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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazilian north-east ports add capacity in advance of projected growth. Alex Hughes reports

19th March 2015

Ready for action

19th March 2015

AFRICA

AFRICA

Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has signed a contract for a new 630m-long, 17m deep berth at the Egyptian port and an adjacent handling yard totalling 75,000m².

18th March 2015

Deepwater plans for Damietta

18th March 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Jan De Nul Group is expanding its dredging fleet with a new multipurpose vessel, ‘Isaac Newton’, to help it focus on more niche markets.

18th March 2015

New dredger for Jan De Nul

18th March 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A lack of resources currently available to the Federal Government could mean that some important work at the Port of Santos has to be shelved.

18th March 2015

Investment slowdown at Santos

18th March 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Ecuadors Ministry of Transport and Public Works is to call a new tender for the expansion of the deep water port at Manta after Odebrecht pulled out, having failed to secure sufficient…

18th March 2015

Manta out to tender yet again

18th March 2015

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The expansion of Abbot Point Coal Terminal in Queensland is back on the agenda after an agreement between the state’s government and major proponents Adani and GVK Hancock.

18th March 2015

Abbot Point terminal expansion revitalised

18th March 2015

ASIA

ASIA

Malaysia is to improve access to Port Klang as part of a government initiative to boost exports via improved logistics.

18th March 2015

Port Klang access to be improved

18th March 2015

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

COMMENT: The Dock Workers Union, the union which represents the majority of workers at the port of Mombasa, Kenya, has stated that it now supports the idea of offering a concession to…

18th March 2015

A proposition with handcuffs

18th March 2015

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Alex Hughes explains that stowage is key to effective handling of ultra large containerships

18th March 2015

Larger than life

18th March 2015

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

State-owned port operator, Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC), is making progress with its NewPriok Container Terminal I in the country’s capital, Jakarta, as shown in a newly released video.

17th March 2015

IPC Jakarta expansion makes progress

17th March 2015