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ASIA

ASIA

The government of Singapore has confirmed its intention to consolidate all container handling at a new port, Tuas, which should go into operation within the next 10 years.

16th October 2012

Singapore to consolidate boxes at Tuas

16th October 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Only DP World has entered a bid for the new $114m container terminal at the Indian port of Jawaharlal Nehru.

16th October 2012

DPW lone bidder for new JNTP terminal

16th October 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Italian Association of Port Authorities (Assoporti) has urged the government to debate the length of port terminal concessions with the European Union.

16th October 2012

Assoporti urges EU to think again over concessions

16th October 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Authorities in Iraq have signed a $40m deal with a US consortium headed by North America Western Asia Holdings to modernise the port of Maqal, which is on the Shatt al-Arab waterway…

16th October 2012

Iraq to upgrade Maqal port

16th October 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Asciano Patrick has had to impose temporary reduced operational capacity at its Port Botany terminal in October because of employee absenteeism, delays in the arrival of new equipment and bad weather interruptions.

16th October 2012

Port Botany imposes capacity restrictions

16th October 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

A Dutch group headed by Rotterdam port authority has put forward a $2.37bn proposal to build a new multipurpose port in the Brazilian south-eastern state of Espírito Santo.

16th October 2012

Rotterdam eyes Brazilian bid

16th October 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cosco Pacific is to start handling operations at Terminal 3 in the Greek port of Piraeus early next year.

16th October 2012

Piraeus T3 to open early next year

16th October 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Vietnams Cai Mep International Terminal recently managed to achieve productivity of 45.63 moves per hour on vessels operating the direct route to the US.

16th October 2012

Cai Mep productivity increase

16th October 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A total of 2,500 port workers at the Chilean port of San Antonio have now been on indefinite strike since September 24, having failed to persuade the government to meet their demands.

16th October 2012

San Antonio port workers on indefinite strike

16th October 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spanish ports are to receive a total of €5.5bn in 2012-2015: €2.5bn will be state investment, with the balance coming from the private sector.

16th October 2012

Spanish ports snare €5.5bn commitment

16th October 2012