World News – Page 47
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New Cambodia Kampot Port
The Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transport has broken ground on a major new port facility in Kampot
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NewsUKRAINE GRAIN EXPORTS RESTART BUT MORE CAPACITY NEEDED
The Ukraine is actively seeking new export gateways, as opposed to its main ports of Mariupol and Odessa, in an endeavour to implement foreign grain sales. There is no major expectation that typical grain export levels will be achieved but there is a determination “to do what we can,” as one grain trader puts it.
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BATAM PORT PLANS TALKED UP BY CO-ORDINATING MINISTER FOR MARITIME AFFAITRS
The government of Indonesia is revisiting the idea of developing a port facility on the island of Batam. This location is around 30km south of Singapore, close to international shipping routes, and has been under consideration for the past 30 years without any major development taking place.
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NewsSZCZECIN-SWINOUJSCIE PORT EXPANSION PROCEEDS BUT…
The development of a new largescale terminal in Świnoujście, Poland, near the German border, is gaining momentum with key elements of the necessary infrastructure coming to fruition.
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….WITH ISSUES RAISED
It is taking place, however, against the background of Poland’s main ports, Gdynia and Gdansk, implementing major expansion programmes with a number of analysts questioning the need for major new container capacity in Świnoujście.
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J M Baxi Acquisition
J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Ltd, a unit of the Mumbai-based J M Baxi Group, has gained complete – 100 per cent - control of the Visakha Container Terminal
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NewsValencia Results
The Port of Valencia, Spain reports loaded containers for export falling by 12.72 per cent in the period January – April 2022
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Chittagong Cranes
In early May Chittagong Port, Bangladesh took delivery of two Chinese-built ship-to-shore container gantries (SSG) and three rubber tyred gantries (RTGs).
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Rotterdam Deal
The Port of Rotterdam is strengthening its ongoing partnership with the Port of Duisburg by collaborating on more initiatives relating to digitalisation and energy transition.
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Kiel Piles on Power
The Port of Kiel is to receive two onshore power plants after port operator Seehafen Kiel awarded a contract to technology company, Siemens AG.
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Congo RTGs
Congo Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports, has put two new rubber tyred gantries into operation at its container terminal located at Pointe-Noire, Congo.
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UK Power First
Plans have been announced for the first floating organic flow battery for decarbonised port energy storage and shore power for cruise ships in the UK.
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NewsICTSI RIO RENAISSANCE
Pursuing new cargo streams and investing in inland cargo logistics is breathing new life into ICTSI Rio despite a challenging marketplace. Rob Ward reports
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Verticalisation Driving Diversification
ICTSI Rio 1 is one of several terminals in Brazil diversifying in the face of what is dubbed locally as verticalization – liner companies extending their activities along the supply chain.
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NewsMSC PROPELS MULTI-RIO
Rio de Janeiro terminal operator MultiRio is reaping the benefits of its “special relationship” with MSC but recovery in the ro-ro sector has stalled. Rob Ward reports
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A HUB FOR BEER PRODUCERS
The Ponta do Felix port facility in Antonina, part of the Paranagua port area (APPA port authority), will next month (July) open up six new silos for storing malt, barley and wheat, adding 40,000 tons of static storage capacity at a cost of Reais45million (US$9m).
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CURTAINS FOR THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE?
A major fallout from Russia’s move to pariah status because of the Ukraine invasion amounts to a further undermining of the vaunted Arctic shipping route. Take-up was already very slow, with only limited bulk fl ows attracted to the route and these were primarily driven by commodities sourced in the Russian Arctic – transit volumes from East Asia have never moved beyond trial shipments.
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Adani Disqualified
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority has confirmed that it has disqualified Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) from a tender
