World News – Page 402
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germany/poland (third)
A new liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal is to be built at the Polish port of Ś winoujś cie at a cost of ¢ 350m ($523.4m), and is expected to be commissioned in 2011.
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germany/poland (fourth and final)
A major bottleneck to continued expansion of car handling at Bremerhaven will be removed by 2010 with the completion of a ¢ 223m ($339m) project to upgrade the 110-year-old Kaiserschleuse lock.
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TT Club limits crane exposure
Substantial insurance claims loom following accidents at two UK ports this year, but the exposure of the major mutual insurer TT Club will be limited to $1m in each case. Reinsurers will have to meet claims above the club's standard claims retention.
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NewsVan Oord comes home to Rotterdam
Van Oord has signed the contract for the Maasvlakte 2 port expansion project in Rotterdam - which means the company will show off its capabilities at home after land reclamation projects in places like Dubai.
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MTC eyes Mexican terminal
Marine Terminals Corporation, the biggest operator of ports on the US west coast, has declared an interest in bidding for the second container terminal at the Mexican port of Lá zaro Cá rdenas.
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New cranes for Mombassa
Mombassa Port has issued a tender in respect of seven new gantry cranes.
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Haifa upgrades to 24-hour working
Haifa Port Company Ltd commenced 24-hour working as from February, effectively doubling the amount of time the terminal is open. The pilot programme is aimed at reducing congestion, with up to 300 containers shifting from daytime to night time handling.
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Survival fight for Westland
New Zealand''s Port Westland is urgently drafting a new business plan to ensure its viability in light of losing out on the lucrative West Coast Coal Consortium deal.
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NewsIsrael port ranking blow
A World Bank study has found that Israeli facilities lack efficiency compared with those in other countries, ranking them 33 out of 150.
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Paita privatisation 'no'
Local members of Parliament in Peru have called on the government to invest urgently in the port of Paita, which has a key export function. Local authorities have also put together a committee to oppose privatisation of the facility.
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NewsKorean and Chinese ports to cooperate
Busan Port Authority (BPA) in Korea has established cooperative ties through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dafeng Port, located in China''s Jiangsu Province.
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Weight of heavy investment
APM Terminals has so far invested $136m in expansion and modernisation of the container terminal at the Nigerian port of Apapa.
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Peruvian privatisation plan unveiled
Peru''s Transport and Communications Minister, Veró nica Zavala, has announced that the ports of Pisco, Pucallpa, Iquitos and Paita will be offered for concessions between July and September this year. The government will provide matching investment in both Pucallpa and Iquitos, she said.
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NewsCrisis deepens at Genova
Trade unions representing road haulage companies in Genova, Italy, are taking out a class action against PSA International, claiming damages in excess of ¢ 5m ($7.7m) because of the decision to temporarily stop the movement of export containers from Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE).
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PSA turns down Farfán
PSA, which is building the new Panamanian port of Rodman, has written to the government to advise that it will not be bidding in the tender for a second port to be built at Farfá n.
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Savannah touts sustainibility
Georgia Ports Authority has announced that an upgrade to one of its container berths at the Port of Savannah is now complete, with installation of electrified refrigerated cargo racks, and transfer of GPA''s 17 ship-to-shore cranes to electric power.
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Mombassa ends Dar transit cargo
Mombassa Port has temporarily stopped handling transhipment cargo bound for Dar es Salaam in an attempt to reduce congestion at the Kenyan port.
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NewsAPM under the cosh in Apapa
The APM Terminals facility at Apapa in Nigeria has been accused of various shortcomings by the Lagos-based legal firm Vin Osakwe & Co, which has sent a petition to the federal government in complaint.
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NewsSouth America pics
Opinions are mixed in Brazil over government plans to privatise the port authorities of all but the leading ports in the South American country, as Rob Ward finds out
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NewsCarmel port construction choas
Dredging work on Israel''s Carmel port that was halted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection has not delayed development plans of the port, according to Israel Port Company.
