World News – Page 394
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Hauliers fined in Barcelona
Road haulage organisations Transcont and ALTC have been issued with fines of ¢ 7.3m ($11.6m) and ¢ 7.6m ($12.1m) respectively by Spain''s competition authority for restrictive practices involving operations in the container terminals at the port of Barcelona.
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France to privatise ports
Seven of France''s nine public ports - Bordeaux, Dunkirk, La Rochelle, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes-Saint-Nazaire and Rouen - are to be privatised, with investment made available by the state to boost throughput from 3.6m teu/year to 10m teu/year by 2015.
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Sjursøya Phase Two delayed till 2014
Completion of phase two of the Port of Oslo''s container terminal at Sjursø ya has been put on hold and is unlikely to open before 2014.
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NewsMarval and MSC end cooperation
Marí tima Valenciana and MSC have ended the management contract that the former has at the latter''s home terminal in the port of Valencia.
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Productivity Award for APM Cranes
APM Terminal''s Zeebrugge has been awarded a Crane Productivity Award by APL for its handling of the New World Alliance weekly South China Express (SCX) service.
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Singapore broadband
Infocomm Development Authority, QMax Communications and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore have introduced the world''s first wireless broadband network for ships in port. Known as Wiseport, it is based on the Mobile WiMAX wireless broadband network.
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NewsPlanners relax conditions for Felixstowe
Hutchison Ports (UK)''s deepwater container expansion at Felixstowe appears to be a step nearer after local planners agreed to a variation in the conditions attached to the project''s original planning consent.
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NewsSalvador pegged as Brazil's 'least efficient' port
Truck turnaround times averaging in excess of six hours at the Brazilian port of Salvador allow it to claim the ''title'' of the country''s least efficient port.
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NewsProtests against Chilean privatisation
Shipping agents and port workers in Chile have stoutly rejected any new port privatisations in the country.
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NewsEredene invests in India
India''s ports and logistics sector offers "extraordinary opportunities" for investment, according to Alastair King, chief executive of British-based Eredene Capital.
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ICTSI lands Mindanao concession
International Container Terminal Services Inc has been awarded a 25-year concession to build and manage Mindanao Container Terminal.
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Auckland's regal sale
Ports of Auckland has said it could potentially sell Queens Wharf with sufficient notice and an appropriate sale price and reinvest in alternative facilities for shipping lines currently use the wharf.
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NewsBulgarian terminal finance
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has agreed to a loan of ¢ 238m ($364.4m) to finance the construction of two terminals at the ports of Bourgas and Varna. Construction will be completed by 2015.
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Valparaiso RTGs
Terminal Pacifico Sur, in the Chilean port of Valparaiso, is taking delivery of the 12 rubber-tyred gantry cranes it ordered in 2005. These cost the company $1.3m each and can stack five boxes high and seven wide.
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Melbourne consolidates assets
Melbourne''s Westgate Ports is to consolidate its Interport Services arm in the company''s main Victoria Dock facility. The consolidation is a straight transfer from the 93,000 sq m Yarraville location, which is now being leased.
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Bahrain to triple throughput
Bahrain''s new Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman container port is expected to at least triple box traffic in the country within five years of commencing operations. It will replace Mina Salman as the main gateway port for containers. The new facility will have 15 m of draught and be able to ...
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Transnet heads for Kalmar
South Africa''s Transnet and Kalmar have extended their partnership to tackle South Africa''s growing container volumes through the order, by Transnet, of 22 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) for use at the country''s newest development at the Port of Ngqura.
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Uruguay dredge partner
Uruguay is seeking international cooperation to enable the Martí n Garcí a Channel, which gives access to the port of Nueva Palmira, to be maintained at a depth of 32 feet. It also wants dredging to commence on the Uruguay river as far as Fray Bentos to achieve a minimum ...
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Kalmar Tacoma order
Kalmar Industries has won an order from the Port of Tacoma on the US West Coast for the supply of seven CSC 340 straddle carriers to be delivered in October for the Port's on-dock intermodal rail operations.
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JV for NO terminal
MSC and Ceres Gulf Inc have put together a joint-venture, New Orleans Terminals LLC, to manage the first phase of the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. This facility is currently operated by Ceres Gulf.
