Asia

Dalian Port is to complete its A-share listing by the second quarter of 2010.

The Vietnamese prime minister on a visit to Denmark asked the Danish Premier for financial aid to develop seaports. This follows the inauguration of a new Maersk service linking Vietnam to US…

With new port plans finally given an official nod, Bangladesh is looking to public/private finance for further developments.

Bangladeshs Shipping Ministrys parliamentary standing committee has set up a sub-committee to investigate alleged corruption and irregularities regarding the contract awarded for container handling at the port of Chittagong. The decision was…

Limited capacity at Saigon port in Vietnam has led to unprecedented congestion of break bulk consignments. A maximum of 25 vessels can access berths at any one time and in recent months…

Bidders interested in building and operating the South Harbour at the Sri Lankan port of Colombo have been given a deadline extension until July 15, to compensate for changes that were introduced…

In March, Hong Kong registered its fifth consecutive month of falling container traffic. It handled 1.625m teu, equivalent to a decline of 18.9%. For the first quarter of 2009, throughput amounted to…

A report that claims the Evergreen Shipping Group is to pull out of Kaohsiung has been strongly denied by the company.