Asia

CMA CGM is considering whether to go ahead with its $470m transhipment port in Batu Ampar in Batam, Indonesia.

East Java is to build four new ports by 2013 at Lamongan, Gresik, Probolinggo and Banyuwangi.

A new port complex is being built at the town of Dawei in Myanmar under a 10-year project costing $8bn being developed by Thai interests.

PSA is understood to have appointed a new group chief executive to follow in the footsteps of Eddie Teh, who is due to retire at the end of August.

Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd is to undertake a second round of private equity funding to raise $50m, with Ascent Capital Advisors India already undertaking due diligence.

DP World has won a temporary stay against a proposal by India’s port regulator, Tariff Authority for Major Ports to reduce tariffs at Chennai Container Terminal, a DP World-managed facility.

Mitsui has presented an offer to acquire the capital of Portek International, which operates eight terminals in Indonesia, Algeria, Malta and Gabon, as well as a dry port in Ruanda.

Levels of radiation surpassing European Union limits have been found on a maritime container from the Japanese port of Yokohama by authorities at the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. Dutch authorities also found…