News

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Iraqs Transport Ministry has revealed that Iraqi Ports Company has signed a $12.6m contract with local company to expand Umm-Qasr port near Basra. Work will be completed within 210 days.

3rd September 2009

Iraq improves Umm-Qasr

3rd September 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Worldwide, the role of government is increasing. In the US, discussions of infrastructure funding are dominated by conversations about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, or The Stimulus Bill) of 2009.

2nd September 2009

Government funding now the norm

2nd September 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

Up to $1.22bn of foreign investment is expected to be made in the various development projects put forward by Port Qasim Authority covering the next five years.

2nd September 2009

Port Qasim taking major private investment

2nd September 2009

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The ports sector has over the past few years been the scene of some significant innovation regarding the deployment of finance for acquisitions, capital expenditure and even debt finance.

2nd September 2009

Money matters

2nd September 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Philippines Port Authority (PPA) is to receive a loan of ¢ 170m ($239m) from the French government by the end of August. This will help fund six new port projects. Originally, finance…

2nd September 2009

PPA expanding with French cash

2nd September 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Exis Technologies has kicked off a UK port tour to raise awareness of new International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code requirements.

2nd September 2009

e-learning for dangerous goods code

2nd September 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A clean air strategy in the ports of New York and New Jersey is being helped by an influx of environmental grants, worth over $30m, that will help to replace pre-1994 trucks…

1st September 2009

City trucks get green boost

1st September 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The view on the US markets comes from Joe Seliga, a Chicago-based Partner at law giant Mayer Brown, representing CenterPoint Properties in Virginia.

1st September 2009

The US perspective

1st September 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Thirteen port employees took part in an evening of celebrations at the Port of Tyne headquarters, UK, to honour their combined 360 years of service.

1st September 2009

Long service honoured at Tyne

1st September 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A clean air strategy in the ports of New York and New Jersey is being helped by an influx of environmental grants, worth over $30m, that will help to replace pre-1994 trucks…

1st September 2009

City trucks get green boost

1st September 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Modernisation of the North Quay at the Peruvian port of Callao will be taken forward by DP World and the National Ports Authority (Enapu) under a $600m investment programme.

1st September 2009

ENAPU and DP World to develop Callao

1st September 2009

ASIA

ASIA

A new port is to be developed on the Kola peninsular in the Murmansk region of Russia by 2010. This is needed because the existing Murmansk port is operating beyond its engineered…

31st August 2009

New Murmansk relief port

31st August 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australian ports have urged state and federal governments to streamline planning laws governing port land.

30th August 2009

Land planning law a boon to Australian ports

30th August 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Terminal operators in the port of Valencia are warning that recent high levels of transhipment traffic, which now account for 50% of total box traffic in the port, could be under threat…

30th August 2009

Labour rates must improve at Valencia

30th August 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Veracruz Port Authority has offered a 15% cut in tariffs for container traffic as a reflection of prevailing economic conditions, available until December 31, 2009.

30th August 2009

Veracruz cuts tariffs to attract traffic

30th August 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

As a result of restructuring costs and delays in planned orders, HITT traffic management and navigation systems company expects figures to confirm an operational loss of around ¢ 1m ($1.3m) for the…

29th August 2009

First half operating loss for HITT

29th August 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Terminal Intermodale Nola (TIN) in Italy has recently gone live with a new integrated computer system supplied by Esoware.

29th August 2009

TIN gets integrated

29th August 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Chiles San Antonio port administrator Empresa Portuaria San Antonio (EPSA) will launch a tender in November to concession a $30m bulk handling terminal, chairman Patricio Arrau has said.

29th August 2009

Chile

29th August 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Port Strategy opinion content is now available to download as audio files, read by Sony Award-winning journalist Katie Breathwick. Listeners can also subscribe via an RSS feed and through iTunes, which will…

29th August 2009

Podcast plug

29th August 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

DP World has followed the signing of an agreement to remain at Sydneys Port Botany for another 15 years by committing to a programme of new investment.

28th August 2009

Oz News Snippets from Dave Mac

28th August 2009