World News – Page 451
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PSA quits Brunei terminal
PSA is to pull out of its concession at Muara Container Terminal in Brunei, which it has operated since 2000. The Singapore-based stevedore will be replaced by Brunei Ports Department personnel with effect from April 1,2007.
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NewsFourth JNPT box tender
The Indian port of JNPT is to issue a tender in respect of its proposed fourth container terminal by the end of the current year. Expressions of interest have already been received.
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BONTANG SETBACK
Earnings at Indonesia''s Bontang Coal Terminal have been hit by a malfunctioning winch-brake motor, which forced the declaration of a force majeure in February.The terminal has a loading capacity of 250,000 tonnes per week.
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VINALINES PORT PLEDGE
Vietnam Shipping Lines, known as Vinalines, plans to raise $3.3bn (VND51tr) over the next three years to invest in its shipping fleet and upgrade its ports. Part of this investment will be spent on the construction of new seaports in Dinh Vu, Hiep Phuoc and Cai Mep.
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ASIA-PACIFIC COOPERATION
Port officials from Asia-Pacific stressed the importance of cooperation at a pivotal International Association of Ports and Harbours'' meeting in Vietnam in February. Representatives met to discuss port development and management and plans to develop sea links between Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
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HPH seals Vietnam deal
Expected to be fully operational in 2011, the terminal will have a quay length of 730 metres, with depth alongside of 14 metres and a total yard area of 33 hectares.
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NewsAutomatic kick for Manila
International Container Terminal Services Inc''s (ICTSI) flagship terminal is gunning for full automation at its central gate with the introduction of truck portals with imaging cameras and automated driver transaction kiosks.
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HPH seals Vietnam deal
Kong Kong''s Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is to jointly construct, develop and operate a new container terminal in Vietnam under a 50-year concession.
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NewsStar Performer
With traffic across East Africa and the Indian Ocean continuing to grow,Mombasa is taking its future role seriously, as Alex Hughes finds out
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The privatisation quandary
Privatisation of Mombasa Container Terminal has been under discussion for a long time and while no time frame has been set as yet, a committee comprising officials from both the government and port authority is looking into this issue.
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NewsDry bulk bonanza
A slight dip in 2006 throughput should prove no hurdle to growth in 2007 at Africa''s key ports. Alex Hughes reports
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Mozambique's Beira has grand aspirations that could knock Durban off its direct call perch
A planned dredging programme is integral to the future success of the Mozambican port of Beira to push it into the direct call league. This modest African box handling facility - in comparison with Richards Bay - lies 20km from the open sea.
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NewsFeeder king
Port Louis continues to draw in the main shipping players, but it is not complacent as Alex Hughes finds out
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NewsA tale of two deltas
The Pearl river delta led the way in China''s capitalist drive,now it faces overcapacity and overtaking by its Yangtze cousin. Wing Kah-goh investigates
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Hibiki shake-up
Illustrative of the general decline of Japanese ports, news reaches Port Strategy of severe discontent at the nation''s very first private port initiative.
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Kaohsiung throws good money after bad
At Taiwan''s premier port of Kaohsiung there is a bunker mentality setting in which threatens to waste taxpayers money on an extraordinary level. Fact: Taiwan is not the manufacturing centre it once was.Fact:China is,thanks in part to Taiwanese industries relocating. Seven years ago,Kaohsiung was the third largest boxport in the ...
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NewsBusan policy shift
Port management have wised up to reality and are seeking out new ways to boost stagnant volumes, as Wing Kah-goh finds out
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NewsPioneering tug design breaks Europe
US towage company Seabulk is looking to build on its first break into the European market with its patented Ship Docking Module (SDM) tug design.
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NewsJones to take up ABP mantle
Former Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) boss Peter Jones has been appointed chief executive of Associated British Ports (ABP) from April 1. He will take over from Bo Lerenius, 60, who is retiring from ABP after eight years as chief executive.
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WALLHAMN AND KALMAR TEAM UP
Wallhamn,Sweden''s largest private port,has signed a deal with Kalmar for the financing, insurance, leasing and maintenance of two reachstackers, one 33-tonne fork-lift truck,one 25-tonne fork-lift truck, four terminal tractors, four 8-tonne fork-lift trucks, and a number of smaller Linde trucks.
