World News – Page 472
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PROES AND MUSC JOIN FORCES
He was there during many defining moments in his chosen professional sphere.PROES, creators of SECUREPORT, have joined forces with MUSC to support the programme of security enhancements for the ports of Spain. PROES developed SECUREPORT, the port security assessment tool created for the National Spanish Port Administration, Puertos del Estado ...
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NEW YORK'S SPEND ROCKETS
New York Port Authority Board of Commissioners has approved a US$4.5 billion 2005 budget that upgrades security at its airports, bridges, tunnels, seaports and rail system. The port has seen its costs for security rise dramatically since September 11, 2001.
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Liscont to be moved to Santa Apolonia
Lisbon Port Authority (APL) has communicated to its leading deepsea container terminal Liscont that it would like it to vacate its current concession in the Alcantara zone and move to an entirely new site at Santa Apolonia. To build the proposed new terminal would cost an estimated ¢ 200m, although ...
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NewsMarseilles polls workers over plans
Marseilles-Fos handled 94m tonnes of cargo in 2004, a 1.6% drop on the previous year''s but container throughput rose 10% to 916,600TEUs. The total included 593,600TEUs at Fos and 323,000TEUs at Marseilles.
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NewsNew port for the Greater Dublin
The Drogheda Port Company (DPC) has announce its long term development strategy.
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NewsOfficial opening
Following studies, Bremore in Fingal Co, Dublin, was selected for a new deepwater port.Port of Tyne's £6.3m warehouse has been officially opened by Nigel Sherlock, Lord Lieutenant for Tyne and Wear. At 18.6 metres high, the new facility provides palletised warehousing for high value products bringing the total warehousing capacity ...
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NewsGenoa's port masterplan
¢ 4 billion port masterplan will be revised to incorporate leading architect Renzo Piano''s "Fresco of the Port of Genoa" concept. The Fresco is revolutionary in that it would transform the entire 20 kilometre coastline, from Voltri to the Fiera Exhibition Area.
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ALGECIRAS AND TANGIER NOT COMPLEMENTARY
The timescale of the plan - divided into three phases - has been estimated at 6, 12 and 18 years and will be achieved with no detrimental effect to daily port operations. Piano's plan envisages doubling the current operating surface from 200 to 400 hectares, thereby providing Genoa with the ...
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NEW PORT FOR PANAMA
The Panamanian government is due to issue a tender in 2005 for a mega-port at the Pacific mouth of the Panama Canal costing US$600m.
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DVB Bank finances port projects in Finland and Russia
DVB Bank has closed a € 71m investment project with new Irish port operator, Multi-Link Terminals Ltd (MLT). The transaction relates to MLT''s container terminal operations in Helsinki and Kotka in Finland and Litke Bay on Kotlin Island near St Petersburg. The current capacity of the Helsinki container terminal is ...
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NewsRotterdam
Further expansion is required in order to meet future demand and the aim, in respect of the Kotka project, is to add container terminal equipment equivalent to a capacity of up to 50,000TEUs per year. The capacity of the Litke Bay Terminal is to be increased to 150,000TEUs (Phase II) ...
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CADIZ BAY TO INVEST €91M
Cadiz is investing € 91m in infrastructure upgrades during the period 20032008.
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SAPO OBJECTS TO REGULATOR'S PROPOSED POWERS
(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.South Africa's National Ports Authority (NPA) is objecting to plans to give the new independent ports regulator power to determine tariffs. The proposal, which aims at ensuring that the NPA does not abuse its monopoly ...
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10,000 TO GO IN NIGERIAN PORT PRIVATISATION
(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.The Nigerian government has confirmed that 10,000 employees of the Nigerian Ports Authority will be made redundant as part of the state concession programme. This will leave a rump of just 2,000 workers.
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Rail wagons to ease congestion
(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.Kenya Ports Authority is to place an order for 400 railway wagon flats as a means of easing congestion at the port of Mombasa. 200 will be purchased outright and the rest leased. At present, ...
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US SUPPORTS PRIVATISATION OF CHITTAGONG
(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.The US has pledged its support for the modernisation of Bangladesh's Chittagong Port and Export Processing Zone. US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Torkel Patterson, emphasised this would mean the privatisation of ...
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JAPAN TO FINANCE SECOND BOX TERMINAL AT MOMBASA
(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.Japan is to provide financial help amounting to $99m to build a second container terminal at the port of Mombasa. The terminal, which will occupy a 46-hectare site, will be built within three years.
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BANGLADESH TO BUILD NEW DEEPSEA PORT
(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.The Bangladeshi government is to undertake a technical and economic feasibility study commencing in January 2005 for the development of a deepsea port. Three possible sites have already been identified, two of which are in ...
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HPH EYES ISRAELI PORTS
Difficulties in reaching the tsunami stricken areas can be overcome with the use of the multimodal facilities available in Johor which is close to Sumatra. The port says the multimodal synergy between Senai and PTP will enable effective redistribution of essential relief items by sea or air.Hutchison Port Holdings has ...
