World News – Page 341
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Primeport culls staff base
PrimePort Timaru recently made 24 workers redundant and re-employed them on part-time contracts in response to major shipper Fonterra''s port-use revamp reducing its annual container throughput from 61,000 to 37,000 teu.
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Barcelona bans Iscomar
100,000 ($149,200) and settling outstanding debts, but this was not done.
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Privatisation protests at Salaverry
Local residents and port workers at the Peruvian Port of Salaverry have protested against the proposed privatisation of the installation.
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NewsMontevideo Not To Tender
Uruguay''s national port authority (ANP) will not hold a tender process to concession a new container terminal in Montevideo port, an ANP official as said.
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'Green pact' straddles the Pacific
A new "green port" collaboration between the Port of Long Beach and China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) aims to further environmentally friendly technologies on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.
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New owner for PD Ports
The recapitalisation of BBI infrastructure through the creation of a new investor company, Brookfield, has lead to the ownership of PD ports passing to its UK subsidiary, Brookfield Ports (UK). BBI has been the owner of PD Ports from early 2006.
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Spanish in Vietnam venture
Spain''s Grup Maritim TCB is to develop a container terminal in the south of Ho Chi Minh City in Hiep Phuoc port. The proposed container terminal will have 1,450 metres for berthing and capacity for 2m teu.
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NewsUnions demand local labour use
Ports of Auckland has been warned by both the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and Rail and Maritime Transport Union it will have to train its own workforce to cover labour shortfalls.
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NewsUK freight falls
New figures point to a 4.1% fall in UK short sea unit load freight capacity over the last year.
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NewsAlgeciras units arrive
The first six out of a total of 32 transtainer cranes have been landed at the Port of Algeciras Bay.
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Nigerian ports regulator established
A private-sector regulatory board is to be set up in Nigeria to oversee the ports industry.
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Traffic up at Zeebrugge
The Belgian port of Zeebrugge has bucked the downturn to post a volume increase of 1.5% for the first three quarters of this year.
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NewsPeru Muelle Sur terminal to open early
Callao, the largest container port on the west coast of the continent, is set to open April 2010 - a year ahead of schedule.
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NewsStrikes at Piraeus ruled illegal
The Greek judiciary has labelled as "illegal" strikes against the new concessionaire at the Port of Piraeus, a verdict that trade unions have renounced as "unjust".
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NewsPutin confident over Ust-Luga
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin remains confident that the port of Ust-Luga should commence operations on time and deliver maximum efficiency.
