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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Chilean port of Coquimbo will shortly be offered as a concession as a means of expanding its working area and thereby allowing it to more easily accommodate larger vessels.

29th August 2011

Chiles Coquimbo considers concession

29th August 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

New Zealand’s two largest ports - Ports of Auckland (POAL) and the Port of Tauranga - are reporting steady relationships with their banking creditors, albeit with some differences since the global financial…

29th August 2011

Kiwi ports maintain steady funding

29th August 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The new age of risk averse banking calls for fresh thinking to raise finance for port projects.

26th August 2011

New-fashioned financing

26th August 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A stronger operating environment pushed DP Worlds first-half profits up four-fold, but second half uncertainty could disrupt the profits party, the group cautioned on Thursday.

25th August 2011

DP World celebrates four-fold profit increase

25th August 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The expected landfall of category three Hurricane Irene on Saturday has prompted the US Coast captain of the port North Carolina sector to set Port Condition Whiskey for the state’s Wilmington and…

25th August 2011

US East coast ports prepare for Irene

25th August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The port of Santos will have received combined private and public investment of $6bn by 2024 aimed at improving infrastructure and capacity.

25th August 2011

Santos racks up $6bn in investment

25th August 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Modernisation of the mechanical ore handling plant at the Indian port of Mormugao has been suspended.

25th August 2011

Mormugao upgrades put on hold

25th August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The government of Uruguay has re-activated a project that first emerged in 2005 to build a new deepwater port at Garzón.

25th August 2011

Uruguay revisits deep water port plan

25th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The southern Spanish port of Cadiz has issued a tender for a new container terminal.

25th August 2011

Cadiz releases terminal tender

25th August 2011

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Flexibility will be vital in responding to whatever scanning approach is decided upon by regulators, says Andrew Goldsmith of Rapiscan.

25th August 2011

No one solution to scanning puzzle

25th August 2011