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EUROPE

EUROPE

Motorways of the Seaservices should double traffic at the port of Vigo within five years to 4mtonnes/year with an expected eight additional vessel calls a day. These willoperate on the route linking…

17th January 2008

MoS services to double Vigo throughput

17th January 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The chairman of CFM, Rui Fonseca, Mozambiques publicly-owned ports and rail company, has commented that it was a serious mistake leasing the port of Maputo to a single private consortium.

14th January 2008

CFM chairmans slams Maputo monopoly

14th January 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Valencia Porthas issued a tender in respect of a new outer protection dike, which willenable expansion of Levante quay to go ahead.

14th January 2008

Valencia advances Levante expansion

14th January 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Valencia Terminal Europa is to invest¢ 15.7m in a new vehicles terminal at Dique del Este in the port of Valencia.

14th January 2008

Valencia vehicles development

14th January 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

ICTSI and IndiasHinduja Group have both been linked with a possible 45% equity acquisitioninvolving IransTidewater Middle East Marine Services Company, which is currently owned by thePorts and Shipping Organisation.

14th January 2008

Foreign groups linked to Iranian investment

14th January 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Malaysia is to relax laws allowinglocal operators to import cranes from abroad.

14th January 2008

Malaysia relaxes crane import restrictions

14th January 2008

ASIA

ASIA

CMA CGM, in partnership with Xiamen municipality and Hong Kong-based New WorldServices, is to undertake a joint-venture construction of a new containerterminal at Haicang, in the port of Xiamen. This is due…

14th January 2008

CMA CGM in Xiamen investment

14th January 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

It took a decade of searching before an Alaskan ship repair companycould find a suitable building to house some of its dry dockingfacilities -  but once it did, erection took only a…

9th January 2008

Testing the grade in Alaska

9th January 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Mitsui OSL Lines dedicated container terminal in the US port of Jacksonville is due to become operational in early 2009. It will be known as the TraPac Jacksonville terminal and will be…

9th January 2008

New box terminal in Jacksonville

9th January 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The proposed new Brasil Terminal Portuá rio (BTP), which is to be built in the port of Santos, will move 1.2m teu/year, the equivalent of 75% of throughput reported at the port…

29th December 2007

Extra 1.2 million TEU capacity for Santos

29th December 2007