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A feasibility study undertaken on behalf of Ravenna Port Authority has shown that it would be both financially and technically possible to justify deepening the draught of the port to 14.5 metres.

The Port of Rotterdam handled 186m tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2006, 1.1% more than in the first half of 2005.

Gioia Tauro has taken delivery of what it claims are the largest cranes in the Mediterranean.

The Port of Valencia is expected to issue a tender in the second quarter of 2008 for a fifth container terminal.

International Port Holdings (IPH) has won a public procurement process to become the preferred partner for the development and operation of the existing Great Yarmouth river port and its new outer harbour…

Interested parties will have to partially finance construction of the facility, although public investment of ?396.3m is also earmarked.Port facilities on the Thames handled 53.8m tonnes of cargo in 2005, an increase…

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has received six proposals for operation of a 138 ha container terminal on Maasvlakte 2.