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AFRICA

AFRICA

Barbados port authority has commenced implementation of a $100m reform and expansion plan centred on Bridgetown Port. $17m will be spent on rehabilitating existing facilities, including moving the sugar terminal. $13m will…

1st May 2004

Expansion begins at Bridgetown

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE 1st May 2004

Maasvlakte 2 moves closer

1st May 2004

ASIA

ASIA

By any standards, port operations in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, located on the confluence of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers, are low key. But that has not stopped port…

1st May 2004

Opportunities on hold following hung parliament in Phnom Penh

1st May 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Vopak-Horizon Fujairah Limited, (VHFL), a joint venture between Hollands VOPAK and Horizon Terminals Limited (HTL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), has struck a joint venture with Egypts Sokhna…

1st May 2004

Sokhna development on track

1st May 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Al Amaya oil terminal in southern Iraq, which was effectively destroyed during the war with Iran, is currently exporting 400,000 barrels a day from two reopened berths.

1st May 2004

Iraq cranks up oil exports

1st May 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Iquique Terminal International (ITI), which began a 20-year management concession of the northern Chilean port in 2000, boosted net profit by 109% in 2003 to $1.28m.

1st May 2004

Iquique Terminal in expansion mode

1st May 2004

ASIA

ASIA 1st May 2004

Pakistan needs container rate policy

1st May 2004

ASIA

ASIA

The US$46m container terminal project at the Indian port of Kandla, currently the object of a third BOT concession attempt, has attracted interest from just five local companies.

1st May 2004

Kandla box terminal project losing steam

1st May 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) has signed a $423m 5-year term loan facility with a consortium of banks. According to the Facility, the consortium which includes Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial…

1st May 2004

YICT loan facility finalised

1st May 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, will provide a $15m loan to San Vicente Terminal Internacional (SVTI) which operates Chiles SanVicente port, specialising in forest…

1st May 2004

San Vicente gets IFC loan

1st May 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

US authorities in Iraq have issued a new tender for the management and development of five ports; an earlier tender had to be withdrawn since it proved to be insufficiently comprehensive to…

1st May 2004

Iraqi five-port tender delayed

1st May 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

SVTI was awarded a 15-year concession in 1999 to rehabilitate, expand and operate the port. SVTI is a 50/50 joint venture between Carrix, Inc. and Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas S.A.Jose Luis…

1st May 2004

Callao needs investment now

1st May 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Bunge Alimentos of Brazil has brought in a new mechanical ship unloader at the port of Recife to speed up the discharge of wheat from Argentinean bulk carriers.

1st May 2004

New ship unloader at Recife

1st May 2004

ASIA

ASIA

The so-called Portalino is being operated by Fertimport, the state's leading grain handling stevedore. Following a trial period, the unloader has been able to achieve handling rates of 300 tonnes per hour,…

1st May 2004

Tuticorin takes new look at hub status

1st May 2004

ASIA

ASIA

The so-called Portalino is being operated by Fertimport, the state's leading grain handling stevedore. Following a trial period, the unloader has been able to achieve handling rates of 300 tonnes per hour,…

1st May 2004

Johor shows its mettle

1st May 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Representatives from Bromma Conquip, CVS Ferrari, Fantuzzi Group, Hyster, Kalmar Industries, Konecranes, Liebherr, Linde, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Paceco Corp, RAM, SMV Liftrucks, Stinis, Svetruck, Terberg and ZPMC have joined forces to…

1st May 2004

Equipment manufacturers team up

1st May 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT 1st May 2004

..whilst launching new ECH

1st May 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT 1st May 2004

Kalmar to unveil new ro-ro range..

1st May 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Use of Trellex fenders at the new Pier 400 in Los Angeles has enabled the ports engineers to meet two key design challenges. Pier 400 is an all-new facility built by Taylor…

1st May 2004

Pier 400 chooses Trellex

1st May 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

During the first quarter of 2004 Gottwald received orders for some 16 harbour cranes, nine from Europe. Two cranes were ordered from Africa and one from Asia. One crane was sold to…

1st May 2004

Gottwald reports strong MHC sales

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Parliament has adopted new guidelines for the trans-European transport network that include the " Motorways of the Sea" initiative.

1st May 2004

UKs ports lukewarm on Motorways of the Sea project

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The specialist heavy-lift multi-purpose pontoon, TERRA MARIQUE, loaded with Concorde GB-OAA has successfully completed its journey down the river Thames and up the North Sea to the aircrafts destination in Scotland.

1st May 2004

London proves its worth in reducing traffic chaos

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK Transport Minister Tony McNulty has accepted the recommendation of the Dibden Bay Inquiry Inspector to turn down proposals for a new container terminal on Southampton Water.

1st May 2004

Dibden rejected

1st May 2004