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ASIA

ASIA

The project - to be built on Mei Shan Island, near Ningbo - will include a manufacturing zone, business, research and design districts, and leisure facilities.

15th March 2008

Atkins wins China design bid

15th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

TheItalian government has approved a project covering the development ofthe port of Civitavecchia, which involves finance of ¢ 71.5m ($103.8m).Work includes construction of an additional 400 metres of quay and thebuilding of…

15th March 2008

Civitavecchia green light

15th March 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

JordanPorts Corporation has announced a three-year, $69m development planinvolving upgrades to infrastructure, construction work, quayrehabilitation and improvements to dock services. In 2007, Jordansports handled 17.8m tonnes, a 4% improvement over the previous…

14th March 2008

JPC development plan

14th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Thedirector of Terminales del Ecuador Paul Gallie has asked the governmentto eradicate some of the obstacles that could deter shipping lines fromcalling at the port of Manta.

14th March 2008

TIDE seeks government help

14th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Panama Canal executive Rodolfo Sabonge has stressed the need for US ports to be ready for larger and bigger ships on the back of the Canal expansion work currently underway.

14th March 2008

US Ports must prepare for Panama traffic

14th March 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Following the USS Cole attack in 2000, the US Navy was compelled to install intelligent surveillance systems for in-port force protection and late last year contracted ObjectVideo to develop a mast-mounted in-port…

13th March 2008

US Navy invests in intelligent video system

13th March 2008

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Greece is at last moving down the path of port privatisation with thepartial concessioning of container terminal capacity in Piraeus and thefull concessioning of container terminal facilities in Thessaloniki.But is it a…

13th March 2008

PS OPINION PAGE

13th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Despite the fact that the Mexican government announced in mid-2007 that it would issue a tender in the first quarter of 2008 in respect of the concession for the port of Colonet,…

13th March 2008

Delays dog Colonet tender

13th March 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Next generation intelligent surveillance technology promises to detect security breaches before they occur. Patrik Wheater investigates

13th March 2008

Somebodys watching you

13th March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

It not all about boxes in Algeria ... yet. Barry Cross reports on the plans to boost container volumes

13th March 2008

Algerian one page article

13th March 2008