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OCEANIA

Dubai World’ s chairman, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, has toured subsidiary DP World’ s container terminal in Brisbane and underlined the strategic significance of the port to the group. He compared Brisbane…

1st September 2007

DPW LAVISHES BRISBANE

1st September 2007

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OCEANIA

An inquiry into the impact of port planning on competition for container stevedoring services in Victorian ports is to be conducted by the state’ s economic regulator. 

1st September 2007

Victoria competition inquiry planned

1st September 2007

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OCEANIA

The port of Newcastle could begin handling an overflow of containers from Port Botany much sooner than originally planned. 

1st September 2007

Newcastle primed for Botany traffic

1st September 2007

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OCEANIA

Container lines are losing up to A$400,000 ($343,400) for a round trip to Melbourne because of draught restrictions, the inquiry into channel deepening has been told. Shipping Australia warned that lines could…

1st September 2007

Real losses of Melbourne dredging delay

1st September 2007

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OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland is inviting shipping and freight industry stakeholders to partake in a series of discussions about the development and implementation of a vehicle booking system (VBS). 

1st September 2007

Auckland piles pressure on truckers

1st September 2007

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OCEANIA

PrimePort Timaru is purchasing a new harbour tug and undertaking berth upgrades at an estimated cost of NZ$10m ($7.6m). 

1st September 2007

NZ10m PrimePort development

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK Ports Policy Review interim report has concluded that a market-oriented approach to port development remains appropriate and that there would “ in general” be no additional benefit from a locally…

1st September 2007

UK ports review puts trust in operators

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK supermarket Sainbury’ s has hailed a success a trial using the London artery of the River Thames to supply its daily product. 

1st September 2007

Thames power trial for Sainsburys supplies

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Portuguese government' s audit committee (Tribunal de Contas) has declared that the Port of Lisbon Authority (APL) is losing millions of euros annually because of the way it allocates concession contracts,…

1st September 2007

Government committee lambastes Lisbon PA

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

German competition authorities are demanding “ disproportionate remedy actions” to a deal sealed late last year to bring CVS Ferrari into the Cargotec fold, according to Cargotec. 

1st September 2007

Cargotec CVS Ferrari purchase hits a wall

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

A consortium of Mitsui OSK Lines, APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine, CMA CGM, and DP World is to jointly establish a terminal operation company “ Rotterdam World Gateway” under a 25-year lease contract…

1st September 2007

MAASLAKTE 2 SEALS LINER CONSORTIUM

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Yilport Container Terminal, located at the Turkish port of Izmir, has placed an order for 21 terminal tractors with Kalmar. Delivery will commence from October 2007. Another option for a further 30…

1st September 2007

YILPORT SUPPLIED BY KALMAR

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World’ s Southampton Container Terminals has secured 10.5 acres of additional Associated British Ports-leased land currently used for ro-ro operations, in addition to the 13 acres taken at the start of…

1st September 2007

SCT STRETCHES OUT

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK Department for Transport (DoT) has invited ports with sea-related infrastructure projects in the North Sea region to bid for financing funds under the European Union’ s (EU) plan to establish…

1st September 2007

UK kick starts motorway finance

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

CMA CGM and NYK are to operate a new container terminal at the German River port of Duisburg in partnership with management company Duisport. 

1st September 2007

Duisburg box terminal takers

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals is to invest € 150m ($205m) in a new container terminal at the Italian port of Vado Ligure. 

1st September 2007

Vado Ligure secures APM investment

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Business leaders in Rwanda have asked Kenya Ports Authority to reduce charges at the port of Mombasa. These push up the cost of transporting goods to the Great Lakes region by as…

1st September 2007

MOMBASA CHARGES PLEA

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Business leaders in Mozambique have asked the government to either scrap or reduce charges levied at the port of Maputo for the scanning of containers. The scanner is operated by a private…

1st September 2007

MAPUTO SCANNING SCAM

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Transnet has awarded a € 182m ($248.7m) contract to Group Five to expand Durban Harbour.

1st September 2007

DURBAN EXPANSION AWARD

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Importers and exporters in Nigeria have complained that the ports privatisation process has failed to speed up cargo clearing. In fact, this appears to have collapsed entirely at the port of Onne,…

1st September 2007

CLEARANCE REMAINS ONEROUS AT ONNE

1st September 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World has decided not to go ahead with a $5bn flotation on the London Stock Exchange as a means of funding future expansion and acquisition projects because it believes it will…

1st September 2007

DP World ditches LSE flotation

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Private sector companies look set to be asked to participate in the development of two new container terminals at the South African port of Ngqura costing € 809m ($1.1bn). 

1st September 2007

Ngqura looks to private sector

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has commissioned Transas Marine UK for the supply, installation and commissioning of a vessel traffic management system (VTS) at its Port of Mombasa. Scheduled to be officially handed…

1st September 2007

Transas secures Mombasa VTS contract

1st September 2007