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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Consultants Parsons Brinkerhoff International and Montgomery Watson-Harza are due to present a prefeasibility study for the Panama Canal expansion project this month with final studies then to be undertaken in 2004. The…

1st October 2003

Pre-feasibility study for new Panama Canal in October

1st October 2003

ASIA

ASIA 1st October 2003

Chennai choked

1st October 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has announced a $110m project at Savannah that will expand the capacity of the Garden City Terminal by 20% increasing what is already claimed to be the largest…

1st October 2003

GPA reports growth at both ports

1st October 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian Copersucar Co-operative has revealed plans to continue adding to its capacity at the port of Santos where it operates the Copersucar Sugar Terminal (TAC). A new 110,000-tonne dual-cell silo is…

1st October 2003

Copersucar expands capacity at Santos

1st October 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA 1st October 2003

Veracruz twice as expensive as Barcelona

1st October 2003

ASIA

ASIA

Confusion surrounds the $12.07bn development of a new 54-berth deep-water port on Yangshan Island, which will be connected to Shanghai via a new 30km bridge.

1st October 2003

PSA out-manoeuvred in Shanghai..

1st October 2003

ASIA

ASIA

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has dropped proposals to adopt the Minimum Guaranteed Throughput (MGT) formula as part of bid conditions linked to the construction of the third container terminal.

1st October 2003

JNPT backtracks on MGT

1st October 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

" The volume of cargo suitable for rail transport has risen.

1st October 2003

Lubeck plans for modal switch

1st October 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA 1st October 2003

Maputo adds US$300m to economy

1st October 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Lloyd' s List Ports of the World 2004, featuring over 2,600 commercially active ports, has been published. 55 new ports have been added to the two-volume set which costs £ 249/$413.

1st October 2003

Ports of the World is out

1st October 2003