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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Joint owners Mitsubishi Development and Murchison Metals are on track to begin building the A$4bn (US$4bn) Oakajee Port and Rail project in Western Australia later this year. Construction will continue until the…

2nd April 2011

Oakajee $4bn development on track

2nd April 2011

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Could planning and subsidy issues lead to some ports losing out in the race to support the offshore wind power sector? Felicity Landon reports

1st April 2011

A fair wind

1st April 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Investors need to wise up to the new port investment market, says Martin Rushmere

1st April 2011

A dose of realism

1st April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Japans overseas aid agency, JICA, is to team up with Japanese companies to build a Y140bn ($1.7bn) port in northern Vietnam, the Financial Times has reported.

1st April 2011

Japan funds Vietnam port development

1st April 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Chilean Senate has asked the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications to establish a single national port concessions process that includes a means of guaranteeing the rights of dockworkers in terms of…

1st April 2011

Unified concession process mooted

1st April 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

First Quantum Group and its long-standing partner, Andrey Kobzar, have sold their 50% stake in the NUTEP (Novorossiysk) container terminal to an external investor for $115M.

31st March 2011

NCC lets go of NUTEP operation

31st March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) has won a contract to develop a coal import terminal at Visakhapatnam.

31st March 2011

Mundra SEZ wins east-coast coal project

31st March 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Santos has secured funding of $679m to develop new container and liquid bulk terminals, significantly increasing the port’s present capacity.

31st March 2011

Santos goes supersize

31st March 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A number of new port developments are planned in the Western (Al Gharbia) region of Abu Dhabi, adding to the emirate’s aggressive port expansion plans.

31st March 2011

Potent plans for Abu Dhabi

31st March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dragados-SPL - the Spanish port terminal operator with equity stakes in container operations in Bilbao, Valencia, Malaga and Las Palmas, and in general cargo terminals in Santander, Castellón and Sagunto - has…

31st March 2011

Dragados-SPL rebrands as Noatum Ports

31st March 2011