World News – Page 407
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Suriname and France consider port partnership
French and Surinamese authorities look set to establish a jointly-operated port in Suriname.
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Shanghai still number one
Shanghai has remained the world''s leading port for the third successive year. In 2007, it handled 560m tonnes, up 4.2% over the previous year. Container throughput, at 26.1 5m teu, represented an increase of 20.4%.
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Chinese land Saudi contract
China''s Harbour Contracting Engineering Company in partnership with local company the Rafid Group has been awarded a $586.7m contract to undertake infrastructure work at Saudi Arabia''s proposed Ras Al-Zour port. To be completed by 2010 this development will serve local fertiliser and aluminium smelting complexes.
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NewsTPS in major investment initiative
Terminal Pací fico Sur Valparaí so (TPS) is to overhaul its fleet of equipment this year with the purchase of three reachstackers and six terminal tractors at a cost of $2m, and four rubber-tyred gantry cranes for a similar amount.
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Tacoma ties partners into future development plans
US west coast port Tacoma has signed a memorandum of intent with the Puyallup Tribe, Marine View Ventures and SSA Marine to enhance prospects for a new terminal development on the Blair-Hylebos Peninsula.
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Lyttelton figures buoyed by container growth
New Zealand''s Lyttelton Port Co has recorded a near 10% growth in revenue over the first six months of its 2007/08 financial year.
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Piraeus box handling offer
Piraeus Port Authority has agreed to put out to concession for 30 years Berths 2 and 3, which are dedicated to container handling operations. These have backup land of 690,000 sq m. Berth 1 will remain under Port authority operation.
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ADB bankrolls PNG port
Papua New Guinea''s most important port, Lae Port, is to receive a $100m loan from the Asian Development Bank to expand installations. A tidal basin will be created, as will a new multipurpose berth.
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Operation Stack gets an overhaul
A traffic management plan in place on roads leading to the UK''s Port of Felixstowe to combat port-induced congestion has been revised.
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NOL terminal spin-off
Shipping line Neptune Orient Lines is to create a separate business for its container terminal unit known as APL Terminals.
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Malta Freeport expands
CMA CGM is to invest ¢ 130m ($188.6m) in expanding the Malta Freeport container terminal, which the group first acquired in 2004. This will boost throughput from 1.9m teu to 3m teu.
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Private operators eye openings in Brazil
Brazilian National Waterways regulator, Antaq, is reviewing the possibility of allowing new private port terminals to be established.
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NewsBeirut looks to the sea
The port of Beirut authority is considering a $40m project to reclaim an area of 150,000 sq m.
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Varna to build box terminal
The Bulgarian port of Varna is to build a new container terminal through a joint venture including municipal authorities in Varna. Private sector involvement in the ¢ 90m ($130.6m) will be restricted to 30%. Work is scheduled to start at the end of this year.
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NewsSepitiba to expand to hub status
CSN is to invest $17m in the container terminal it operates at the Brazilian port of Sepetiba. Expansion of the terminal will allow it to function as a distribution hub for both cabotage and deep sea services.
