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ASIA

ASIA

Jan de Nul/Boskalis, Hyundai Engineering, Dredging International and Van Oord have been shortlisted for the contract to undertake dredging on three sections of the US$537m Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project . The entire…

1st December 2005

Four shortlisted for Sethusamudram

1st December 2005

ASIA

ASIA

These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Partial approval has…

1st December 2005

KOCHI

1st December 2005

ASIA

ASIA

A greenfield site in Qingdao is soon to see the development of a new container terminal for DP World. The port operator has signed an agreement with the Qingdao government to build…

1st December 2005

New container terminal for Qingdao

1st December 2005

ASIA

ASIA

These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Hutchison Port Holdings…

1st December 2005

Yangshan

1st December 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Egypt's Transport Minister,…

1st December 2005

ALEXANDRIA UPGRADE

1st December 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Jan de Nul has been awarded a US$503mn contract to undertake dredging and reclamation work for container terminal two at Jebel Ali.

1st December 2005

JEBEL ALI

1st December 2005

ASIA

ASIA

These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Xiamen, the nearest…

1st December 2005

Xiamen to sell stake

1st December 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Hutchison Port Holdings and Evergreen Marine Corporation have been left disappointed as Indias internal security committee rejected their right to bid for a US$270m offshore container terminal at Mumbai. Indian intelligence authorities…

1st December 2005

MUMBAI

1st December 2005

ASIA

ASIA

These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Johor Port, which…

1st December 2005

Johor Port

1st December 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Saudi Ports Authority…

1st December 2005

..and joint ventures in Saudi

1st December 2005

ASIA

ASIA

In a move that has shocked shipping lines, Indonesia is enforcing its 37% terminal handling charge cut. Ships are being barred from leaving Jakarta unless their owners play ball and put it…

1st December 2005

Jakarta gets stubborn on charges

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The work of the London Port Authority in safeguarding continued high environmental standards has been recognised with the awarding of an EcoPorts Port Environmental Review System (PERS) Certificate.

1st December 2005

LONDON GETS GREEN GONG

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Valencia expects to achieve nearly a 9% growth in volume over its 2004 total of 2.145m TEUs and is in the final throes of adding significant new capacity to help it absorb…

1st December 2005

Valencia grows and grows

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

A Chinese group is planning to develop a container terminal on Cretes rugged and beautiful south coast. China Shipping Group has been searching for transhipment hub facilities in the Mediterranean and thinks…

1st December 2005

Crete

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The new Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) terminal being developed adjacent to the port's largest container terminal facility, operated by Maritima Valenciana, is expected to commence operations in June/July 2006 and the unofficial…

1st December 2005

GENOA

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Acciona and ACS have been awarded a ?124.3m contract to build the third-phase expansion of the port of Algeciras. This will be concentrated in the outer harbour area of the Isla Verde…

1st December 2005

Isla Verde expansion goes ahead

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Europe Container Terminals (ECT) has acquired a majority stake of 51.56% in DeCeTe Duisburger Container Terminal (DeCeTe).

1st December 2005

ECT SWIMS UPRIVER

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam is to gain a new container terminal for inland navigation vessels and feeders.

1st December 2005

ROTTERDAM

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The new Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) terminal being developed adjacent to the port's largest container terminal facility, operated by Maritima Valenciana, is expected to commence operations in June/July 2006 and the unofficial…

1st December 2005

Kalmars parent in the money

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Gdansk will see a € 180m programme of development, after law firm Norton Rose closed its second port deal in a year with arranger DVB Bank AG. The new deepwater container terminals…

1st December 2005

NORTON ROSE CLOSES SECOND DEAL

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Quay dues in Rotterdam are set to rise by 2% next year, while most port and inland shipping tariffs are to go up by 2.6%. The latter amount is to compensate for…

1st December 2005

ROTTERDAM TARIFFS TO RISE

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The thousands of hauliers passing through Felixstowe every day are soon going to require identity cards, the first of their kind in the UK, as the port increases security at its terminals.

1st December 2005

FELIXSTOWE PREPARES FOR NEW ID CARDS

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam is investing an average of €150m per annum in the period 2002-2012.The port of Rotterdam is to reduce its workforce by between 10 and 15% over the next four years as…

1st December 2005

Rotterdam cuts workforce

1st December 2005