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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Abu Dhabi Ports has signed a $1.5bn contract with an international consortium to undertake the first phase construction of Khalifa port. Work will consist of excavating 47m cu m of sand, the…

14th December 2007

Khalifa contracts confirmed

14th December 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Portof Rotterdam is considering investing ¢ 170m ($240m) for the expansionof Sohar port in Oman even as it extends its own facilities toaccommodate increased traffic from Asia.

14th December 2007

Rotterdam mulls Oman investment

14th December 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

CVRD is considering construction of a new port at Ubu, in the state of Espí rito Santo, some 65 km from the port of Tubarã o, which serves the state capital Vitó…

14th December 2007

CVRD to build new port

14th December 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Algeria is to invest $10m in the development and expansion of its ports, with finance partially sourced from foreign companies. In all, 95% of foreign trade is handled by the countrys ports.

13th December 2007

Algeria plans ports investment

13th December 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Queenslandcoal producers will be subject to further exports rationing afterDalrymple Bay Coal Terminal received interim authorisation to extendthe terminals queue management system.

13th December 2007

Queensland tightens rations to beat congestion

13th December 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cavotec MSL has sold crane runway designand manufacture specialist Gantrex to Belgian Gantry Group for an undisclosedsum.

13th December 2007

Cavotec runway sale

13th December 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With ever stricter environmental legislation, dust is becoming public enemy no.1, as Stuart Pearcey explains

12th December 2007

Profit is blowing in the wind (dust feature main)

12th December 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A unique combination of factors gives Port Hedland one of the worlds worst dust problems.

12th December 2007

Port Hedland tackles dust head on

12th December 2007

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Only relatively few ports and terminaloperating groups have looked to a stock market listing as a way of raising cashto expand, but why? Invariably those that do take this route receive a…

12th December 2007

Time to take stock

12th December 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI)Georgian arm has taken over the operation and management of Batumi ContainerTerminal under a 48-year lease.

12th December 2007

New owners take on Georgia terminal

12th December 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ecorodovias, which manages the Sistema Anchieta-Imigrantes and Ecopá tio facilities in Cubatã o, has announced plans to build a cargo terminal in the port of Santos. This will handle containers and ethanol.…

12th December 2007

Major new Santos development

12th December 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of London Authority (PLA) ispoised to begin its biggest dredging project for 40 years at a cost of £ 1.5m.

11th December 2007

London dredging programme kicks off

11th December 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Port labour specialist Rostima hasappointed of Lawrence M Sunderam to spearhead the companys growing Asia team.

11th December 2007

Rostima appoints Malaysia CEO

11th December 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Japanese government has pledged $225m towards the development of the port of Mombasa. It said that it had been impressed by Kenyas economic growth and development.

10th December 2007

Japan invests in Mombasa

10th December 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Authorities in Ecuador have become worried by the drop-off in cargo handled at the port of Manta. In part, this is a result of labour unrest in the port, which is due…

10th December 2007

Drop off in traffic at Manta

10th December 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Speculationhas arisen that low-level merger talks have commenced betweenLyttelton Port of Christchurch and Port Otago, although both partiesremain tight-lipped to the media.

9th December 2007

Port merger talk resurfaces

9th December 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Road haulage companies operating at the port of Valencia have asked Mediterranean Shipping Company terminal to bring forward gate opening times by two hours. This would bring them into line with other…

8th December 2007

MSC asked to open gates even earlier

8th December 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World has paid $670m for a 90% stake in ECHCO, the majority shareholder in Egypts Sokhna Port Development Company. The remaining 10% of the equity is held by Amiral Holdings.

8th December 2007

DP World dips into Egypt

8th December 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US company Zebra Technologies Corporation is to buy Navis Holdings in its entirety for $145m. The transaction is due to take place later this year.

8th December 2007

Zebra buys Navis

8th December 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Four bids have been lodged for the 35-year concession to operate the new container terminal in the port of Colombo, which will have a proposed handling capacity of 2.4m teu.

8th December 2007

Four bid for Colombo

8th December 2007