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ASIA

ASIA

(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.Kenya Ports Authority is to place an order for 400 railway wagon flats as a means of…

1st January 2005

Rail wagons to ease congestion

1st January 2005

ASIA

ASIA

(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.PSA Marine has established a new joint venture with Fuzhou Port Authority Shipping Division, to provide towage…

1st January 2005

PSA MARINE FORMS JOINT VENTURE WITH FUZHOU PORT AUTHORITY

1st January 2005

ASIA

ASIA

(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.The US has pledged its support for the modernisation of Bangladesh's Chittagong Port and Export Processing Zone.…

1st January 2005

US SUPPORTS PRIVATISATION OF CHITTAGONG

1st January 2005

ASIA

ASIA

(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.According to press sources in India, PSA has reportedly made a bid for a 74% stake in…

1st January 2005

PSA EYES HAZIRA

1st January 2005

ASIA

ASIA

(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.Japan is to provide financial help amounting to $99m to build a second container terminal at the…

1st January 2005

JAPAN TO FINANCE SECOND BOX TERMINAL AT MOMBASA

1st January 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), has teamed up with Senai airport to offer their facilities to international aid agencies.

1st January 2005

Local ports help with relief operations

1st January 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Difficulties in reaching the tsunami stricken areas can be overcome with the use of the multimodal facilities available in Johor which is close to Sumatra. The port says the multimodal synergy between…

1st January 2005

CMA-CGM ship

1st January 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Difficulties in reaching the tsunami stricken areas can be overcome with the use of the multimodal facilities available in Johor which is close to Sumatra. The port says the multimodal synergy between…

1st January 2005

FRENCH AND MALAYSIANS INVEST IN IRAN

1st January 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Difficulties in reaching the tsunami stricken areas can be overcome with the use of the multimodal facilities available in Johor which is close to Sumatra. The port says the multimodal synergy between…

1st January 2005

EU TO REBUILD ZANZIBAR PORT

1st January 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Difficulties in reaching the tsunami stricken areas can be overcome with the use of the multimodal facilities available in Johor which is close to Sumatra. The port says the multimodal synergy between…

1st January 2005

CHINA SHIPPING TO DEVELOP JINZHOU BOX TERMINAL

1st January 2005

ASIA

ASIA

PSA Singapore Terminals handled 20.6TEUs) last year, up 2.5mTEUs on 2003, a 14.1% jump. In addition to strong organic growth in volumes from existing customers, the PSA harvested a bumper crop of…

1st January 2005

PSA Singapore Terminals

1st January 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Shanghai overtook Rotterdam to become the worlds busiest port in 2004. Growth this year of 20% brought total throughput to 370 million tonnes, compared to the 350 million tonnes handled by Rotterdam,…

1st January 2005

Shanghai now worlds busiest port

1st January 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Ennore Port has issued a Request for Qualifications from terminal operators interested in building a US$160m container terminal at what is Indias first corporate port.

1st January 2005

Chennai unhappy with Ennore box terminal development

1st January 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Difficulties in reaching the tsunami stricken areas can be overcome with the use of the multimodal facilities available in Johor which is close to Sumatra. The port says the multimodal synergy between…

1st January 2005

ISRAELI DOCKERS LOSE VETO OVER LABOUR

1st January 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Dubai Ports International (DPI), has signed Memoranda of Understanding with the port authorities of Abu Dhabi and Fujairah. These agreements could later lead to possible management contracts or concessions for port operations…

1st January 2005

DPI signs MOUs with Gulf neighbours

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam broke through the 350m ton barrier in 2004.

1st January 2005

Rotterdams new boss applauds results

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Lisbon Port Authority (APL) has communicated to its leading deepsea container terminal Liscont that it would like it to vacate its current concession in the Alcantara zone and move to an entirely…

1st January 2005

Liscont to be moved to Santa Apolonia

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseilles-Fos handled 94m tonnes of cargo in 2004, a 1.6% drop on the previous years but container throughput rose 10% to 916,600TEUs. The total included 593,600TEUs at Fos and 323,000TEUs at Marseilles.

1st January 2005

Marseilles polls workers over plans

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Drogheda Port Company (DPC) has announce its long term development strategy.

1st January 2005

New port for the Greater Dublin

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Following studies, Bremore in Fingal Co, Dublin, was selected for a new deepwater port.Port of Tyne's £6.3m warehouse has been officially opened by Nigel Sherlock, Lord Lieutenant for Tyne and Wear. At…

1st January 2005

Official opening

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

¢ 4 billion port masterplan will be revised to incorporate leading architect Renzo Pianos Fresco of the Port of Genoa concept. The Fresco is revolutionary in that it would transform the entire…

1st January 2005

Genoas port masterplan

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The timescale of the plan - divided into three phases - has been estimated at 6, 12 and 18 years and will be achieved with no detrimental effect to daily port operations.…

1st January 2005

ALGECIRAS AND TANGIER NOT COMPLEMENTARY

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Panamanian government is due to issue a tender in 2005 for a mega-port at the Pacific mouth of the Panama Canal costing US$600m.

1st January 2005

NEW PORT FOR PANAMA

1st January 2005