World News – Page 419
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FREIGHT FORUM PROMOTED
The European Federation of Inland Ports and the European Sea Ports Organisation are to establish a "Platform of European Sea and Inland Ports" to strengthen co-operation between both organisations.
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NewsCollapse of El Prat quay blamed on port authority
Spain''s Infrastructure Minister, Magdalena Álvarez, has emphasised that the collapse of one third of the new Prat Quay at the Port of Barcelona is entirely the responsibility of the Port Authority and has nothing whatsoever to do with her department. This is despite the fact that all port infrastructure in ...
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Barcelona's TCB borrows to expand
Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB) has signed a loan agreement, securing ¢ 118.5m ($160.4m) to expand its Muelle Sur terminal to a 870,000 sq m facility capable of handling 2.2m teu.
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MORE NPA WORKERS CUT
The Nigerian Port Authority has made a further 3,000 workers redundant, bringing to 6,000 the number offloaded in the last eight months. It has borrowed ¢ 91m ($123m) to finance the cuts.
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NUADIBÚ UPGRADE
The government of Mauritania has issued a tender in respect of expansion and upgrade work at the port of Nuadibú for ¢ 20.4m ($27.6m).
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KUWAITIS TO EXPAND TANGA
Kuwait and Gulf Link Port International have signed an agreement to build a series of deep water berths in Mwambani Bay, which forms part of the Tanzanian port of Tanga.The work, which includes the provision of handling equipment, has been costed at $400m.
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Dar es Salaam told to clean up its act
Tanzania''s prime minister recently made a surprise visit to Dar es Salaam port following increasing problems with congestion. He met with officials and private terminal operators, after which he instructed both the port authority and revenue authority to work 24 hours-a-day until congestion had been reduced.
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NewsGrain monopoly at Mombasa
A master plan covering the next 25 years, which was put together by Kenya Port Authority and approved by the government, proposes to concentrate bulk grain handling at a single terminal at Mombasa until at least 2028.
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Salalah plans massive expansion
The Port of Salalah is to increase capacity by more than 200% over the next seven years according to its new master plan. Berth 5 is due to come online by the second quarter of this year and Berth 6 by the first quarter of 2008.These will add 969 metres ...
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PORT MARLBOROUGH ESTABLISHES PROPERTY SUBSIDIARY
A new subsidiary company, Port Properties, has been created by Port Marlborough to manage its NZ$50m ($36.8m)- valued property assets.The move is a reflection of the volume and scale of the property development activities likely to be undertaken at the port over the next few years and will also enable ...
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BUSY TIME FOR GISBORNE PORT
Eastland Port is expecting to report considerable increases in the volume of forestry and squash exported this financial year. Log throughput is expected to rise about 50% to 600,000 JAS tonnes and squash to double to 30,000 tonnes, with "additional kiwifruit volumes" also mooted.
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MELBOURNE CHANNEL
The Victorian Government has released a supplementary environment effects report into the proposed channel-deepening project for the Port of Melbourne. The report includes data from more than 40 technical studies and a trial dredge.
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PORT HEDLAND EXPANSION
Expansion plans approved by BHP will see Port Hedland reclaim the title of Australia''s largest port by 2010. The fourth stage of BHP''s A$2.3bn ($1.9bn) Rapid Growth Project will boost the port''s iron ore capacity to 155m tonnes per year.The expansion involves upgrades from the mines to the port, including ...
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NewsTauranga withdraws from merger talks
Port of Tauranga has formally withdrawn from merger discussions with Ports of Auckland, despite stating that a merger would generate "significant financial benefits" to customers and shareholders alike.
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NewsFremantle halts new terminal plans
The Western Australian port of Fremantle has put a halt in the shortterm to any further consideration of a third container terminal in the Inner Harbour. Mediterranean Shipping Company had proposed to redevelop Berths 11 and 12 on North Quay as a container terminal. But for the moment the port ...
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Auckland truckies breathe sigh of relief
A range of congestion-addressing measures recently employed by the Ports of Auckland have reduced truck queues to less than half an hour at both Axis Fergusson and Axis Bledisloe container terminals.
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HPH Brisbane winner
An operating duopoly on Australia''s east coast is set to be upended by the arrival of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH).
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Double demand on Marlborough
the port operation itself and quite of lot of undeveloped land and resources,” he said. “ Another encouraging sign is the logging, which had not been performing that well, but is improving at the moment.
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Auckland overcomes congestion blight
Removal of a large backlog of empty containers and continued personnel recruitment have significantly improved congestion at the Ports of Auckland.
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Philadelphia port plan under threat
Philadelphia''s maritime community has come out guns blazing in a battle to stop prime waterfront acreage falling into the hands of a non-marine business.
