Asia

TheVietnamese port of Hai Phong has begun work on a $31m wharf in the DinhVu Industrial Zone. This forms part of a 139,000 sq m development whichaims to service import-export companies.

PapuaNew Guineas most important port, Lae Port, is to receive a $100m loanfrom the Asian Development Bank to expand installations. A tidal basinwill be created, as will a new multipurpose berth.

The Adani Group is expected to undertake an initial public offering worth $371m in October in respect of its Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd Co. 

Evergreen Marine Corp has extended its lease on one of its Kaohsiung, Taiwan facilities for 11 years and one month. The terminal occupies over 400,000 sq m of land and provides three…

Concerns have been raised over the bidding process for the Pakistan Deep Sea Container Port, which appears to have allowed some companies to simultaneously enter more than one bid. 

Calcutta’ s Haldia Dock Authority has conceded it has reached saturation point, with an increase last year of just 0.28% to 42.45m tonnes. Today, ships can wait up to 18-19 days before…

Dalian Port Company and Modern Terminals Ltd are to build a deepwater container terminal at the Port of Dalian. This will be located at Dayaowan North Harbour.

Illustrative of the general decline of Japanese ports, news reaches Port Strategy of severe discontent at the nations very first private port initiative.

Overseas Port Management (OPM), managed by several ex-PSA executives, has been granted a one-year extension to its three-year contract at Aden Container Terminal.

Earnings at Indonesias Bontang Coal Terminal have been hit by a malfunctioning winch-brake motor, which forced the declaration of a force majeure in February.The terminal has a loading capacity of 250,000 tonnes…

Port officials from Asia-Pacific stressed the importance of cooperation at a pivotal International Association of Ports and Harbours meeting in Vietnam in February. Representatives met to discuss port development and management and…

Sharjah-based Gulftainer has agreed a joint-venture with the Pak Shaheen Group of Karachi to bid for logistics and transport contracts in Pakistan.

The government of the Indian state of Gujarat has identified Cambay,Mahuva and Sutrapada as new port development sites, as throughput at existing local ports grew by 11.2% to 108m tonnes in 2005-06. 

APM Terminals has entered a joint venture agreement with Cosco Pacific to develop and manage the second phase of the container terminal at the Chinese port of Guangzhou. The port authority will…

Karachi Port Trust has asked for companies to submit pre-qualification applications to finance, build and operate the first four-berth container terminal at its new Deep Water Container Port.