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AFRICA

AFRICA

The Nigerian Port Authority has made a further 3,000 workers redundant, bringing to 6,000 the number offloaded in the last eight months. It has borrowed ¢ 91m ($123m) to finance the cuts.

1st May 2007

MORE NPA WORKERS CUT

1st May 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

The government of Mauritania has issued a tender in respect of expansion and upgrade work at the port of Nuadibú for ¢ 20.4m ($27.6m).

1st May 2007

NUADIBÚ UPGRADE

1st May 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kuwait and Gulf Link Port International have signed an agreement to build a series of deep water berths in Mwambani Bay, which forms part of the Tanzanian port of Tanga.The work, which…

1st May 2007

KUWAITIS TO EXPAND TANGA

1st May 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

A master plan covering the next 25 years, which was put together by Kenya Port Authority and approved by the government, proposes to concentrate bulk grain handling at a single terminal at…

1st May 2007

Grain monopoly at Mombasa

1st May 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Port of Salalah is to increase capacity by more than 200% over the next seven years according to its new master plan. Berth 5 is due to come online by the…

1st May 2007

Salalah plans massive expansion

1st May 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Philadelphias maritime community has come out guns blazing in a battle to stop prime waterfront acreage falling into the  hands of a non-marine business.

1st May 2007

Philadelphia port plan under threat

1st May 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

An affiliate of the RREEF fund, a Deutsche Bank entity investing in infrastructure assets, has confirmed that it will be acquiring Maher Terminals - active in New York and gaining a foothold…

1st May 2007

RREEF finds nourishment in Maher

1st May 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

An environmental license granted to Palermo Port has been ruled illegal and may be revoked,putting port development in doubt.

1st May 2007

Palermo environmental study illegal

1st May 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Venezuelas Ministry of Infrastructure has been instructed to set up a joint company with Cuba, which will be known as Bolivariana de Puertos (BPSA), to modernise, rehabilitate, equip and build ports in…

1st May 2007

VENEZUELA AND CUBA IN PORT JV

1st May 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The government of Panama is to build a series of 12 quays in the province of Colón.

1st May 2007

PANAMA ADDS QUAYS

1st May 2007