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ASIA

ASIA

According to Xu Qiang of the Ningbo Reform and Development Commission, the leading investors in local port construction in China continue to be state-owned enterprises.

1st May 2005

Foreigners still wary of Chinese port investment

1st May 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Wei Jaifu, Chairman of COSCO Pacific Ltd, has highlighted the groups ambitious expansion plans in Chinas container handling sector which will see it raise annual handling capacity from 10.8mTEU to 36.5mTEU over…

1st May 2005

COSCOs ambitious plans

1st May 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

In the port of Tianjin, serving the capital city of Beijing, COSCO Pacific, Tianjin Port and AP Moller will set up a container terminal by 2007 that will handle 2.1mTEU/year.Transnet has declared…

1st May 2005

SAPO FIRST

1st May 2005

ASIA

ASIA

12 companies have sought pre-qualification to build the $205m offshore container terminal at Mumbai. Among the international bidders are P& O Ports, Mitsui OSK, Dubai Port Authority, Evergreen Marine, Maersk and Hutchison…

1st May 2005

Mumbai terminal gains momentum

1st May 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The new Salalah Free Zone is drawing significant investor interest according to chief operating officer, Tony Restall.

1st May 2005

Salalah Free Zone draws investment

1st May 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Work has started on the ¢ 580m expansion of the port of Gijon, the primary aim of which is to add new capacity for coal and iron ore cargo flows.

1st May 2005

GIJON BUILDS BULK CAPACITY..

1st May 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

By 2007, it is expected that Maersk will effectively control most of the traffic passing through ports around the Straits of Gibraltar due to its presence at Algeciras, Malaga and Tangier. The…

1st May 2005

Maersk will dominate Straits

1st May 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Also in northern Spain, Dragados is heading up the consortium that is building the initial phases of the new port at La Coruna at a cost of € 429m.

1st May 2005

..AND LA CORUNA NEW PORT

1st May 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Speaking on the occasion of the delivery of a new Panamax dimension quayside container gantry to ICTSIs Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Gdynia, Tom Falknor, president, BCT, unveiled the terminals further plans:…

1st May 2005

Post-Panamax units planned for Gdynia

1st May 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

After weeks of speculation that " something was cooking" between P& O Nedlloyd and PSA International in Italy, where the latter group has container handling interests, it has been announced that the…

1st May 2005

P&O Nedlloyd and Voltri alliance

1st May 2005