World News – Page 500
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IRANIAN DEAL FOR ALPS
Ironically, while PSA Corp is backing out of India - see preceding story - a consortium of Indian companies has taken their expertise overseas and signed a deal to set up a container terminal at the Iranian port of Chabahar.
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PTP REPORTS RECORD GROWTH
The Tecon Suape terminal reported profits for the first time with these following on from a significant increase in cargo throughput and positive management initiatives on the part of ICTSI to introduce more efficient operational procedures and working practices.Malaysia's PTP, Singapore's new rival, reported a 25% first half throughput increase ...
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SHANGHAI EXPECTS
The Tecon Suape terminal reported profits for the first time with these following on from a significant increase in cargo throughput and positive management initiatives on the part of ICTSI to introduce more efficient operational procedures and working practices.The latest traffic forecast from Shanghai estimates a container throughput of 14mTEU ...
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PSA pulls out of India
Indian port news is plentiful this month with the " ins and outs" of investment strategy, congestion issues, new development plans and mooted institutional change in port authority operating structures, all generating items of interest.
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P&O Ports signs for Bengal box terminal
The international terminal operator that has shown most commitment to India is P& O Ports and it has just reaffirmed this by securing the rights to become an investor in Bengal Port Ltd (BPL). In early August, according to a P& O Group announcement, P& O Ports signed development and ...
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PARADIP CLOSING DATE
15 September 2004 is the closing date for qualifying bids for a BOT project for the construction of a new iron ore export facility at Paradip on India''s east coast.
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SHENZHEN CONTINUES TO CLIMB
The Chinese port of Shenzhen reported a 32% first half throughput growth with a total of 6.06mTEU, in line with expectations. The port''s three terminals forecast reaching at least 13mTEU by the end of the year.
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INCHON PHASE ONE OPENS
Phase I of the Inchon Container Terminal (ICT), located 30km from the South Korean capital of Seoul, has opened for business.
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NewsX-ray system for Adelaide
Smith' s Detection has received an order from the Australian Customs Service for its newly introduced container/ palletised goods cargo X-ray system, HI-SCAN 250250, to go into service at Adelaide.
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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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NewsThreat of sanctions won't help
The UK''s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has criticised the port of Felixstowe for introducing a controversial security surcharge and threatening to give a " lower priority" to some imported containers, delaying them within the port.
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NewsKongsberg completes Aberdeen project
The North Sea oil port of Aberdeen can now utilise a new observation system recently completed by Kongsberg Maritime. The system utilises Internet Protocol (IP) technology to supply high-resolution camera pictures and AIS information.
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MOMBASA FACES LOSS OF UGANDAN TRADE
Uganda and Sudan are in discussions to develop a new trade route through Port Sudan as an alternative to Mombasa which the Ugandan government regards as inefficient.
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NewsValencia woos China Shipping and MSC
China Shipping is reportedly evaluating Malta Freeport against Valencia as the hub where it will deploy its new fleet of 8,100TEU vessels. In July 2002, the carrier agreed with Malta that it would use facilities there to tranship boxes between its Asia, Mediterranean and East Coast US services. However, a ...
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ADANI OPTS FOR SMALLER IRON ORE TERMINAL
China Shipping initially deployed 5,500TEU vessels on its Far East-North Europe service which called solely at Valencia.India's Adani Group has chosen the small Belekeri jetty in northern Karnataka state rather than the larger port of Mormugoa to concentrate exports of iron ore to China saying the facility is experiencing too ...
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MUMBAI'S LUXURY MARKET
The Indian government has added Mumbai to a list of ports now licensed to handle new vehicle import traffic.
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APL cuts new deals in China and India
APL and Chiwan Container Terminal (CCT) have signed a 20-year agreement which will give APL additional efficiency and berth capability at the western Shenzhen port of Chiwan. CCT, in turn, will benefit from APL''s business expansion and container volume growth in western Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta. Parent NOL''s ...
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W-W warns of over-capacity
CCT adds the agreement provides impetus for the development of Chiwan's terminal with a fifth berth.By 2008, South Africa's vehicle exports will have doubled in volume, with the biggest markets in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, claims Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines VP Per Eitzen. He says that ports must be more ...
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DRAGADOS SPLASHES OUT
Spanish stevedoring group Dragados-SPL intends to invest € 74.5m on various projects during the current year of which the opening of the initial phase of the Malaga container terminal will absorb € 20m.
