Author: Importer

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Chilean businessman Leonardo Farkas, owner of the Santa Fé and Santa Barbara mining companies, has put together a company, Puerto Atacama SA, specifically to manage and operate dry bulk terminals. He has…

31st October 2007

New Chilean dry bulk company

31st October 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Just as all hope seemed lost, Sydney’’s incumbent operators find they may yet be invited to the Botany concession hoedown.

31st October 2007

Sydney Third Terminal Operator

31st October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Low-level merger discussions are understood to have commenced betweenLyttelton Port of Christchurch and Port Otago. 

30th October 2007

Southern NZ merger talks

30th October 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maher Terminals Port Elizabeth facility is now the proud owner of two Rubb structures for equipment and vehicle repair.

30th October 2007

Maher gets the Rubb

30th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Barcelona Port Authority has approved construction of a bio-diesel plant on its Inflammable Quay. In the meantime, it has received five bids to undertake repair work on Prat Quay, most of which…

30th October 2007

…and for Barcelona

30th October 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

DP World is to invest ¢ 500m ($710.7m) in port facilities in Senegal, which is 25% more than originally agreed with the government. 

29th October 2007

DP World up Senegal investment

29th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Valencia Port Authority has issued a tender for a 248 metre extension of Levante Quay, which has a reference price of ¢ 12.4bn ($17.6bn). Alongside draught of 16 metres will be available…

28th October 2007

Valencia extends Levante Quay

28th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russias Oleg Deripaska company is to build a new port at Imeretin Bay near Sochi capable of handling 5m tonnes a year. The port, which will cost $3bn to build, will accommodate…

26th October 2007

New Russian port

26th October 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Qatars Finance Minister has announced the construction of a new $5.5bn port at Mesaieed, located to the south of Al Wakra. Driving the project is the perceived need to bring down import…

26th October 2007

Major new Qatari port

26th October 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

To head off the threat of shipping lines imposing a $200 Vessel Delay Surcharge on each teu handled at the Port of Mombasa, Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has introduced emergency de-congestion initiatives.

25th October 2007

KPA under threat of vessel delay surcharge

25th October 2007