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ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese city of Wuhan is investing $3.4bn in building a major port complex. There are two main projects being developed across two phases. One of them will be a bulk terminal…

27th August 2009

Wuhan building major port complex

27th August 2009

ASIA

ASIA

A joint PSA and Hanjin consortium has been awarded the operating rights to Phase 1-1 at Busan New Port, consisting of three berths.

27th August 2009

Busan picks New Port partner

27th August 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Nine consortia have registered to participate in the tender for the 20-year concession for the second container terminal at the port of Manzanillo in Mexico.

27th August 2009

Nine eye second Manzanillo box terminal

27th August 2009

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The summer period of vacations, leaving offices and governments with skeleton staff, is known as the silly season in the UK and the dead season in France. There are few events of…

26th August 2009

The Silly Season

26th August 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Questions are being asked about the second stage development of Moroccos Tanger-Med Mediterranean transhipment hub.

26th August 2009

Delays to Tanger-Med II

26th August 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Ports Corporation of Jordan, which is due to be transformed into a standalone company, could take longer than expected.

26th August 2009

Jordan ports body hits a wall

26th August 2009

ASIA

ASIA

A single consortium, consisting of Aitken Spence and China Merchant Holdings, has bid for the contract to design and build the proposed new container terminal in the Sri Lankan port of Colombo.…

25th August 2009

One bid for new Colombo box terminal design

25th August 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port of Barcelona is on course to handle a maximum of 1.86m teu this year, a decrease of 700,000 teu over 2008.

25th August 2009

Significant box losses at Barcelona

25th August 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

After ten years of operating two Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTGs) cranes, Buenos Aires Container Terminal Services has looked to Cargotec Argentina to raise the performance of their existing RTGs from 1 over…

24th August 2009

Raised to new heights

24th August 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The government of Venezuela has signed a decree terminating concessions of all private port terminals in the country. Henceforth, these will report to state-owned companies Bolipuertos and Puertos del Litoral Central. To…

21st August 2009

Venezuela privatises ports

21st August 2009