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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Portugal’s government has set aside €103 million for port development in the Algarve in 2012, however this is at the expense of several other key projects in the region.

6th January 2012

Portugal to invest in ports development

6th January 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

What makes a good Asian transhipment port tick?

6th January 2012

The Asian success stories

6th January 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Gulf Cooperation Council has spoken out in support of Kuwait in its development of Mubarak port, which it is taking forward despite objections from neighbouring Iraq.

6th January 2012

GCC supports Kuwait’s Mubarak project

6th January 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Chennai Port Trust has rejected the $698m bid by Mundra Port and Economic Zone to develop a new container terminal at the port of Chennai, claiming that the 5% revenue share being…

5th January 2012

Chennai rejects Mundra box terminal bid

5th January 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, has blocked legislation that would have led to wholescale privatisation of the countrys ports.

5th January 2012

No to Ukraine privatisation

5th January 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Konecranes has made 125 of its European workforce redundant as part of a cost reduction programme to save €7m ($9.1m) per annum.

5th January 2012

Konecranes makes redundancies in Europe

5th January 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Liabilities of Spanish ports are expected to total €4.5bn ($5.9bn) in 2012, up from the €4.1bn reached in 2011.

5th January 2012

Spanish ports increasingly unprofitable

5th January 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The call of its first container ship on December 29 marked the opening of the new NCC Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) in Russia, with weekly Unifeeder calls already in the bag.

5th January 2012

Ust-Luga opening sets development agenda

5th January 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Even in smaller countries such as New Zealand, transhipment is changing the business cases for main ports.

5th January 2012

Transhipment builds for Kiwi ports

5th January 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Business, labour and public officials fear expansion of the Panama Canal could cut cargo business by a quarter at the twin Los Angeles-Long Beach ports, which currently handle 40% of the nations…

5th January 2012

US concern over Panama Canal expansion

5th January 2012