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EUROPE

EUROPE

Pneumatic unloading specialist BMH Marine looks set to be swallowed up as Cargotec continues to strengthen its bulk handling hand.

1st August 2006

Cargotec swoops on BMH

1st August 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

A DP World management delegation recently made a working trip to Greece to review port operations there. The officials visited Piraeus, Thessaloniki and Tympaki in Crete.

1st August 2006

DP World eyes Crete

1st August 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Piraeus port authority has reported a 3.8% drop in revenue during the first quarter. This amounted to € 34.5m compared with € 35.9m in the corresponding 2005 period.

1st August 2006

REVENUE DECLINE AT PIRAEUS

1st August 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Lisbon Port Authority has conceded that it may knock down existing buildings in Alcantara Dock in order to double the operating area of Liscont Container Terminal, which is currently handling in the…

1st August 2006

Lisbon to expand Liscont

1st August 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Senator Lines has accused Italys ports of failing to invest adequately in terminal and hinterland infrastructure. Chief executive Hans-Hermann Mohr said that, with notable exceptions such as Contship, PSA and Cosco, investment…

1st August 2006

Senator Lines hits out at Italian ports

1st August 2006

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

At present, ships drawing up to 13m-13.5m can access the facility; dredging will deepen this to 15m. The work is needed to stop cargo migrating to either Djibouti or Durban. Kuwait terminal…

1st August 2006

KGL AWARDED DAMIETTA

1st August 2006

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World is to undertake an initial public offering within 18 months. The worlds third largest terminal operator has said that it must undertake an IPO given its global status, which has…

1st August 2006

DP World plans flotation

1st August 2006

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The $6.8bn that the company paid for P&O Ports last February and the $3bn it expects to invest in new container terminals and on expanding existing facilities will likely influence the eventual…

1st August 2006

LIEBHERR UPS KHORFAKKAN RTGS

1st August 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

Durban Port manager Basil Ndlovu has said that throughput growth of 16%18% annually over the last five years means that the proposed ¢ 1.72bn expansion into the Bayhead area of the port…

1st August 2006

Durban port expansion sorely needed

1st August 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

Namibian Ports Authority is to invest € 58.79m in expanding capacity at its ports in Walvis Bay and Luderitz. Walvis Bay presently generates an annual throughput of 3.3m tonnes, which is equivalent…

1st August 2006

Namibia invests in expansion

1st August 2006