World News – Page 400
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NewsABP opens agribulk terminal
A new £ 3.26m dockside UK agribulk terminal not only enhances access to European markets, but could also be a key element in future expansion in bio-fuel, according to the people who''ll be operating it.
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New mega-port for São Paulo state
A $3bn project to build a mega-port between the coastal cities of Peruí be and Itanhaé m in Brazil''s Sã o Paulo State has been put forward by entrepreneur Eike Batista, who controls the MMX mining company.
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NewsIndustrial unrest at Russian ports
Dock workers at the Russian ports of Tuapse and St Petersburg are threatening to go on strike in November it they are not paid more money.
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Tracking system monitors shipping
The Port of Amsterdam went live with a new port management system during September.
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NewsSpace: the final frontier
Benelux ports are moving at top speed to take advantage of burgeoning world trade. Stuart Pearcey reports
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Private sector welcome in Nicaragua
A new National Ports Law that will allow private sector operators to undertake management of domestic maritime terminals is planned to be introduced in Nicaragua by the end of the first quarter of 2008.
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NewsScarcity of traffic at Busan new port
Busan new port, which will be completed by 2015 at a cost of $9.2bn, is currently struggling to attract sufficient traffic to make a return on investment. The facility, which will eventually have 30 berths, is supposed to establish South Korea as a logistics centre in Asia.
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PrimePort flies regional port flags
PrimePort Timaru chairperson Sid McAuley has said regional ports need increased weighting in Government decisions on New Zealand''s shipping future.
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Yang Ming in Kaoshiung
Kao Ming Container Terminal Corporation has been awarded a 50-year BOT contract to operate the initial phase of the International Container Terminal at the Port of Kaohsiung, the port''s sixth container terminal. Investment of $458m is planned for what will be a four-berth facility.
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Chinese port work up and running
Work has begun on the new SP-PSA International Port joint-venture container terminal located on the Cai Mep-Thi Vai River in Vietnam. Development will be in two phases, with the first operational in 2009 and eventual capacity will be 2m teu.
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Qianwan development on the way
Work on the fourth phase of the Qingdao Qianwan container terminal development has begun.
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NewsLegislation clears Melbourne for dredging
The Victorian Government has moved to clear a legislative path for dredging to begin in the Port of Melbourne.
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NewsBreakbulk is king at Tacoma
While most eyes are on the explosion in container growth buoying ports around the world, the US port of Tacoma is singing the praises of its non-containerised exports.
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NewsColombo being swamped by containers
The Sri Lankan Port of Colombo desperately needs to move to 24-hour operation on a permanent basis to bring levels of efficiency up to its hub port status, claims the national exporters association.
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Northland land sale
A 177-hectare block of land adjacent to the Marsden Point port complex has been put on the market to attract complementary businesses. Northland Port Corporation also plans to lease back 60 hectares of the land for 35 years.
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NewsLiverpool pioneers green canal shuttle
UK supermarket chain Tesco has made use of the England''s extensive canal network to transport supplies from the Port of Liverpool to Manchester.
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Re-structuring of maritime bodies in Ecuador
Ecuador''s General Directorate of the Merchant Marine (Digmer) has been renamed the National Aquatic Spaces Organisation (Dirnea).
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DP World active in Malaysia
DP World and the MMC Berhad Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop 9.125m sq m of land in South Johor, Malaysia. This will be used to develop a $5bn maritime centre.
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Port-Net II on the cards
Participants in European ports initiative Port-Net have called for a "more practical" second programme as the first draws to a close.
