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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Tartous International Container Terminal has been granted permission to handle transhipment traffic, a first in Syria.

2nd March 2009

TICT transhipment coup

2nd March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In 2008, the Panama Canal Authority registered record revenue of more than $2bn, but this was based on fewer deep draught vessels using the facility and a 1% fall in cargo traffic…

2nd March 2009

PCA under pressure to halt rate increases

2nd March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The new superintendent of the port of Itajaí, Antonio Ayres, has revealed that the port authority is to function less as a port operator and more as a regulatory agent in the…

2nd March 2009

Itajaí PA to withdraw from operations

2nd March 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

Progress on South Africas Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT) is continuing a pace with the four-storey administration building, temporary engineering workshop and reefer frames expected to be ready for handover later this year.

1st March 2009

Ngqura construction takes shape

1st March 2009

ASIA

ASIA

A total of 24 companies that requested qualification documents linked to the proposed new container terminal at Chennai have indicated a strong interest in the project.

1st March 2009

Major interest in Chennai box terminal project

1st March 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The British-Swiss Zumax AG group has been awarded a ¢ 1.18bn ($1.5bn) concession to build a new container terminal in southwestern Albania and operate it for a period of 35 years.

1st March 2009

New Albanian port

1st March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A tender has been issued for a new container terminal at the Mexican Port of Manzanillo. Investment of $763m is needed, of which approximately half will be stumped up by the state…

1st March 2009

Manzanillo box tender issued

1st March 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Seattle and the Port of Dalian, China have agreed to work with other public and private sector partners on an EcoPartnership to advance environmental and economic sustainability. “Our green…

1st March 2009

Seattle/Dalian in EcoPartnership

1st March 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Transportation and logistics company NZL Group has secured Ports of Auckland as the first major customer of its planned independent Sulphur Point Container Terminal.

28th February 2009

NZL signs Ports of Auckland

28th February 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

When Hutchison Port Holdings moved its insurance into the open market from the TT Club in summer 2008, the spotlight shone brighter than ever on the diversity of insurers active in this…

27th February 2009

Diversity

27th February 2009