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EUROPE

EUROPE

Lithuanias Transport Ministry has confirmed that it is seeking investors willing to participate in the construction of a new deep water port, which will be taken forward as a concession.

7th June 2011

Lithuania seeks port investment

7th June 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The chief executive of Cosco has revealed that the company may well resume its investment in ports.

7th June 2011

Cosco takes fresh look at port investment

7th June 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Despite ongoing discussions with disgruntled unions and opposition from the Ministry of Defence, Israel’s Eilat is to be sold by the state at a cost of $29m.

7th June 2011

Controversial Eilat port privatisation snowballs

7th June 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Former ports investor Toll Group says it will consider new acquisitions after securing a three-year, US$400m facility from its bankers. The financial arrangement gives the group flexibility and supports its planned investment…

7th June 2011

Toll considers fresh investment

7th June 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

At Portland, Oregon on the West Coast, new Terminal 6 operator, ICTSI of the Philippines, specifically set out to get the ILWU on its side and discussed the operation with local union…

6th June 2011

Get unions on side early

6th June 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Construction of the contested new container terminal in Costa Rica’s Limón province has been pegged for an early 2013 start.

6th June 2011

Costa Rica development gets green light

6th June 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Santos Brasil has upped its order for Kalmar’s E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes, taking the total order to 41 units.

6th June 2011

Santos Brasil boosts all-electric RTG order

6th June 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Long Beach and Los Angeles ports are to press ahead with a series of expansion projects.

3rd June 2011

LA/LB press ahead with developments

3rd June 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The UK Port of Ramsgate has benefited from the investment generated by wind farms, with Thanet developer, Vattenfall, paying for recent dredging works.

2nd June 2011

Ramsgate rides the wind train

2nd June 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Yurimaguas consortium has been awarded a concession to build and manage a new port in the Loreto region of Peru.

2nd June 2011

Peru concession awarded

2nd June 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Panamanian ports of Colón and Balboa have topped Cepal’s latest league table of Latin American ports, respectively handling 2.81m teu and 2.75m teu.

2nd June 2011

Panamanian ports head Latin America league

2nd June 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A court has told the port of Rio Grande that it must re-issue a tender in respect of emergency environmental services within the next six months, or the contract granted to the…

2nd June 2011

Rio Grande ordered to re-tender contract

2nd June 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Construction work on the new Açu port being promoted by LLX was interrupted twice in March and April.

2nd June 2011

Protests stall Açu port construction

2nd June 2011

ASIA

ASIA

New Mangalore Port Trust has abandoned plans for a public-private partnership development of its proposed container terminal.

2nd June 2011

NMPT abandons PPP

2nd June 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The bill for the first stage of Tanjung Priok’s North Terminal development has spiralled by 26% from the original forecast, up from $1.02bn to $1.29bn. The hike in prices has been blamed…

2nd June 2011

Cost overrun hits Tanjung Priok

2nd June 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Blasting at Darwin’s harbour will be replaced by more environmentally friendly dredging methods, after concerns were raised by the community.

2nd June 2011

No blasting for Darwin’s LNG project

2nd June 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga has completed construction of the last two of five berths at the multipurpose transhipment terminal. This is the first time such a development has taken place…

2nd June 2011

Ust-Luga PPP completed

2nd June 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman has launched two prosecutions against the Maritime Union of Australia following allegations of unlawful industrial action at Fremantle and Broome.

2nd June 2011

Unlawful strikes challenged

2nd June 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Turkish prime minister has revealed his government is looking into a project to build a canal connecting the Black Sea with the Mediterranean paralleling the Bosporus Strait, one of the worlds…

2nd June 2011

Turkish Canal mooted

2nd June 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Stockton and the Port of West Sacramento will be making available their Requests for Proposal (RFP) for a terminal operations and facilities manager for its M580/I80 Marine Highway Corridor…

1st June 2011

Marine corridor looks for partnership developer

1st June 2011