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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports around New Zealand have undoubtedly drawn a collective sigh of relief, with Maersk Line confirming it will continue at the nine local ports it currently serves, albeit with a revised service…

1st December 2006

Port relief on Maersk schedule

1st December 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Terminales Marítimas de Bilbao  (TMB) plans to add a further 25,000 square metres to its existing concession. This announcement comes just 18 months after terminal management had to ask the port authority…

1st December 2006

TMB IN EXPANSION MOOD

1st December 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

A sea change in ownership and huge amounts of investment mean that the future has never looked brighter for the UK ports industry, Forth Ports chief executive Charles Hammond has told maritime…

1st December 2006

UK ports back in vogue

1st December 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdams Euromax terminal welcomed the first of sixteen cranes last month The sixteen cranes, together with another three barge/feeder cranes and twelve 23-wide quay cranes, will perform the ship-to-shore operations at the…

1st December 2006

Euromax welcomes crane arrival

1st December 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Throughput at the port of Rotterdam over the first nine months of the year has made a mild recovery, increasing by 1.5% in comparison with the same period last year.The 281m tonnes…

1st December 2006

ROTTERDAM BOUNCES BACK

1st December 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Proof of the unwavering investor interest in ports,Deutsche Banks asset management arm has snapped up a 49% stake in the UKs second largest ports group Peel Ports for £ 750m.

1st December 2006

Peel deal cements port attraction

1st December 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dragados-SPL, which belongs to the Spanish construction and services group ACS, has agreed a syndicated loan of ¢ 280m to refinance some existing debts and also to fund new investment.

1st December 2006

Dragados-SPL refinances

1st December 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

Investment totalling $679m will be ploughed into South Africas iron ore export port of Saldanha over the next six years to treble export capacity. As part of its expansion plan,the port will…

1st December 2006

Shot in the arm for Saldanha

1st December 2006

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World is to unify its port and terminal operation under a single brand name, which is expected to be revealed within the next six months. Currently, both the DP World and…

1st December 2006

DP World to re-brand P&O Ports

1st December 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

Tanzania Ports Authority has announced plans to lease out Kigoma Cargo Terminal and Kassanga Port on Lake Tanganyika. 

1st December 2006

TPA to concession ports

1st December 2006

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Arabia claims it will develop the largest container terminal in the Middle East at Emaar Economic City.This will be capable of throughputs in the region of 10m teu annually, as well…

1st December 2006

SAUDI ARABIA BIG ON BOXES

1st December 2006

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Nigerias Dunca inland container terminal has recommenced services after a 14-month shutdown. New owners are AP Moller, Greenview and ENL Terminals.

1st December 2006

DUNCA BACK IN BUSINESS

1st December 2006

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Jebel Ali Port has announced that it will boost capacity from around 8m teu to 67m teu by 2030.This reflects a 41% increase in exports from the adjacent free zone.

1st December 2006

JEBEL ALI CAPACITY HIKE

1st December 2006

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya has approached a European partner to provide bilateral funding for the dredging of Mombasa Harbour, which is scheduled to begin in 2009 for completion in 2011.

1st December 2006

Kenya seeks dredging funding.

1st December 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The International Transport Workers Federation has expressed its support for port workers in the Costa Rican port of Limón, who initiated a go-slow in protest against government plans to privatise activities not…

1st December 2006

COSTA RICAN PRIVATISATION PROTESTS

1st December 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The planned new Colombian Ceniza coal port, which will use the Magdalena river to export consignments, will cost $480m to build, of which $180m will be required in an initial phase.

1st December 2006

CENIZA COAL GOAL

1st December 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Proinversión, promoter of private sector investment in Peruvian companies, has temporarily halted the concession process covering the countrys five main ports until a master development plan has been drawn up for each.

1st December 2006

Peru calls halt on ports privatisation

1st December 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Portland Commission has approved the second of two rail construction contracts for a project that will help increase intermodal volumes through the Ports Terminal 6 container facility. 

1st December 2006

Portland on track

1st December 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Craig Fuehrer, director in the group at Deutsche Bank Securities, the bank handling the sale of DP Worlds US facilities, was mum about details of the bidding process, in a presentation at…

1st December 2006

US sweet spot for ports

1st December 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Management of Colon Container Terminal (CCT), an Evergreen subsidiary, is to take legal action against Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), because it believes that its rights to operate in the Atlantic coast port…

1st December 2006

CCT threatens Coco Solo legal action

1st December 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A tender issued by the Santos Port Authority will consider the economic viability for a proposed concession of Vopack Brasterminais Armazéns Gerais,on the so-called continental side of the port at Barnabé Island.The…

1st December 2006

SANTOS TENDERS FOR VIABILITY STUDY

1st December 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Linde is adding to its existing reachstacker capacity with a facility in China. The factory in Xiamen has been building empty container handlers from Linde kits since 1996, but the company has…

1st December 2006

China facility to boost Linde output

1st December 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Equipment manufacturer Kalmar is participating in a two-year project to reduce pollution at ports in the US. 

1st December 2006

Kalmar spearheads hybrid technology in States

1st December 2006