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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Abu Dhabi Ports has signed a $1.5bn contract with an international consortium to undertake the first phase construction of Khalifa port. Work will consist of excavating 47m cu m of sand, the…

14th December 2007

Khalifa contracts confirmed

14th December 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Portof Rotterdam is considering investing ¢ 170m ($240m) for the expansionof Sohar port in Oman even as it extends its own facilities toaccommodate increased traffic from Asia.

14th December 2007

Rotterdam mulls Oman investment

14th December 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

CVRD is considering construction of a new port at Ubu, in the state of Espí rito Santo, some 65 km from the port of Tubarã o, which serves the state capital Vitó…

14th December 2007

CVRD to build new port

14th December 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Algeria is to invest $10m in the development and expansion of its ports, with finance partially sourced from foreign companies. In all, 95% of foreign trade is handled by the countrys ports.

13th December 2007

Algeria plans ports investment

13th December 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Queenslandcoal producers will be subject to further exports rationing afterDalrymple Bay Coal Terminal received interim authorisation to extendthe terminals queue management system.

13th December 2007

Queensland tightens rations to beat congestion

13th December 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cavotec MSL has sold crane runway designand manufacture specialist Gantrex to Belgian Gantry Group for an undisclosedsum.

13th December 2007

Cavotec runway sale

13th December 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With ever stricter environmental legislation, dust is becoming public enemy no.1, as Stuart Pearcey explains

12th December 2007

Profit is blowing in the wind (dust feature main)

12th December 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A unique combination of factors gives Port Hedland one of the worlds worst dust problems.

12th December 2007

Port Hedland tackles dust head on

12th December 2007

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Only relatively few ports and terminaloperating groups have looked to a stock market listing as a way of raising cashto expand, but why? Invariably those that do take this route receive a…

12th December 2007

Time to take stock

12th December 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI)Georgian arm has taken over the operation and management of Batumi ContainerTerminal under a 48-year lease.

12th December 2007

New owners take on Georgia terminal

12th December 2007