World News – Page 336
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Land planning law a boon to Australian ports
Australian ports have urged state and federal governments to streamline planning laws governing port land.
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First half operating loss for HITT
As a result of restructuring costs and delays in planned orders, HITT traffic management and navigation systems company expects figures to confirm an operational loss of around ¢ 1m ($1.3m) for the first half of 2009. However, HITT''s management is more optimistic with regard to the second half of the ...
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Southampton crane incident
Following July''s crane incident at DP World Southampton which happened when the boom of a crane collapsed, trapping and seriously injuring the crane driver, Jay Squibb, the company says that Mr Squibb is "making positive steps toward recovery".
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Oz News Snippets from Dave Mac
DP World has followed the signing of an agreement to remain at Sydney''s Port Botany for another 15 years by committing to a programme of new investment.
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Otago port restructure rejected
A Port Otago restructuring proposal has been strongly rejected by the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union. MUNZ national president Phil Adams says the proposal would reduce conditions of employment and health and safety or lead to redundancies. An existing agreement expires in ...
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Stevedores take pay cut at Las Palmas
Dockworkers at the port of Las Palmas have agreed to take a 20% reduction in salary in return for an agreement that will ensure no redundancies are made. This will last for up to five years. 170 workers were due to be shed given a reduction in traffic this year.
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HHLA cuts workers' hours
HHLA has followed the lead of other major European stevedoring companies in reducing working hours, affecting 2,000 employees. The decision is the direct result of the deteriorating economic environment. Both Eurogate and automotive terminal operator BLG had previously implemented similar reductions.
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Nine eye second Manzanillo box terminal
Nine consortia have registered to participate in the tender for the 20-year concession for the second container terminal at the port of Manzanillo in Mexico.
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Wuhan building major port complex
The Chinese city of Wuhan is investing $3.4bn in building a major port complex. There are two main projects being developed across two phases. One of them will be a bulk terminal capable of handling 800,000 tonnes and the second a four-berth container terminal with 1m teu capacity. Partial opening ...
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NewsBusan picks New Port partner
A joint PSA and Hanjin consortium has been awarded the operating rights to Phase 1-1 at Busan New Port, consisting of three berths.
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Delays to Tanger-Med II
Questions are being asked about the second stage development of Morocco''s Tanger-Med Mediterranean transhipment hub.
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NewsJordan ports body hits a wall
The Ports Corporation of Jordan, which is due to be transformed into a standalone company, could take longer than expected.
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Significant box losses at Barcelona
The port of Barcelona is on course to handle a maximum of 1.86m teu this year, a decrease of 700,000 teu over 2008.
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One bid for new Colombo box terminal design
A single consortium, consisting of Aitken Spence and China Merchant Holdings, has bid for the contract to design and build the proposed new container terminal in the Sri Lankan port of Colombo. The bid is being technically checked prior to a contract being signed.
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NewsTauranga posts strong first half figures
Port of Tauranga banked a net profit of NZ$45.2m (US$ 30.9m) for the year ended June 30, 2009, a 7% increase on 2008.
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NewsGrowth planned at Teesport
PD Ports has completed the first phase of an expansion programme to develop its existing container terminal handling facilities at Teesport, UK.
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Hamburg levels still subdued
Throughput at the Port of Hamburg remains stunted, but hopes are that second half figures will reflect a stablisation and the start of recovery.
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Indian concession could be re-tendered
The government of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is reviewing the concession for the Machilipatnam port project that was awarded to the Maytas Infra-led consortium, given the failure to achieve financial closure. This requires investment of $328m, which should have been in place on April 21.
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Venezuela privatises ports
The government of Venezuela has signed a decree terminating concessions of all private port terminals in the country. Henceforth, these will report to state-owned companies Bolipuertos and Puertos del Litoral Central. To date, no compensation has been given to owners for the seizure of their assets.
