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Black Sea ports have traditionally been served by feeders out of Istanbul, Malta, Piraeus and even Gioia Tauro rather than being subject to calls from liner services. However, as the region increasingly…

1st September 2004

DIRECT CALLS FOR NORTHERN BLACK SEA PORTS

1st September 2004

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Thailands deepwater port of Laem Chabang is to get six new terminals in a tender believed to be worth $400m.

1st July 2004

Laem Chabang tenders

1st July 2004

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The tender will combine BOT with concession contracts but is for all six terminals as a single contract and operators will not be able to bid for individual terminals. The tender closes…

1st July 2004

FOURTH TERMINAL FOR KARACHI

1st July 2004

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The Indian government has added Mumbai to a list of ports now licensed to handle new vehicle import traffic.

1st July 2004

MUMBAIS LUXURY MARKET

1st July 2004

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Survey work has commenced on a deep-sea port project at Mawlamyine in the southern Myanmar state of Mon. The new facility is intended to contribute to a major eastwest trade route across…

1st July 2004

SINGAPORE TO INVEST IN MYANMAR PROJECT?

1st July 2004

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Li Ka Shings Hutchison Whampoa (HWL), parent company of HPH, is buying a 12% stake in South Koreas Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM). The move follows his recent acquisition of 15% of China…

1st July 2004

LI KA SHING GOES SHOPPING AGAIN

1st July 2004

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Port of Rotterdam ceo Willem Scholten: "This an extremely important agreement. The expansion will give businesses the opportunity to grow in Rotterdam. Maasvlakte 2 will be an excellent location. Right on the…

1st July 2004

COSCO SET FOR EUROPEAN INVESTMENT

1st July 2004

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A key component is the construction of a new deepwater container transhipment terminal at Ballylongford, County Kerry, at an estimated cost of €250m, a terminal which is expected to capitalise on the…

1st July 2004

Xiamen Haicang dredging completed

1st July 2004

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Belgian dredging contractor Jan De Nul has recently been awarded more than € 200m worth of contracts. In Hong Kong, landfall dredging and close to 1.5m tons of rock-dumping has to be…

1st July 2004

Jan De Nul

1st July 2004

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International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

1st June 2004

Online payment facility at MICT

1st June 2004

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Drewry Shipping Consultants believes that East Asian ports will lack 14m TEUs in capacity by 2007 unless more investment in facilities is made a priority. In that year demand will be 143.3m…

1st June 2004

Major capacity shortfall in the east

1st June 2004

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The 330,000TEU capacity Unity Container Terminal at the Sri Lankan port of Colombo was due to start operations in May. Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) granted a loan of $14.91m to…

1st June 2004

Unity box terminal opens in Colombo

1st June 2004

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Dubai Ports International, the overseas management arm of Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) offered to share a staggering 33.3% of total revenue with the Indian government when bidding for a concession to run…

1st June 2004

DPI to manage Kochi/Cochin

1st June 2004

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"The feat marks the first time that a container has been successfully tracked intransit without any 'blackouts' associated with limited satellite or cellular network coverage, line-of-sight obstructions or reliance upon costly ground-based…

1st June 2004

Klang introduces CSI surcharge

1st June 2004

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PSA shows interest in Mumbai

1st May 2004

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Singapore' s crane leasing, engineering and terminal operating group Portek International seems to have patched up its relationship with the Hong Kong HPH group. Hutchison reportedly decided to end certain equipment leasing…

1st May 2004

Portek and HPH unlock horns

1st May 2004

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By any standards, port operations in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, located on the confluence of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers, are low key. But that has not stopped port…

1st May 2004

Opportunities on hold following hung parliament in Phnom Penh

1st May 2004

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Pakistan needs container rate policy

1st May 2004

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The US$46m container terminal project at the Indian port of Kandla, currently the object of a third BOT concession attempt, has attracted interest from just five local companies.

1st May 2004

Kandla box terminal project losing steam

1st May 2004

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Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) has signed a $423m 5-year term loan facility with a consortium of banks. According to the Facility, the consortium which includes Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial…

1st May 2004

YICT loan facility finalised

1st May 2004