World News – Page 458
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NewsChange of guard for Port of Tauranga
New Zealand''s shipping fraternity will be watching the Port of Tauranga''s future with some interest following the consecutive retirements of chairman Fraser McKenzie and chief executive Jon Mayson.
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Trouble at Liberian National Port Authority
Having been with the port for 30 years McKenzie was last year replaced by John Parker and having served the port for 33 years, Mayson was this year succeeded by Mark Cairns.In August, the transitional chairman of Liberia's National Ports Authority (NPA) sacked the entire board of directors who he ...
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NewsICTSI rolls out Toamasina, Madagascar investment
ICTSI, through its subsidiary, Madagascar International Container Terminal Services Limited (MICTSL), is rolling out investment at its new terminal.
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Port pay request raises eyebrows
Shareholders of the disputeplagued Lyttelton Port of Christchurch have been asked to consider a 29% pay increase for its six-member board.
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RAMALLO
International operator Hutchison Port Holdings, already with port interests in Mexico, is one party known to be looking at new port development together with various logistics operators in order to establish "cargo pipelines" into the US.US-based multinational Bunge has officially inaugurated a further stage of its new Argentinian terminal at ...
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PARANAGUA
International operator Hutchison Port Holdings, already with port interests in Mexico, is one party known to be looking at new port development together with various logistics operators in order to establish "cargo pipelines" into the US.Paranagua Port Authority in Brazil has announced that it has new construction projects on hand ...
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CHIAPAS
International operator Hutchison Port Holdings, already with port interests in Mexico, is one party known to be looking at new port development together with various logistics operators in order to establish "cargo pipelines" into the US.Minera Caracol is to invest US$7m in a bulk minerals terminal at Chiapas in Mexico. ...
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Lessons to be learned from China
Congestion at US ports together with shortages of rail and road capacity are causing delays to containers and threatening import-export growth, China''s Cosco group has warned. The executive vicepresident of Cosco told the Propeller Club that Americans needed to pay attention to the problem. He explained that not all ports ...
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Panama's megaport plans take shape
The Panamanian government has invited the top ten container terminal operators to finalise the US$600m first phase of its megaport project. Only operators handling more than 6m TEUs annually will participate.
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NewsNew terminal for Philadelphia
The project that will have an annual capacity of 2.4m TEUs in its first phase.The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA), has revealed plans for a major extension of their terminal facilities on the Delaware River. The 'SouthPort' project represents the largest new port expansion in nearly 40 years. Philadelphia is ...
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Ports emerge in Brazil
New investment in port infrastructure in both north and south Brazil should help relieve existing bottlenecks in these regions over the next eight years. The Battistella conglomerate and the Alianca Navegacao Logistica, for example, are investing US$100m over the next eight years on the construction of the port of Itapoa ...
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Hutch wades in
HPH''s recently reported foray into St Petersburg will certainly shake things up in the region. Its impending US$150m acquisition of 50% of the port''s First Container Terminal and 37% of the Baltic Container Terminal (time for some fresh thinking on the naming of these terminals perhaps? ) at Ust-Luga 110km ...
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NewsEU accession brings mixed fortunes
The disintegration of the Soviet Union left Russia with a dilemma: should it carry on using container terminals in what had become former colonial territories or develop existing ports within its own territory? Alex Hughes reports.
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NewsFrom Engineering to Operations
Portek’s chief, Larry Lam is making inroads into terminal operations. He spoke to Dave MacIntyre.
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No room for complacency
Gazing into the future of the trade from a terminal capacity perspective, Drewry''s ports director Neil Davidson told PS: " Our analysis of supply and demand at the major North European deepsea container ports including UK, shows that even with the new developments which we definitely know are coming on ...
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NewsRiding the Rollercoaster
It''s a tumultuous, not to say precarious time to be reviewing this trade, as Nick Elliott reports.
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NewsAustralia prepares worker history screen
Up to 130,000 of Australia''s stevedores, seafarers and long-haul truck drivers are to be screened for criminal history from this October. This is prior to being issued a new identification card that will be mandatory for access to the docks. Government officials have predicted that the vetting will cause some ...
