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ASIA

ASIA

Japans overseas aid agency, JICA, is to team up with Japanese companies to build a Y140bn ($1.7bn) port in northern Vietnam, the Financial Times has reported.

1st April 2011

Japan funds Vietnam port development

1st April 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Chilean Senate has asked the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications to establish a single national port concessions process that includes a means of guaranteeing the rights of dockworkers in terms of…

1st April 2011

Unified concession process mooted

1st April 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

First Quantum Group and its long-standing partner, Andrey Kobzar, have sold their 50% stake in the NUTEP (Novorossiysk) container terminal to an external investor for $115M.

31st March 2011

NCC lets go of NUTEP operation

31st March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) has won a contract to develop a coal import terminal at Visakhapatnam.

31st March 2011

Mundra SEZ wins east-coast coal project

31st March 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Santos has secured funding of $679m to develop new container and liquid bulk terminals, significantly increasing the port’s present capacity.

31st March 2011

Santos goes supersize

31st March 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A number of new port developments are planned in the Western (Al Gharbia) region of Abu Dhabi, adding to the emirate’s aggressive port expansion plans.

31st March 2011

Potent plans for Abu Dhabi

31st March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dragados-SPL - the Spanish port terminal operator with equity stakes in container operations in Bilbao, Valencia, Malaga and Las Palmas, and in general cargo terminals in Santander, Castellón and Sagunto - has…

31st March 2011

Dragados-SPL rebrands as Noatum Ports

31st March 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

Experts in Kenya are divided as to whether the port of Mombasa should be privatised or not.

31st March 2011

The sell-off quandary

31st March 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The future looks bright for operating systems.

30th March 2011

A bright future beckons

30th March 2011

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Our industry expects economists to provide forecasts for the months and years ahead, prognosticating about demand and supply as well as financial returns. We spout optimism and pessimism with equanimity, but often…

30th March 2011

Caution counselled as uncertainty rules

30th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Union is to finance 51 infrastructure projects costing a combined €170m ($241m) as part of its Trans-European Transport Network. In Italy, the River Information Services in the Northern Italian Waterway…

30th March 2011

EU infrastructure project win

30th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

DP World has been linked with a new container port development at Kulpi in West Bengal, with negotiations said to be at an advanced state. The project, claims DP World, would be…

30th March 2011

DP World second West Bengal project

30th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) reported 2010 results of $527.1M from its port operations, an increase of 25% over last year.

29th March 2011

South American spurt for ICTSI

29th March 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr has strongly criticised the productivity of the local port sector.

29th March 2011

NZ port productivity slammed

29th March 2011

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Companies wishing to submit an abstract for the programme should do so by 12th April 2011 latest.

28th March 2011

Call for papers released!

28th March 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The European Commission has launched a public consultation to explore options for future EU action on Maritime Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management. The Commission is seeking the views of all…

28th March 2011

Reducing pressure on Europes coastal and marine areas

28th March 2011

GPCA

GPCA

Companies wishing to submit an abstract for the programme should do so by 12th April 2011 latest.

28th March 2011

Call for papers released!

28th March 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Speaking at the recent Green Port Logistics Conference, Maersk Line’s General Manager of Terminal Strategy, Soren Thomsen, said a terminal’s environmental performance was viewed as a tie-breaker when selecting where to send…

28th March 2011

Maersk calls for Benchmarking

28th March 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Advances in technology, cost-effectiveness, functionality - port operating systems need all three, finds John Bensalhia

28th March 2011

All systems go

28th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port of Las Palmas has become the first in Spain to convert its port labour company, Sestiba, into a port stevedoring management company with limited liability (Sagep).

28th March 2011

Las Palmas first in Spain with stevedoring reforms

28th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The current economic crisis has meant that €300m ($425.4m) of investment in the Spanish Mediterranean port of Sagunto has yet to go ahead. This was committed to the southern expansion of the…

28th March 2011

Sagunto investment crisis

28th March 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Iraqs Transport Minister has announced that a tender will be issued by the end of this year for a multi-billion-dollar port south of the city of Basra.

28th March 2011

New Basra super port mooted

28th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spanish ports estimate making an average loss of 12% in their revenue in the current year as a result of applying a revised tariff model set out in new framework legislation.

27th March 2011

Flexible tariff reforms will cost Spanish ports money

27th March 2011