Asia

The Indian government has approved a new model concession agreement governing private participation in ports.

IndiasLarsen and Toubro is reportedly in negotiations with the Port ofRotterdam Authority in respect of a greenfield port development in thesubcontinent. L& T has also reportedly been given the go-ahead tobuild a…

ChinasMinistry of Communications has revealed that in 2007 Chinese portshandled a combined 112.7m teu, while total throughput amounted to 6.4bntonnes. China now has 14 ports each handling 100m tonnes, which is morethan…

Shanghai has remained the worlds leading port for the third successive year. In 2007, it handled 560m tonnes, up 4.2% over the previous year. Container throughput, at 26.1 5m teu, represented an…

Shipping line Neptune Orient Lines is tocreate a separate business for its container terminal unit known as APLTerminals.

Work on new $62m Vietnam port jointly developed by forwarding company Gemadept (51%) and steel sheet manufacturer Hoa Sen Group (45%) is to start in April.

EvergreenMarine Corp (Taiwan) has extendedits lease on its Container Terminal No 4 facility (Piers 115 and 116) in the Port of Kaohsiung for a further 10 years toFebruary 2018.

Portequipment specialist Kalmarhas confirmed an order from PSA Singapore Terminals for in excess of 200 terminaltractors to be delivered this year.