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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Cash-rich DP World is to repay a $3bn loan outstanding under its revolving credit facility due to mature in October 2012. The repayments will take place between 4 and 10 April 2012.

29th March 2012

DP World splashes cash on loan repayment

29th March 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Peru’s National Port Authority has forecast that cargo handled by its national ports network will rise by 14%-15% on average over the next five years.

29th March 2012

Peru to handle 2m teu by 2014

29th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

There was little talk of transhipment costs or container investments being frozen by the Port of Valencia at a recent workshop held at the London School of Economics.

28th March 2012

Valencia focuses on strategic priorities

28th March 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Assets and leases held by Westgate at Victoria Dock in Melbourne have been bought by Qube Logistics in a deal worth A$47m (US$49.3m).

28th March 2012

Qube buys into Melbourne lease

28th March 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Guillermo Morán, managing director of Manta port authority in Ecuador, has publicly stated that the organisation is close to finalising terms and conditions for the international tender that will result in a…

28th March 2012

Manta close to finalising tender

28th March 2012

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

In this article Susan Dutt, manager of sustainability at the Port of Gothenburg, investigates the possibilties of decreasing environmental impact through the use of onshore power.

27th March 2012

Onshore power reduces impact

27th March 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

CentrePort Wellington chief executive Blair O’Keeffe says a Productivity Commission report on the local ports sector fails to acknowledge the dramatic surge in freight handled successfully over the past two decades.

27th March 2012

NZ Productivity criticism refuted

27th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Passenger trains sometimes carrying only three people are taking up rail paths that could be used by 30-wagon freight trains on the branch line to and from the Port of Felixstowe, Hutchison…

26th March 2012

Felixstowe calls for axing of off-peak passenger trains

26th March 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The United States is threatening to add Nigeria to its list of countries whose ports are considered insecure.

26th March 2012

US threatens to downgrade Nigerian ports

26th March 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Northland Regional Council chairperson Craig Brown believes Northport is ideally-placed to win trade from nearby Ports of Auckland and Port of Tauranga.

26th March 2012

Northport eyes stranded NZ trade

26th March 2012