Asia

Infocomm Development Authority, QMax Communications and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore have introduced the worlds first wireless broadband network for ships in port. Known as Wiseport, it is based on…

PSA India has signed an agreement with ABG Infralogistics and its subsidiary ABG Kolkata Container Terminal to take a 49% stake in ABG Kolkata Container Terminal. 

The northern Chinese province of Hebei is to develop a cluster of three ports - Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Huangyi - over the next three years, which will become the worlds largest combined…

Five consortia have submitted bids for the 30-year concession to build and manage a container terminal at the Indian port of Vizinjam, situated on the countrys east coast. 

A 32-kilometre section on the upper Yangtze River close to the Three Gorges reservoir is to be cleared of rock reefs to enable deep draught vessels to access the port of Chongqing.…

Indias Union Shipping Ministry is reported to be struggling to find a consultant to prepare a detailed project report for the construction of a deep seaport on the coast of Bengal.

PSA International has introduced the first Containerised Traffic System (CTS) in Asia at its facility at Pasir Panjang terminal in the Port of Singapore. 

Software developer Tideworks has opened a regional office in Singapore to better serve its growing Asian clientele.

MISC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Port of Tanjung Pelepas to create a joint-venture to manage a dedicated container terminal at the port.

India should develop large-scale industrial and logistic clusters and encourage more private investment, a recent report on Indian ports prepared by the port of Rotterdam has found.

The Indian government has approved a new model concession agreement governing private participation in ports.

IndiasLarsen and Toubro is reportedly in negotiations with the Port ofRotterdam Authority in respect of a greenfield port development in thesubcontinent. L& T has also reportedly been given the go-ahead tobuild a…

ChinasMinistry of Communications has revealed that in 2007 Chinese portshandled a combined 112.7m teu, while total throughput amounted to 6.4bntonnes. China now has 14 ports each handling 100m tonnes, which is morethan…

Shanghai has remained the worlds leading port for the third successive year. In 2007, it handled 560m tonnes, up 4.2% over the previous year. Container throughput, at 26.1 5m teu, represented an…