World News – Page 296
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Chilean operators oppose Panitao tender
Armasur, the professional body representing maritime transport operators in Chile, is opposing the concession to build the proposed Punta Panitao port in the south of the country.
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Montevideo must offload empties
Uruguay''s National Ports Authority (ANP) wants to move empty containers outside the port of Montevideo to avoid operational collapse at the container terminal.
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TSB wins Busan community contract
Korea’s Total Soft Bank is to play a “key role” in BPA-NET, Busan’s port community system designed to “increase the efficiency of port operation”, to improve service quality, and create value-add. The company will provide software and service for the PCS.
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Libyan ports resume international operations
The security situation at the Libyan port of Tripoli and Benghazi has stabilised to such an extent that cargo vessels from both Italy and Malta have both made calls.
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NewsKiel’s opens up its vista
The Port of Kiel has opened its doors to the public with a new viewing terrace at its Schwedenkai Terminal.
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NewsIndia’s major port shake up
Following India’s plan to create seven new deep water facilities, it also seems that its major ports, so named because they are government owned, may be facing a challenging reorganisation.
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Productivity now mandatory at Santos
All concessionaires at the port of Santos will have to meet minimum productivity standards in future or risk having their concessions withdrawn.
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EU to reform ports legislation
European Commissioner Siim Kallas has announced a policy to be in place by 2013 to reform ports policy by reducing the administrative burden placed on ports.
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Dover welcomes Brazilian mission
The Port of Dover recently welcomed a delegation from the Association of Road Freight companies of Brazil, a syndicate of over 7,000 freight companies in the Great São Paulo area as part of their fact finding trip to the UK.
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ICTSI's automation boost
International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) has stepped up terminal automation at its flagship Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) in the Philippines and Suape Container Terminal (SCT) in Recife, Brazil.
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Kalmar grows Chinese presence
Cargotec is continuing its growth in the competitive Chinese port equipment market through a new order from Cosco Pacific subsidiary Jinjiang Pacific Ports Development (JPPDC).
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Crane gives Odense flexibility
The recent acquisition of a Liebherr mobile harbour crane has gained the Odense Port Terminal at Lindø more than one kind of efficiency.
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Barcelona gains information system
HITT''s subsidiary in Canada, Klein Systems Group, is to provide the Spanish port of Barcelona with a Port Management Information System.
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Humber’s ‘reasonable’ renewable bid
The Humber region of the UK has been awarded ‘enterprise zone’ status creating significant financial incentives for new renewable energy businesses, but it’s a cut down version of the original plan.
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Wind power blows San Francisco away
San Francisco is adding a second string to its bow with emphasis on encouraging wind power shipments.
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NewsGrowth strategies go west
San Francisco and Prince Rupert use economics and natural advantages to get ahead, by Martin Rushmere
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NMP protests rental hike
India''s Shipping Ministry has been asked to intervene in the dispute between stevedores at New Mangalore Port and the Tariff Authority for Major Ports, which has attempted to increase port rentals retrospectively as of 2007.
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Sendai resumes international box operations
Partial international container services are due to resume on September 26 at the Japanese port of Sendai-Shigrama, following the restoration of domestic feeder services in June.
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Venezuela confirms La Guaira expansion
Venezuela''s transport and communications ministry has signed an agreement with the Portuguese government for an expansion project at La Guaira port in Vargas state.
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Patrick parent profits up
The parent company of Patrick stevedoring company, Asciano, has reported a net profit after tax of A$145.2m (US$153.8m) for the 2010-11 financial year, but blamed “significant industrial relations activity” in the ports division for putting a dampener on its overall performance.
