World News – Page 497
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Jan De Nul
Belgian dredging contractor Jan De Nul has recently been awarded more than € 200m worth of contracts. In Hong Kong, landfall dredging and close to 1.5m tons of rock-dumping has to be executed for the gas pipeline connecting the Guangdong Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal located at Cheng Tou Jiao (Shenzhen) ...
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NewsSTRUCTURAL CHANGES BRING NEW CHALLENGES
The growth in scale and complexity of Asia''s container terminals is providing the ports of the region with massive new challenges - and new opportunities. Steve Meyrick tells the story.
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FAVOURABLE ECONOMIC BENEFITS
The direct economic benefits of deepening the channels of Australia''s premier container port have been estimated by consultants Meyrick and Associates, at US$851m over 25 years.
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NewsPort Interface the Concern For New Zealand
It would be overstretching the point to suggest that New Zealand is facing a turning point in its ports and land transport development. But if some of the country’ s leading transportation ” thinkers” had their way, it would be.
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NewsCHINESE DEMAND BEHIND THE 'ARMADA' CRISIS
The bulk carrier log-jam off the Australian east coast has finally dissipated to manageable levels following drastic action at the country''s major coal port. Chris Taylor reports on the reasons behind the chronic congestion, and what''s being done to correct the situation.
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NewsSYDNEY: WHAT ABOUT THE GENERALS?
Sydney''s new headache is carriers with a mix of very different cargoes that will be harder to fit into the port after the closure of Darling Harbour in 2006. Kevin Chinnery reports.
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NewsCHANNEL DEEPENING SET FOR GREEN LIGHT
The $289m port of Melbourne channel-deepening project in Port Phillip Bay was effectively given the green light in July after the public release of a long-awaited environmental effects statement (EES).
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FREMANTLE: NEXT TO TAKE ON BOX DUOPOLY?
The first breach in Australia''s stevedoring market duopoly of P& O Ports and Patrick for several years could take place in the country''s far west. Fremantle Ports (FP) has quietly set off to develop a third container terminal operation, bringing the first potential newcomer in any Australia box port since ...
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NewsTeesport floatation will spur expansion plans
It will be port business as usual in Hartlepool if the newly independent PD Ports gets the approval it now wants for its proposed £ 500m property project development around Victoria Harbour.
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Laem Chabang tenders
Thailand''s deepwater port of Laem Chabang is to get six new terminals in a tender believed to be worth $400m.
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P&ONL facilitates Rotterdam's mating game
Every fortnight vessels of P& O Nedlloyd''s container fleet take fresh seawater from the Atlantic to Rotterdam in their ballast tanks. While the ship is worked at the terminal, a small tanker comes alongside and the water is pumped aboard from the bigger ship''s tanks. The tanker sails to Rotterdam''s ...
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NewsPort boss calls for end to unreasonable rejections
Economic policy has to give greater recognition to the role played by Welsh ports and deal fairly and efficiently with proposals to develop them if the contribution they make to national and local economies is to continue, the chief executive of Wales'' largest port has warned.
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NewsAAPA
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has awarded the Port of Houston Authority for its development of a trash-skimming programme along the Buffalo Bayou. The Houston project, initially developed by Houston''s Buffalo Bayou Partnership, was one of 152 entries submitted by 37 ports worldwide for consideration for the AAPA ...
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Klang introduces CSI surcharge
"The feat marks the first time that a container has been successfully tracked intransit without any 'blackouts' associated with limited satellite or cellular network coverage, line-of-sight obstructions or reliance upon costly ground-based infrastructure, " boasts ceo Vaibhav Malawade. The container was even tracked consistently when positioned in the centre of ...
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TT Club verifies "STC" protection allowed under AMS rules
The TT Club has secured an important clarification for its members from the US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) service regarding the continued ability to utilize the term " said to contain" (STC) on bills of lading.
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Sines Container Terminal Receives First Vessel
Operations at Sines Container Terminal XXI (Terminal XXI), a collaborative effort between Sines Port Authority and PSA Corp, commenced on 31 May with the arrival of MSC CRISTIANA. PSA Corp says it is working actively to attract more carriers to hub in Sines.
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Rotterdam's fruit throughput up
Phase I of Terminal XXI offers 320 metres of berth with 16-metre draught, two post-Panamax quay cranes and three RTGs providing it with an annual handling capacity of 250,000TEUs.Halfway through the fruit season throughput of fruit and vegetables in Rotterdam is 20% up. At end April, Seabrex, Rotterdam's largest fruit ...
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NewsNew ICD Emirates' fourth port
Sharjah' s new ICD ( PS May 2004 ) has been designed to handle containers moving from Khorfakkan to the West Coast Terminal at Sharjah. According to operators Gulftainer, the ICD is effectively the Emirate' s fourth port located just outside Sharjah city on the border with Dubai. Manager Peter ...
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UAE cements maritime ties with Iraq
There has been a boom in sea trade between the United Arab Emirates and Iraq in the post-Saddam era, mostly using traditional dhows plying between Dubai Creek and ports such as Umm Qasr and Abul Folous. Around 300 dhows carry cargoes such as tyres, clothes, rice, pulses, edible oils, electronics, ...
