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  • Wrangles over proposed Dharma port

    01 Jul 2007

    Indian steel manufacturing giant Tata has stoutly defended its plans for a new steel and ore port at Dhamra, in the eastern Indian province of Orissa, in the face of environmental protests. 

  • Busan dredging need confirmed

    01 Jul 2007

    A feasibility study on dredging at Korea’s Busan port has verified the need for deepening at selected berths at Shinsundae Container Terminal, Gamman Container Terminal, Shingamman and Jasungdae. 

  • Cang Viet Port to be rebuilt

    01 Jul 2007

    Vinashin is to invest $93.8m to rebuild Cang Viet Port in Vietnam. This will allow it to handle 2m tonnes of cargo per year and receive vessels of up to 10,000 dwt. 

  • ICTSI secures Subic

    01 Jul 2007

    ICTSI has won a Subic Bay container terminal concession after the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority declared that it had received no challenge to its bid contract by the deadline in June. 

  • Philippine x-ray vision

    01 Jul 2007

    The customs authorities in the Philippines are to introduce 10 new x-ray scanners at eight ports. These have been approved by authorities in the US. 

  • Portek orders net S$5.3m

    01 Jul 2007

    Equipment provider Portek has confirmed orders for container cranes, hardware installations and crane upgrades and repairs in Columbia (South America), Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia, in orders worth a total of S$5.3 million ($3.5m). 

  • Malaysia’s Northport expands facilities

    01 Jul 2007

    Port Klang’s Northport has introduced a €110m ($148.1m) expansion programme, which aims to boost container handling capacity, in addition to that of other cargoes. Investment will take place over the next three years, funding development of a new 350 metre long container berth, which will bring to 3,600 metres the total berthing length in the port for containers. 

  • Singapore property price pull

    01 Jul 2007

    Property prices in Singapore could make it difficult for authorities in that country to expand port facilities in the longer term, claim experts in Malaysia.  

  • Shanghai now number two

    01 Jul 2007

    Shanghai has overtaken Hong Kong to become the second largest container port in the world. 

  • Japan funds Angolan rehab

    01 Jul 2007

    Japan is to provide $65m to rehabilitate the Southern Angolan ports of Lobito and Namibe by 2010. According to Japanese consultants, Lobito needs $35m of upgrading work and Namibe $30m.  

  • Chinese capacity constraints

    01 Jul 2007

    Chinese experts predict that by 2010 national ports will be handling 8bn tonnes of cargo annually and 170m teu. Existing capacity is for 5.6bn tonnes and 93m teu. 

  • PTP positions itself for box dominance

    01 Jul 2007

    The government of Malaysia is to rationalise traffic at the ports of Tanjung Pelepas and Johor. The former will henceforth concentrate purely on container traffic, while Johor will specialise in non-containerised cargo. Both are owned by MMC Corporation. 

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