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AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Port freight projects across the US have been awarded US$79m in TIGER IV infrastructure grants with a heavy emphasis on funding green intermodality aiming to get freight off the roads by improving…

26th June 2012

US grants help improve rail infrastructure

26th June 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Perus Ministry of Transport is to shortly publish a new National Port Development Plan, which aims to modernise services and infrastructure to bring them up to levels necessary to allow the country…

26th June 2012

Peru to unveil new port development plan

26th June 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Hanjin-owned Total Terminal International Algeciras handled 650,000 teu last year and could reach 1m teu in 2012. However, no decision has yet been reached as to whether to proceed with a Phase…

25th June 2012

Algeciras weighs up development potential

25th June 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian Ministry of Employment has fined the Santos Brazil and Libra Terminais container terminals for using unregistered labour when working vessels in the port of Santos.

25th June 2012

Santos fines container terminals

25th June 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Johor Port has embarked on a five year expansion plan which will include significant redevelopment in order to retain competitive edge and cater for new markets.

25th June 2012

Johor looks to new markets

25th June 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Israeli Transport Minister has confirmed that the government is to promote the construction of two new ports, the projects for which first emerged in 2007.

23rd June 2012

Israel two port plan back on

23rd June 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has put forward a canal project to rival that of the Panama Canal. A new authority has been set up for the project, which should cost…

22nd June 2012

Nicaragua to build rival to Panama Canal

22nd June 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The US Department of Transportation recently awarded a US$15m Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to the Outer Harbour Intermodal Terminal (OHIT) Rail Access project at the Port of Oakland.

22nd June 2012

Grant awarded to Port of Oakland

22nd June 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The cost of building the new Doha port in Qatar is predicted to rise by 20% to around $6.86bn.

21st June 2012

Doha port costs spiral 20%

21st June 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Japan International Cooperation Agency is to help the Vietnamese city of Da Nang improve both its Tien Sa sea port and undertake the phase II upgrade of the harbour at Lien Chieu.

21st June 2012

Japan comes to Vietnam’s aid

21st June 2012