World News – Page 477
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NewsIndia steels itself for deepest port
India is set to get its first port with a depth alongside quay of 18 metres after local partners agreed to commence construction of a new bulk facility at the port of Dhamra.
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NewsLa Spezia's loss, Durban's gain
Durban Container Terminal has taken delivery of three new Liebherr quayside gantry cranes, bringing the existing complement to 16, with a further three also on order from IMSA. The new cranes are expected to boost gross handling productivity from 18 moves per crane hour to 20 moves per crane hour.
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TENDERS INVITED FOR TARTOUS
Equipped with twin spreaders, they have a faster trolley speed and quicker lifting speed than existing Demag and Noell quayside equipment.A tender has been announced by Tartous Port General Company for the construction of Quay No 24 at the port. The quay length is 226 metres with water depth of ...
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CONGESTION AND RATES THREATEN TEA EXPORTS
Bangladeshi tea exporters are up in arms at the stunning increase in freight rates they are having to pay for containerised shipments.
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PTP'S 3M
Equipped with twin spreaders, they have a faster trolley speed and quicker lifting speed than existing Demag and Noell quayside equipment.The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) recorded its highest ever nine month total throughput when it handled 3,026,826 TEUs during the first three quarters of 2004, over 20% up on ...
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Indonesia to have new car terminal
A new port is going to be built at Atcol, in northern Jakarta, specifically to handle new vehicles trade. Construction is expected to begin late next year or early 2006 and be concluded within two years.
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..but prompt rethink of inland terminal project
Rising congestion at both Chittagong container terminal and on the highway linking the port with the capital Dhaka has prompted the Shipping Ministry in Bangladesh to revive the project to build an inland container terminal at Pangaon. First designed in 1995, the $20.89m facility, which will have an annual capacity ...
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Kakinada gets IDFC financing
The Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) has given its approval to long-term project funding amounting to $25.13m for Kakinada Sea Ports Ltd (KSPL).
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NewsGPA boss extols harbour deepening
Doug J. Marchand, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), says when the Brunswick Harbor Deepening project is complete, opportunities will be greatly expanded for the port. " The ability to handle larger vessels with the tidal influence opens access to 45% more of the deep draught vessel market.
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NewsCAF report praises Colombia, slams Ecuador
The " Quality of Port Services" report complied by Spain''s Polytechnic University of Valencia on behalf of the Andean Development Fund (CAF) has concluded that ports in Colombia have made the biggest improvements in terms of service quality, while those in Ecuador still lag far behind. The report''s remit was ...
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CHIAPAS PORT SEEKS MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL CONCESSIONAIRE
Mexico''s Puerto Madera, also known as Port Chiapas, has issued a tender covering the privatisation of operations at its multi-purpose terminal for a period of five years, although including an option for an extension of a further five years. The terminal has a 151 metre long quay, with alongside draught ...
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NewsBrazilian government to prioritise 11 national ports
The Brazilian government has announced that it will give priority to modernising the 11 largest ports in the country which between them account for 95% of all national exports.
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INTERNATIONAL DREDGING COMPANIES ATTRACTED BY BA
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.Five companies have acquired the bidding rules to undertake dredging work at the Argentinean ports of Mar del Plata, Quequen and Bahia Blanca in the province of Buenos Aires. The contract, ...
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CONCESSIONAIRE TAKES OVER IN ARICA
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.The Arica Port Consortium will invest $25m during the first five years of its operating concession at the northern Chilean port. This will be spent on warehousing facilities for dry bulk, ...
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YANG MING AND TACOMA TO TIE THE KNOT
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.Yang Ming and Port of Tacoma have signed an MOU acknowledging negotiations to work toward a terminal lease agreement at the Port's Terminal 7-D by the close of 2004. Located on ...
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NewsBA Terminal 6 to be re-tendered
The troubled Terminal 6 at Buenos Aires is to be once again put out to tender, according the General Ports Administration (AGP), the state controlled organisation which overseas national ports.
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NewsYOU WIN SOME YOU LOSE SOME
There was a time in the recent past when South Korea''s port of Busan was the regional hub of choice for Chinese export cargo, given a dire shortage of adequate deep water facilities in what is by far the Far East''s most dynamic manufacturing nation. Alex Hughes reports on the ...
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NewsCOMING OF AGE
In the first of a two-part review of Mediterranean container trade and operations, Mike Mundy focuses on the west and central Mediterranean areas highlighting trade trends, capacity requirements, how the ports are responding, and what still remains to be done.
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NewsDEMOCRACY BUREAUCRACY AND SLOW PROGRESS
The Indian Ports Association (IPA) is more than a mere representative body of the country''s ports. It has a direct impact on government port and maritime policies through representations to the Planning Commission, as well its own consultancy arm to oversee port development projects. Gavin van Marle talks with its ...
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NewsICTSI opens dangerous cargo facility at MICT
ICTSI has opened a control facility for dangerous cargo at its Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) to reinforce compliance with the ISPS Code and the US Container Security Initiative (CSI).
