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Chittagong Port Authority and the China Harbour Engineering Group have signed an agreement for the construction of the New Mooring Container Terminal at the port. Phase I, which will involve the building…

The majority of this would be spent on creating a breakwater, with some work to the quay.A report on a planned $4 billion development of Colombo port is due to be published.…

The majority of this would be spent on creating a breakwater, with some work to the quay.Myanmar and Thailand are to cooperate on the establishment of a new joint-venture deep-sea port at…

Malaysian transhipment hub PTP expects to face growing competition from new ports in both Thailand and Indonesia in the near future, concedes ceo Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman, adding that developing infrastructure at…

Xiamen International Container Terminals (XICT) has purchased two super post-Panamax quay cranes to strengthen the terminals productivity as well as enhance the competitiveness of the Haicang Port Zone.

During the past year, 1,100 new longshoremen were hired, increasing employment for an industry that already supports 228,000 jobs in the region.Cosco Pacific, the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of China's largest shipping line,…

The Japanese Transport Ministry is to introduce three pilot projects aimed at streamlining container handling. Five ports are under consideration as being suitable locations for the trials, these being Tokyo-Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka-Kobe,…

The government of Bangladesh has ratified a contract awarded to China Harbour for the construction of the New Mooring container terminal at the port of Chittagong at a cost oUS$134m. Once built,…

Paradip port trust has invited expressions of interest for the construction of two new berths which will be taken forward on a BOT basis.

The Chinese government has selected maritime security and counter-terrorism consultants, SeaSecure, to provide training for the Hong Kong Marine Department in preparation for ISPS Code compliance.

However, KPA is seeking proposals from private sector companies wishing to invest in port facilities as a means of ensuring that infrastructure work can be implemented as soon as possible.Singapore's senior minister…

Five of eight interested parties have entered firm bids for the concession to run the third container terminal at JNPT in India.

Construction of the Bojonegara International Port (BIP), west of Jakarta, began in December with the inauguration of the project in Banten by President Megawati Soekarnoputri.

The TT Club has confirmed that its latest assessment of claims resulting from Typhoon Maemi, the devastating storm that hit South Korea in September, is substantially reduced from the initial estimates of…

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called upon international shipping lines to choose container terminals in Malaysia over those in neighbouring Singapore.

China is considering developing three new LNG terminals, one at Qingdao and two near Shanghai. Energy planners expect gas demand in the eastern coastal provinces to hit 37bn cbm/year by 2015, an…

Hong Kong-listed China Merchants Holdings and the government of Qingdao are to jointly develop a $500m, international logistics park in Qingdao. The project includes the development of seven container and multi-purpose berths…

Phase III at Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) has opened its first berth and piloted its " Next-Generation System" which will gradually replace the existing terminal operation control system. nGen has been…

The Petronet consortium is due to open a new LNG terminal at Dahej by the end of the year. It has also acquired 400 acres of land at the port of Kochi,…

Chittagong Port Authority chairman Shahadat Hossain has rejected accusations from western countries that Chittagong is both hazardous and expensive.