World News – Page 318
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"Next-generation” project for Otago
Port Otago has filed a resource consent application to deepen and widen its harbour channel, dispose of dredging spoil and extend wharves and berths. Expected to cost NZ$100m (US$70.7m), the project is aimed at preparing for the next-generation of containerships.
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Muscat dry port
Oman International Container Terminal (OICT) has opened a new inland container depot (ICD) or “dry port” in Muscat. The Muscat Container Depot is Oman’s first ICD complete with customs facilities.
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Health and safety issues dog Antonina and Paranaguá
The Brazilian Ministry of Public Works in partnership with the Regional Works Superintendency has encountered irregularities in working conditions at the ports of Antonina and Paranagua, following a health and safety audit.
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Box flow study for Sydney
Sydney Ports Corporation is commissioning a study to find out the origin and destination of the container flows coming into and out of the port.
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NewsReport identifies projects with “national significance”
The latest Infrastructure Australia report outlines a number of port and logistics related projects that it says would help free up some of the country’s freight jams.
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Vacuum mooring for Dampier
An Australian mining port is to install a vacuum-based automated mooring technology. Hammersley Iron Pty, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, is putting in eight MoorMaster units at the Dampier Fuel Wharf, Parker Point, Western Australia.
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Malta Freeport expansion
Terminal 2 at Malta Freeport is to be expanded. The North Quay will be extended from 480 metres to 668 metres and the West Quay from 118 metres to 312 metres. The overall Birzebbuga terminal area will also grow by a further 25,500 square metres.
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NewsMajor Yangtze crackdown on overloaded vessels
Chinese river ports from Sichuan province to Shanghai have been involved in the largest action yet against overloaded vessels in the region.
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NewsBrazil feeling the sugar rush
Brazilian ports such as Santos have been coming under pressure from the large number of handysize vessels arriving to pick up sugar exports, doubling waiting time at the port to around three weeks.
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Vallarpadam to be rate competitive
Cochin Port Trust has decided to pitch vessel-related charges at the new Vallarpadam container transhipment terminal at a level that will make facility competitive with other transhipment hubs in the region.
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Ports Australia backs best practice
Ports Australia has advocated that state governments adopt a “best practice” to protect valuable port land from possible encroachment by other urban developments.
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Riga port on the move
A tender has been issued for the transfer of Riga Port from the city centre to the nearby Russian island of Krievu sala.
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New port for Chile
Chile''s Ministry of Public Works has issued a tender for the construction of a quay and harbour at San Pedro de Chañaral in the Atacama region in the north of the country. The work will be financed by the regional government.
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NewsTercat takes over terminal site
Terminal Catalunya (Tercat), a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group, is to take over the site of the Muelle Prat container terminal from Barcelona Port Authority in order to start construction on the new quay.
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Georgia cleans up crane act
The Georgia Ports Authority has received grant money from the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program to repower 17 of its older rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) from TIER I to newer, cleaner TIER III diesel engines.
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Singapore maintains discounts
Containerships calling at the Port of Singapore will now be able to take advantage of the 20% reduction in port dues until 30 June 2012 following a decision to extend the concession by a further two years. Container vessels represent 14% of the total number of calls at Singapore ports.
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New terminals for Colombo
The port of Colombo in Sri Lanka is to build three new terminals, spending $334m on redeveloping the port, with finance sourced from the Asian Development Bank and Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
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Napier holding company mooted
A holding company may be established to operate a range of developing Hawke’s Bay Regional Council assets as well as its currently wholly-owned Port of Napier.
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Melbourne third stevedore not a certainty
The Port of Melbourne Corporation is going to the market with a discussion paper on options for port expansion, following indications from the Victorian Government that it wants to explore other possibilities than purely developing a third container terminal.
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UK port traffic picture hazy
The UK’s Department of Transport has published provisional statistics on freight traffic at its major ports which shows, at best, ports suffering from a slight fall with exports helping figures somewhat.
