All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Champions of Africell sponsored 2007/2008 national premier league, Ports Authority FC Wednesday received their championship trophy from the company at a colourful ceremony held at Mamba Point.
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
In a bold move it said would increase efficiency, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has eliminated the chief's position in its police department. The position was held by Christopher Trucillo, a 22-year police department veteran, at...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) generated N548 billion from 1999 to date, remitted only N11 billion into the Federation Account and squandered the rest, Minister of State for Water Transportation Chief John Okechukwu Emeka said in Abuja yesterday.
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The U.S. Department of Transportation is planning on auctioning almost 300 flight slots at NYC airports, but the Port Authority said that would seek an injunction to block the plan. The federal DOT says auctioning off 10% of flight slots will help alleviate air traffic, but Governors Paterson and Corzine believe smaller flights will be cut. And the Port Authority told the...
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
NEW YORK -- The top cop job at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been eliminated. Executive director Chris Ward said in a memo today that the move ensures a single point of contact at the...
Archinect (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
This week, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Santiago Calatrava released renderings of the scaled back World Trade Center Transportation Hub. A/N Blog | NYT CityRoom
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation, Njida Gella Ahmed, has said that the port concession programme of theFederal Government, which resulted in the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), handing over the terminals to private operators without an enabling law should be taken as a learning process.
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Port Authority is seeking a federal injunction to stop the Bush administration's plan to auction takeoff and landing slots to ease air traffic congestion, the agency said yesterday.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The Tampa Port Authority has retained its A2 "investment grade" rating on $120.3 million of outstanding revenue bonds with a stable outlook, a report by Moody's Investors Service released Wednesday states.
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
It's been a weak year for grain shipments out of the Twin Ports, and the threat of a strike that could shut down the St. Lawrence Seaway has dock operators on edge.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
A memorandum said that the position of chief of police had been eliminated to streamline “command and control” and to make one person accountable: the superintendent of the police force.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
MANILA, Oct. 8 (PNA) – The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) have completed five municipal ports in Southern Mindanao to give way to potential private ferry services to reach areas away from land transportation routes.
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
October 7, 2008Port Authority to handoff Wall St. heliport managementDespite objections from a competitor, FirstFlight will take over operations of the Downtown Heliport within “several weeks” the reports today.The heliport, located near the end of Wall Street on the East River, is used by by sightseeing companies, the U.S. Helicopter airport shuttle service and dignitaries (including...
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Text size: Port Authority, developer feud over Ground Zero wallThe Associated Press October 9, 2008 A 400-foot-long wall in a corner of Ground Zero rekindled a bitter feud yesterday between the owners and developer of the World Trade Center site, in a $300,000-a-day dispute over who should take it down. The told developer Larry Silverstein this week that it had finished digging up land...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Congestion at the Port of Beirut has become a major concern among traders, shipping companies and the Port Authority, despite the large revenues that are being generated from the rapid growth in the number of containers coming through the facility.
