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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

No-one that is in the business of shipping and logistics will deny the important role that seaports play as gateways for trade and transport and the contribution they deliver to the European…

4th April 2011

Towards a European Port Performance Dashboard

4th April 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The public-private partnership model has become more attractive in the US in recent years.

4th April 2011

America sees the private benefit

4th April 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Newcastle Port Corporation is to create ten new berths by dredging 3m cu m of mud, sand and contaminated material from the south arm of the Hunter River.

3rd April 2011

Newcastle’s ten-strong berth plan

3rd April 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Joint owners Mitsubishi Development and Murchison Metals are on track to begin building the A$4bn (US$4bn) Oakajee Port and Rail project in Western Australia later this year. Construction will continue until the…

2nd April 2011

Oakajee $4bn development on track

2nd April 2011

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Could planning and subsidy issues lead to some ports losing out in the race to support the offshore wind power sector? Felicity Landon reports

1st April 2011

A fair wind

1st April 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Investors need to wise up to the new port investment market, says Martin Rushmere

1st April 2011

A dose of realism

1st April 2011

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