in Thailand, $76 in China and $117 in Singapore.
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NewsFMC investigates ‘handicapped’ US ports
The US Federal Maritime Commission is to launch an enquiry to investigate if US ports are unfairly losing business to West coast Canadian ports.
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NewsLondon Gateway powers up for 2013 opening
On track for a 2013 opening, DP World’s London Gateway has promised 700 new construction jobs and 300 new port jobs in the coming months in its quest to create Europe’s largest logistics park.
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More Peruvian ports make privatisation list
ProInversión is to privatise the Peruvian ports of General San Martín and San Juan de Marcona in 2012.
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Oakajee project rethink
Mitsubishi Corporation and Murchison Metals Ltd are being forced to rethink plans for their $6.11bn Oakajee iron ore infrastructure development project in Western Australia until more financing can be secured.
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Hapag Lloyd quits JNP for Mundra
Hapag Lloyd has announced that as of mid-October it is to switch its Indian West Coast services from Jawarharlal Nehru Port to privately-managed Mundra port.
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Italians mull port privatisation
The Italian government is said to be considering a possible privatisation of the country''s ports to reduce its debt.
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Dominican Republic concession move
The Presidential Commission for Port Modernisation and Security in the Dominican Republic has said that it is considering reforms to existing port legislation.
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Bolivan bids to manage Arica rejected
A request by the government of Bolivia to be allowed to manage the Chilean port of Arica has been rejected by the government in Santiago.
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Grindrod issues Maputo shares
Grindrod Ltd is to issue new shares to the value of $262m as a means of financing expansion of the coal terminal at the port of Maputo in Mozambique.
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Dockers to strike at Valparaiso
Dockworkers at the port of Valparaiso have announced a strike after having failed to reach an agreement with port operator EPV in respect of the Terminal 2 and the Mall Plaza Barón development. Port unions want implementation of these two projects speeded up.
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Manaus tender scheduled for February
Brazil''s federal government has announcement that it will issue a tender for the port of Manaus by February 2012.
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NewsCentral Yangtze aims high
Infrastructure investment is to be speeded up in order to turn Wuhan’s Yangluo terminal, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, into a major shipping centre by 2015.
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Ust Luga to gain from the big freeze
The Ust Luga deepwater port is readying itself to take on winter volumes that it predicts will be rerouted from the sometimes ice impacted and congested St Petersburg.
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NewsWest African breakthrough for Kalmar
An order from the French Bollore group means Cargotec’s cranes are now starting to move into the emerging African ports market, through Bollore’s wholly-owned Unicaf subsidiary.
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Salvador’s growth aims to cut costs
Tecon Salvador SA has gained financing from Cordiant Capital to refurbish and double the terminal’s container handling capacity as well as cutting the costs for Brazil’s rising exports industry.
