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POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The global credit crunch may be in play and this may be adding percentage points to the borrowing of port businesses, but this does not mean that the interest of what can…

3rd March 2008

PS OPINION PIECE

3rd March 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Work on new $62m Vietnam port jointly developed by forwarding company Gemadept (51%) and steel sheet manufacturer Hoa Sen Group (45%) is to start in April.

3rd March 2008

New port to take shape

3rd March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The French government has introduced a ports reform programme, which will allow the privatisation of cargo handling at ports.

3rd March 2008

French now open to privatisation

3rd March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Two ship-to-shore gantry cranes at Felixstowes Landguard Terminal ended up in a mangled heap on the quayside at the weekend after a ship delivering three new ship-to-shore cranes to the port broke…

3rd March 2008

Felixstowe

3rd March 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

KGL Investment Company has established a $500m fund to finance port projects in emerging markets.

3rd March 2008

KGL rolls out ports fund

3rd March 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A port climate conference is to be held in Rotterdam on 9, 10 and 11 July 2008, entitled the “2008 C40 World Ports Climate Conference.” In preparation for this, the Port of…

3rd March 2008

Ports take action against climate change

3rd March 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Ports looking to take a bigger chunk of the supply chain take a bigger chunk of risk, warns Eric Buur, underwriting coordinator cargo liability at Fortis Corporate Insurance (FCI).

3rd March 2008

COntainer insurance: A bigger chunk of risk

3rd March 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The TT Club is working on an in-depth analysis of claims from terminals, in an effort to help prevent future losses. Results of this study will be published soon, it says -…

3rd March 2008

Container insurance: TT Club warning

3rd March 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

NgaiTahu Property property development general manager Ian McNabb is tosucceed Des Ashton as the chief executive of Port Marlborough andsubsidiary company Sounds Property Holdings.

1st March 2008

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1st March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The EuropeanInvestment Bank has granted a ¢ 900m ($1.3bn) loan to the Port ofRotterdam to finance infrastructure expansion. The financing contractfor the first ¢ 100m ($145m) has already been signed.

1st March 2008

EIB funds Rotterdam expansion

1st March 2008