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Imports
fuel Danish ports
Optimism, faith in the future, higher
cargo turnover, investments and more facilities. These are some
of the features dominating Danish ports.
Turning smaller size into an advantage
From a theoretical point of view, the Port of
Horsens could be a dying port facility left over from former times
with different transport patterns than today. But the facts tell
a different story.
Ports and terminals built in Estonia
By the time the current issue comes out Port
of Sillamäe should be opened; construction work on the Saaremaa
cruise port was initiated two months ago and early summer saw the
first passengers at Mõntu Harbour.
Finnish ports suffered from strikes
Last year was a good one for the ports of Finland:
the handled cargo volume exceeded 95 million tons, which is an all-time
high. Due to a strike last summer such a result will not be repeated
in 2005.
New
markets in harbour towing
As the market for harbour towing has declined
during the last few decades in Finland, the largest tug owner Alfons
Håkans aims at expanding abroad. Last year, a subsidiary was
established in Estonia, and the next step may be entering the Latvian
market.
Finland’s largest port under construction
The Port of Helsinki’s new Vuosaari
Harbour will be the largest project ever in the Finnish port sector.
Situated at the eastern end of Ring Road III in the outskirts of
Helsinki, it will allow a much more efficient cargo throughput than
the present facilities.
Cargo handling under roof
Last spring, the new All Weather Terminal became operational in
the Port of Kokkola. The running-in period is still in progress,
but the efficiency of cargo handling has already doubled.
Rederi Ab Engship’s dry cargo vessel
“Trenden” entering the Kokkola AWT. The vessel is on charter
to New Boliden.
Photo: Port of Kokkola
Latvia: more cargo and fewer passengers
The January storm quite seriously damaged the ports located
on the Latvian coastline.
Domestic goods dominate
Klaipeda State Seaport is capable of handling
over 30 million tons of goods. For this purpose, the port has been
dredged, quays have been reconstructed and terminals are being modernised.
In the shadow of political vagaries For many years Norwegian
ports, most of them municipal, have been suffering subjects of the
political vagaries of a succession of governments. The ports are
the overall responsibility of the Norwegian Coastal Directorate,
but the political masters are located in the Department of Fisheries.
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The control tower in Gdansk Northern Harbour.
Keeping up with the Joneses – investments
in Polish ports Investments carried out
in Polish ports were comprehensively described in the port issue
of the SSG last year. This time, the report is deliberately repeated,
since a lot of money has been pumped (and will be pumped) into this
sector due to the EU subsidies. The artful use of funds is of considerable
importance as far as the Polish port sector is concerned.
Big
port of St Petersburg: development problems
In June 2005, the Legal Assembly of St.
Petersburg decreed that the sea port in St. Petersburg would be
named “the Big Port of St. Petersburg”. It also addressed
the Government of the Russian Federation with a request to confirm
the naming of the geographic entity by issuing a corresponding decree.
We maintain order in the port
Two years ago, the Port Authority of Kaliningrad was exercising
state power of maritime administration on one hand and developing
economic activities on the other. These functions were separated
nationwide with the establishment of the state-owned enterprise
Rosmorport.
Headquarters see the full picture
Interview with Mr Vadim Deinega, VP Finance
and Economic Affairs of the Kaliningrad branch of Rosmorport.
European ports struggling to meet demand World
ports are struggling to cope with demand and Europe is no exception.
In 2004, Rotterdam saw a 16 per cent increase in volume to 8.3 million
TEU, and at the summer peak season ships were waiting days for berths.
The challenges for European ports are arriving almost as fast as
new box liners.
Fleet scheduling requires advanced optimization
Traditionally, vessel fleet scheduling has been considered as somewhat
of an art. You are either gifted with an extraordinary talent or
you are more of an amateur. It has most often been done manually
using paper and pen based on the planners’ knowledge and experience.
Big investment to tackle port growth German
ports are investing heavily in facilities and hinterland services
to tackle continuing container growth, knowing full well that if
they do not, then the big ships of the future will call elsewhere.
 Burchardkai:
part of Hamburg’s container expansion.
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