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The bill for the first stage of Tanjung Priok’s North Terminal development has spiralled by 26% from the original forecast, up from $1.02bn to $1.29bn. The hike in prices has been blamed…

2nd June 2011

Cost overrun hits Tanjung Priok

2nd June 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Essar Ports stock has, following its demerger from Essar Shipping Ports & Logistics, realised a market capitalisation of around Rs 5,000 crore (USD$1,106m) from its entry onto the National and Bombay Stock…

1st June 2011

Essar Ports shares go to market

1st June 2011

ASIA

ASIA

A fire that broke out at the container yard Maersk CFS Annex in Ennore, India last week killed two people and injured nine.

19th May 2011

Maersk CFS blaze kills two

19th May 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The rate of growth of the intra-Asia container trades in recent years has been subject to much debate.

19th May 2011

The perennial intra-Asian trade puzzle

19th May 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called for the development of a new 200,000 teu container terminal at JNPT to ease congestion. It would also like to see new warehousing zones,…

1st May 2011

New box terminal call for JNPT

1st May 2011

ASIA

ASIA

According to the Wuhan Port Group, all the facilities at the city’s Yangsi container terminal will start to be transferred to the Yangluo terminal from 18 May – but the move is…

28th April 2011

Wuhans Yangsi terminal to be vacated

28th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Halfway through building Busan New Port - with some 18 of the planned 30 berths already working - Busan Port Authority is moving swiftly toward its goal of redefining the port.

28th April 2011

The skys the limit

28th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

A senior DP World manager has met civil authorities in Ho Chi Minh City to lobby for dredging work on the Soai Rap River to be speeded up as a means of…

28th April 2011

DP Worlds Vietnamese venture needs dredging help

28th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Jakartas National Maritime Institute is to file a judicial review request at the Constitution Court, citing a conflict-of-interest between the interests of the Port Authority Board (BOP) and state run ports. This…

27th April 2011

Port legal ruling call in Indonesia

27th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Paradip Port Trust has outlined a plan to boost capacity more than three times to 237m tonnes by 2020.

26th April 2011

Paradip announces expansion plans

26th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Depth is on the mind of Pakistan’s Port Qasim: dredging work has been the subject of dark mutterings and the authority has only recently signed its 2010/11 contract – with an expected…

22nd April 2011

Plumbing the depths

22nd April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

India’s interior is forcing large scale port growth on both coasts. Stevie Knight reports

21st April 2011

Fire in the belly

21st April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Cargo throughput on the Yangtze River is set to increase sharply over the next few years, but according to Maersk there are still challenges that need resolving.

13th April 2011

Yangtze volumes up, but challenges ahead

13th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Foreign investors, including APM Terminals, are expected to invest $4.6bn in the expansion of the Chinese port of Qingdao. The various projects that are due to be implemented by 2015 will boost…

5th April 2011

Qingdao pulls in foreign investment

5th April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Japans overseas aid agency, JICA, is to team up with Japanese companies to build a Y140bn ($1.7bn) port in northern Vietnam, the Financial Times has reported.

1st April 2011

Japan funds Vietnam port development

1st April 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) has won a contract to develop a coal import terminal at Visakhapatnam.

31st March 2011

Mundra SEZ wins east-coast coal project

31st March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

DP World has been linked with a new container port development at Kulpi in West Bengal, with negotiations said to be at an advanced state. The project, claims DP World, would be…

30th March 2011

DP World second West Bengal project

30th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) reported 2010 results of $527.1M from its port operations, an increase of 25% over last year.

29th March 2011

South American spurt for ICTSI

29th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Erik Laidvee, the chairman of Muuga box terminal operator Transiidikeskus AS, has claimed that it is now unlikely that the Chinese port of Ningbo will cooperate with the port of Tallinn on…

27th March 2011

Chinese Muuga wobbles

27th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

SBI Phnom Penh Securities Co, Ltd. has been appointed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia to lead manage an initial public offering of Cambodias state-owned Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS),…

26th March 2011

Sihanoukville to list

26th March 2011