Felixstowe Docks in trouble?

FungusFighter

jetski690 wrote: »

By what you've said in the past some blokes do as well

Jetski mate:j good to see you, nothing wrong with a bit of non-homo guy-love mate;)

jetski690

FungusFighter wrote: »

Jetski mate:j good to see you, nothing wrong with a bit of non-homo guy-love mate;)

That's a bit worrying the thought that you can see me.

FungusFighter

SingleSue wrote: »

Lol!

I can assure you I am not pickles...I would need an extra errr bodily attribute lower down on my body and not the 2 extra ones I have on top!

Babe, I'm dribbling in me keks;)

FungusFighter

jetski690 wrote: »

That's a bit worrying the thought that you can see me.

Only in my head in a manly mates-together guy- way mate :beer:

You should come over to the DFW and oldstyle boards with me, a couple of hunks like us could clean up mate, those birds are begging for it:rotfl: :rotfl:

fc123

FungusFighter wrote: »

A guy just knows

Thanks for the tips babe, miss me?

How could I not miss you?
You didn't answer my Q...how do you know they are slimmer?

pickles110564

jetski690 wrote: »

That's a bit worrying the thought that you can see me.

Did not know that they made wide angled web cams that large!

pickles110564

Overcapacity at Chinese ports forecast to worsen

Xiamen and Dalian expected to suffer considerable oversupply


Mike Grinter - Friday 20 February 2009
EXCESS capacity at China’s container ports is estimated to reach 35m teu by 2010, a new report from AXS-Alphaliner has suggested.
The most extreme examples of oversupply will appear at the northeastern ports of Xiamen and Dalian, where total capacity in 2010 is predicted to be 114% and 100% respectively of the demand in 2008.
Excess supply at Chinese ports has long been expected, but overcapacity will be increased by the decline in box volumes, brought on by a downturn in the demand for Chinese goods.
“Both the Bohai Rim and the Pearl River Delta/Southeast coastal region could see a significant overcapacity challenge in 2010 as the excess capacity projected is three times more than the actual growth seen in the 2000-2008 period,” the report said.
“With growth slowing considerably for 2009, it is unlikely that demand would grow sufficiently to absorb the excess capacity within the next two years.”
The world’s top 10 terminal operators control about 58% of the total throughput in the country.
The four largest operators — Hutchison Port Holdings, Shanghai International Port Group, China Merchants Holdings International and Cosco Pacific — have significant exposure to the falling demand across all regions. The reduced volumes and tariff erosion would have an adverse impact on the operators, with many terminals facing the prospect of negative growth.
Guangzhou port in the south of the country plans to spend Yuan27bn ($4bn) to develop Nansha port phase III, which will add six more 100,000-tonne container berths to the port, bringing its total quay length to 5.6 km and the number of 100,000-tonne berths to 16 by 2010.
The central government has recently approved a $1.4bn joint venture project between Qingdao Port Group, DP World, Maersk, Cosco and Hong Kong’s Pan-Asia Shipping to build 10 container berths in the Qianwan port area in Qingdao. Qianwan phase IV will add 6m teu of annual handling capacity.

FungusFighter

fc123 wrote: »

How could I not miss you?
You didn't answer my Q...how do you know they are slimmer?

FC, I think you may be The One

Their slimmer because their all living on gruel and potato peelings

Makes 'em desperate to!

FungusFighter

pickles110564 wrote: »

Overcapacity at Chinese ports forecast to worsen

Xiamen and Dalian expected to suffer considerable oversupply


Mike Grinter - Friday 20 February 2009
EXCESS capacity at China’s container ports is estimated to reach 35m teu by 2010, a new report from AXS-Alphaliner has suggested.
The most extreme examples of oversupply will appear at the northeastern ports of Xiamen and Dalian, where total capacity in 2010 is predicted to be 114% and 100% respectively of the demand in 2008.
Excess supply at Chinese ports has long been expected, but overcapacity will be increased by the decline in box volumes, brought on by a downturn in the demand for Chinese goods.
“Both the Bohai Rim and the Pearl River Delta/Southeast coastal region could see a significant overcapacity challenge in 2010 as the excess capacity projected is three times more than the actual growth seen in the 2000-2008 period,” the report said.
“With growth slowing considerably for 2009, it is unlikely that demand would grow sufficiently to absorb the excess capacity within the next two years.”
The world’s top 10 terminal operators control about 58% of the total throughput in the country.
The four largest operators — Hutchison Port Holdings, Shanghai International Port Group, China Merchants Holdings International and Cosco Pacific — have significant exposure to the falling demand across all regions. The reduced volumes and tariff erosion would have an adverse impact on the operators, with many terminals facing the prospect of negative growth.
Guangzhou port in the south of the country plans to spend Yuan27bn ($4bn) to develop Nansha port phase III, which will add six more 100,000-tonne container berths to the port, bringing its total quay length to 5.6 km and the number of 100,000-tonne berths to 16 by 2010.
The central government has recently approved a $1.4bn joint venture project between Qingdao Port Group, DP World, Maersk, Cosco and Hong Kong’s Pan-Asia Shipping to build 10 container berths in the Qianwan port area in Qingdao. Qianwan phase IV will add 6m teu of annual handling capacity.

Pickles mate, whassup with all this boats and docks crap?
You been trying to read agin? :rotfl: :rotfl:

pickles110564

PD Ports starts Felixstowe-Teesport feeder service

PD Ports has launched Logical Link, a coastal feeder container shipping service offering a next day connection between Felixstowe and Teesport.

This new service operates two sailings per week, (Mondays and Wednesdays) loading in Felixstowe on day one and unloading in Teesport the following morning.

The Logical Link service will reduce operational costs for customers and minimise the adverse impact that road transport has on the environment.

Further benefits of the Logical Link include Teesport's portcentric logistics offering, which enables cargo to be stored closer to its final destination, complemented by Teesport's access to vital Northern road and rail links.

Logical Link also allows PD Ports, through its subsidiary PD Logistics, based in Felixstowe, to offer a fully comprehensive port-to-door service, including warehousing if required.

"With growing pressure for businesses to seek further efficiency gains and be greener in their approach to business, many companies are seeking alternative ways of shipping goods to their customers," said Graham Wall, commercial director for PD Ports.

"There is without doubt, a vital need to reduce the amount of freight transported from southern UK ports by road, which is destined for the north of the UK.

"The launch of this service will offer relief to our over-burdened UK road network and by using this new feeder service, importers will be able to act in a more socially responsible manner by lessening their environmental impact on the ever-increasing congested UK road network."

The Road Transport Association reported that congestion on the roads currently costs British business US$24 billion a year.

PD Ports is seeking to further develop the shortsea-coastal traffic through Teesport but it has also been given Government approval to proceed with a new $430 million deep sea container terminal, known as the Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT), scheduled to open in 2012.

Two major retailers have already recognised the benefit of the portcentric concept and are building import centres within the port area.

ASDA, part of the world's largest retailer Wal-mart, calculates that its 2005 decision to develop a 360,000 sq ft import centre at Teesport has already reduced its road travel by over two million miles per annum.

The use of the Logical Link service will help it further reduce that road travel. Tesco is currently building a 1.2 million sq ft import centre at Teesport, with operations due to commence this summer.

The service currently runs northwards only but there will be a longer term opportunity to export containerised goods from the North of the UK through Teesport to Felixstowe and onward to global destinations on a return southward journey of the coastal feeder ships.

Mega port put on hold

By John McKenna

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26 February 2009

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BUSINESS - London Gateway port work at standstill as operator reviews global expansion plans.
Construction of a £1.5bn container port outside London was on hold this week as its owner reviewed its expansion plans.
A joint venture (JV) between contractor Laing O'Rourke and Dredging International was due to begin work on the London Gateway port's £400M first phase by the end of 2008. However, port operator DP World is currently reviewing the expansion plans for all its ports across the globe, leaving work on the London Gateway site at a standstill.
Work on the 748ha site in Essex is still expected to go ahead, but its anticipated opening in early 2011 is likely to be delayed, with the timescale over which the JV will build the port extended and further phases facing postponement and changes in scope.
DP World revealed in its January interim results that it was conducting a comprehensive review of all its operations. This is due to a large drop in global shipping demand at the end of last year, with the UK's largest container port at Felixstowe seeing falls in volume of 16% in the fnal quarter of 2008.
Drewry Shipping Consultants ports director Neil Davidson said that while projects such as the London Gateway made sense in the long term, port operators risked overcapacity and price falls if they continued with construction plans in the short term.
London Gateway is to be built by the Thames on the former Shell Haven oil refnery at Stanford-leHope near Thurrock, Essex. It will eventually have the capacity to handle 3.5M twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs).
The JV was awarded the contract in August last year to deliver the first phase of the port's construction, providing three berths and over 1.2km of quay over the next five years.
"It's a couple of years to get the first berth operational, and with the slowdown we may have couple of years before things improve, " said Davidson.
"Felixstowe [owned by Hutchison Ports] is already in the process of adding 1.5M TEU. Port operators need to keep the market in balance. It's not in anyone's interest to create overcapacity as it causes prices to fall." DP World's review of its operations is focused on all expansion plans and new development plans globally, with the delivery dates on its other major European port under construction – Rotterdam's 1,000ha Maasvlakte 2 – also likely to be put back.
"While we remain confdent of the long-term prospects for the industry and DP World's strong competitive positioning, the container terminal industry has reported increasingly challenging conditions during 2008, which have worsened during the fourth quarter, " said DP World chief executive Mohammed Sharaf.
"We expect these conditions to remain for the foreseeable future. With this in mind, we have implemented a strategy to focus on minimising the impact on margins and preserving cash, which includes reducing costs and taking a prudent approach to our working capital position." The operator has also made redundancies and reduced the working hours of staff at its Southampton port, with similar cutbacks being made by operators at Tilbury and Felixstowe.
A London Gateway spokesman confirmed that the JV was on hold until DP World's review was complete, but added that he was hopeful work could begin again in the next couple of months.