Tag: Port Authority

Ports and harbours have a number of plans to deal with emergencies Ports and harbours have a number of plans to deal with emergencies, but whether or not they come together to be effective is another issue entirely.There's the port security plan, the coastguard's rescue operations, there's the local police and possibly other agencies to deal with such as the fire crews. "In any one port city you will probably find geographic and functional dividing lines all over the place as to who does what in an emergency," explains Mark Woolley of VSTEP. "If established plans and protocols do not work then it can be very dangerous."So, according to Mr Woolley, there is a need to practice responses together. Further, there is, according to him, a need to check what is out of the ordinary and needs to trigger a response. He said, "You may do a lot of training on how to intercept and arrest, but how do you recognise what to look for?" His answer is that a multidisciplinary approach works best.Ideally, he explains, you want an inter-agency tool, one which means port authorities, coastguard, and law enforcement integration.The old problem is that while even pulling say, a ...

They were killed during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, employees from The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will gather at a church in Lower Manhattan to honour the lives of 84 colleagues who were killed during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.Like many Americans, the tragedy continues to haunt Port Commerce Department director Rick Larrabee."I was in the north tower of the World Trade Center on the 62nd floor when the first plane hit, so I was directly impacted along with the rest of the people who worked for me. Most of us got out, but one individual, Bill Fallon, did not make it," he told TradeWinds today.When hijacked commercial jets crashed into the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001, the aftermath crippled global commerce as authorities raced to lock down US ports.Facilities reopend days later, uncloging vital arteries that connected Americans to imported goods, but Larrabee says the decision was a difficult one.He noted: "We all felt at the time we didn't know if another attack was coming, and people began to realize that ports were vulnerable to terrorist activities.Rick Larrabee. "We were concerned about ...

The Decision indicates a prohibition on making funds On 7 June 2011, the EU Council published a Council Decision indicating its intention to add six port authorities to its list of 'designated' persons or entities who will fall within the current sanctions in force against Libya.Freezing of assets of these six port authorities will begin once the Regulation implementing the Council Decision has been published. This is expected early next week.The six listed port authorities controlled by the Gaddafi regime are: Port authority of Tripoli Port authority of Al Khoms Port authority of Brega Port authority of Ras Lanuf Port authority of ZawiaPort authority of Zuwara The Decision indicates a prohibition on making funds, financial assets to economic resources, available to these port authorities directly or indirectly, e.g. payment of port fees. So anyone subject to EU jurisdiction will not be able to pay any dues to the authorities listed. What is not clear is whether the prohibition could be circumvented by, for example, making the payment to the port through a third party. The Regulation may clear up this ambiguity.There is a 'prior contracts' exemption for contracts concluded before the entry into force of the Decision until 15 July ...

It will provide $500 million in private capital investment to upgrade the existing facility The board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Tuesday approved a restructured lease with the Port Newark Container Terminal that will provide $500 million in private capital investment to upgrade the existing facility.The restructured PNCT lease calls for a 20-year extension of the existing lease through the year 2050 in order to expand the terminal through a $500 million private capital investment and secure a long-term strategic commitment with Mediterranean Shipping Co.The lease provides guarantees from both PNCT and MSC that will dramatically increase cargo volumes at the terminal, from 414,000 containers today to 1.1 million by 2030. In addition, the lease would expand the terminals facility by more than 100 acres, from 180 acres to approximately 287 acres.PNCT is owned by AIG Global Highstar, an infrastructure fund that acquired the terminal in 2007 from DP World as part of its purchase of the global port assets of P&O Ports.DP World was forced to sell off those U.S. port assets after the purchase was blocked by Congress, responding to nativist fears of their being owned and operated by a Dubai-based company.The restructured ...