Asia

The PSA/Sical Logistics consortium is all set to be awarded the concession to build and operate the second container terminal at Indias Chennai port.The consortiums 45% revenue share bid is the second…

The Chinese government has expressed an interest in the port project being developed at Barranquilla in Colombia on the western bank of the river of the same name.The port will handle exported…

St Petersburgs ZAO First Container Terminal has returned to Konecranes for two panamax ship-to-shore container cranes, to be delivered at the end of 2007 under a ¢ 10m order.

China Shipping Container Lines and Cosco Container Lines, as well as the stevedoring company Sekou Terminals, have indicated a willingness to make use of the Spanish port of Las Palmas, which currently…

Shanghai International Port Group is reportedly seeking investment opportunities in European ports.

Ports in India are to receive ¢ 9.35m over the next seven years as part of a national development plan to help them achieve a throughput target of 20m teu.

To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected…

To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected…

To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected…

DP World Tianjin Holdings - a joint-venture between DP World and the Tianjin Port Group - is to build and manage a new container terminal at the Chinese port of Tianjin.

Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) recorded a throughput of 2.24m teu in the first six months of 2006, cementing its place as the busiest port in Malaysia. The 2.24m teu represents an…

Labour relations at the Indian East Coast port of Chennai continue to undermine productivity at the ports container terminal and have led to calls for the immediate creation of a second box…

The current relationship between Chittagong Port Authority and local feeder vessel operators has recently become strained following the decision by the latter to impose a congestion surcharge on every container handled.

APM Terminals, CMA-CGM, DP World, ETA, ICTS, Gammon Infrastructure, IL&FS, GVK, Soma Enterprises and Concor are all interested in bidding. India's Mundra Port, managed by the Adani Group, will add four new…

Hyundai Merchant Marine sister company Haeyoung Maritime Service has contracted Transas Groups distributor in Korea to supply simulators in South Korea after a false start with another unnamed supplier.

Yangshan Harbour in Shanghai, which opened for business in December last year, has reported traffic of 1.27m teu in the first six months of this year.

The Advanced Crane Simulator has been developed by Applied Research International, a New Delhibased organisation with expertise in knowledge systems, and is designed to enhance productivity and safety in cargo-handling operations through…

ThyssenKrupp Fordertechniks inexorable push into the Chinese market for coal port handling equipment is refusing to run out of steam.