Asia

A counterterrorism drill has been run at Yangshan in readiness for its opening.

India is to go ahead with plans to dredge the Sethusamudram channel, known as " Indias Suez" , between a group of islands separating the mainland of India from Sri Lanka. The…

A new floating coal handling terminal, Kimtrans Suralaya, has opened in Western Java to serve the Indonesian Suralaya power station. The station uses 11m tons of coal each year, being the largest…

There are inherent difficulties with the bid which requires certain conditions that the Indonesian government might find difficult to approve.Cosco Pacific is to sell a 20% stake to APM Terminals in the…

There are inherent difficulties with the bid which requires certain conditions that the Indonesian government might find difficult to approve.Customs authorities at Chennai have adopted a new procedure which effectively prevents export…

Issued in July, the bonds are in S$250,000 (US$151,000) denominations. Three-year bonds will bear interest at the six-month Singapore dollar swap offer rate less 0.06% per annum, and 10-year bonds will earn…

Issued in July, the bonds are in S$250,000 (US$151,000) denominations. Three-year bonds will bear interest at the six-month Singapore dollar swap offer rate less 0.06% per annum, and 10-year bonds will earn…

Jurong is to expand its activities in Indonesia, Vietnam and China. At the same time, given a 54% increase in traffic in the first two quarters of 2005 to 444,000TEUs, plans are…

According to a local survey, Hong Kong's share of traffic emanating from southern China fell continuously from 1996 to 2003. This decline may well be halted if the reduced charges can persuade…

A recent diagnostic study undertaken on the Indian port of Jawaharlal Nehru has suggested delaying implementation of the proposed fourth container terminal and also taking away from the port trust operational responsibility…

Figures released by Chinas Ministry of Communications indicate a slowing of the rate of growth in national maritime traffic. For the first two quarters throughput totalled 1.87bn tons, an increase of 18.7%.

Issued in July, the bonds are in S$250,000 (US$151,000) denominations. Three-year bonds will bear interest at the six-month Singapore dollar swap offer rate less 0.06% per annum, and 10-year bonds will earn…

Shanghai Port Authority has drawn up a shortlist of companies interested in investing in its Yangshan Port development. Those selected from the original list of more than 20 companies include Hutchison Port…

Around US$604.85m in investment will be required.Five companies have put forward bids to build four new berths at the South Korean port of Busan. These are PSA International, Hyundai Development, Daewoo Engineering…

Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) reports that it now handles more than 50% of Indias container trade. However, construction of the third container terminal and plans to build a fourth mean the JNPT…