World News – Page 413
-
News
Port Nou becomes itinerant
Activities at Barcelona' s multi-purpose Terminal Port Nou will be temporarily transferred to a 60,000 sq metres site on Adosado Quay during the summer, before finally relocated to a 130,000 sq metre area on Adosado Sur within a period of two years. It plans to invest € 50m ($67.3m) up ...
-
News
Las Palmas beefs up
Las Palmas Port Authority is to build two new outer dykes at a cost of € 59m ($79.4m). One of these will protect an 800,000 sq metre area currently under construction, which will also have 2,000 metres of quayside.
-
News
Football frenzy
Organisers of the Port of Rotterdam Tournament taking place in Holland this summer claim the event brings together teams from “ four of the biggest port cities in the world” . The UK’ s Liverpool FC will be pitted against Rotterdam’ s Feyenoord, China’ s Shanghi Shenhua and Portugal’ s ...
-
News
DP World gains approval for London Gateway
DP World says the first phase of its London Gateway container terminal should be operational in 2010, following approval of the development by the British government at the end of May. Construction of the first container berths is due to start later this year, although DP World must still wait ...
-
News
Tallinn ready to start work in Muuga
Construction work that will double the size of the Port of Tallinn’ s Muuga Harbour is due to start at the end of this year or early in 2008.
-
News
El Prat collapse costs PA a bundle
Barcelona Port Authority has calculated that it has lost € 37.8m ($50.9m) following the collapse of part of the quayside at the new El Prat quay. This will delay transfer of the planned container terminal to operator Tercat until 2010.
-
News
Quay walls come under scrutiny
The next phase in the revision of the UK’ s British Standard 6349 for Maritime Structures will focus on the design of quay walls, jetties and dolphins. This follows on from the recent launch of a Code of Practice for the design of Ro-Ro ramps, linkspans and walkways.
-
News
Port-Net delegates discuss finance
The complexities of securing, and working with, European Union funding were highlighted at a Port-Net workshop on port financing, hosted by the Port of Tallinn. Tallinn itself has gained EU funding for a number of key projects but Riina Palu, responsible for European affairs at the port, said: “ The ...
-
News
TCB Buenaventura buy
The Barcelona-based TCB group has acquired a 30% stake in the Colombian port company Complejo Portuario Industrial de Buenaventura, which has been awarded a 30-year concession to operate the new 700,000 teu capacity container terminal in the port of Buenaventura. TCB effectively becomes terminal operator in a project requiring investment ...
-
News
Thamesport turnarounds
Kent’ s Thamesport has opened its new East Park Gate complex, or ‘ Gate 2’ , as part of a new development to simplify and improve service levels to hauliers. It claims that the new development has already reduced haulier turnaround times in the empty park to an average of ...
-
News
Contenemar move
Spanish shipping line Contenemar will move its Canary Islands and Moroccan services from Vigo to a new 44,000 sq metre container terminal at the nearby port of Vilagarcía at the end of this year. The terminal, which will be located on Ferrazo Quay, will have 260 metres of quayside with ...
-
News
Boluda La Luz investment
The Boluda group has ordered two super-post-panamax gantry cranes from Paceco at a cost of € 10m ($13.5m). These will be deployed at its recently acquired La Luz container terminal on the Canary island of Las Palmas in February and March of 2008. Outreach will be over 19 rows of ...
-
News
Changing of the guards at Kalmar
Port equipment specialist Kalmar has appointed Pekka Vauramo to take its president’ s chair on October 1 2007, after present incumbent Christer Granskog retires.
-
NewsKonecranes receives order from Malta Freeport Terminals
Malta Freeport has contracted Konecranes for 10 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes,two reachstackers and one masted lift truck to be delivered between December 2007 and April 2008.
-
NewsStrengthening solutions for MSC Napoli recovery
The UK’ s Portland Port has had its quays strengthened in order to move the stranded cargo of the MSC Napoli to a secure area.
-
NewsMarseilles steams ahead with expansion drive
The Port of Marseilles Authority (PMA) is to develop two more new container terminals at Fos with a combined capacity of 2m teu per year.
-
NewsPacific Northwest pact
The US ports of Seattle and Tacoma and Canada’ s Vancouver have jointly pledged to reduce particulate matter from ships at berth by 70% and from cargo handling equipment by 30% by 2010 in a Pacific Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy.
-
News
GIP buys into Indian dream
Private equity fund Global Infrastructure Partners has bought a 25% interest in Chennai Container Terminal (CCT), India’ s second largest private container terminal in India overall by traffic volume.
-
News
Concession extension at San Vicente
Chile’ s San Vicente port operator SVTI has had its concession extended until 2029.
-
News
Buenaventura concession extended
The Colombian government has extended the concession to operate the port of Buenaventura conditional on investment of $54m being made by March 2008. In addition, incumbent SPRBUN must present a territorial reorganisation plan within two months.
