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ASIA

ASIA

A lack of concrete progress on many of Vietnam’ s proposed port projects is being blamed on consultants. 

1st September 2007

Go slow on Vietnamese port projects

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Port Klang Authority is seeking consultants to carry out a feasibility study on developing a plot of industrial land next to Sungei Puloh. This will be incorporated into the Northport concession. The…

1st September 2007

KLANG TO EXPAND NORTHPORT

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Myanmar is to build a new deep seaport on its western coastline at Mayday island near Kyauhphyu. Privately-owned Asian World will undertake construction; it originally carried out the project survey.

1st September 2007

MYANMAR DEEP AMBITIONS

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Group, parent of Shanghai-listed Lianyungang Port Co Ltd (SHA 601008), has issued Yuan400m ($53m) worth of 365-day discount bills on the interbank bonds market to optimise its loan structure.

1st September 2007

LIANYUNGANG BOND ISSUE

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

The fortunes of DP World flagship facility Busan Newport (PNC) have improved with confirmation that the world’ s  largest containerline is moving in. 

1st September 2007

Busan New Port secures Maersk calls

1st September 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Divers have wrapped wharf posts at New Zealand’ s South Port in plastic in an attempt to suffocate the invasive underwater pest Undaria. A recent check of 65 boats at the port…

1st September 2007

PLASTIC UNDARIA BATTLE

1st September 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Dubai World’ s chairman, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, has toured subsidiary DP World’ s container terminal in Brisbane and underlined the strategic significance of the port to the group. He compared Brisbane…

1st September 2007

DPW LAVISHES BRISBANE

1st September 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An inquiry into the impact of port planning on competition for container stevedoring services in Victorian ports is to be conducted by the state’ s economic regulator. 

1st September 2007

Victoria competition inquiry planned

1st September 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The port of Newcastle could begin handling an overflow of containers from Port Botany much sooner than originally planned. 

1st September 2007

Newcastle primed for Botany traffic

1st September 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Container lines are losing up to A$400,000 ($343,400) for a round trip to Melbourne because of draught restrictions, the inquiry into channel deepening has been told. Shipping Australia warned that lines could…

1st September 2007

Real losses of Melbourne dredging delay

1st September 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland is inviting shipping and freight industry stakeholders to partake in a series of discussions about the development and implementation of a vehicle booking system (VBS). 

1st September 2007

Auckland piles pressure on truckers

1st September 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

PrimePort Timaru is purchasing a new harbour tug and undertaking berth upgrades at an estimated cost of NZ$10m ($7.6m). 

1st September 2007

NZ10m PrimePort development

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK Ports Policy Review interim report has concluded that a market-oriented approach to port development remains appropriate and that there would “ in general” be no additional benefit from a locally…

1st September 2007

UK ports review puts trust in operators

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK supermarket Sainbury’ s has hailed a success a trial using the London artery of the River Thames to supply its daily product. 

1st September 2007

Thames power trial for Sainsburys supplies

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Portuguese government' s audit committee (Tribunal de Contas) has declared that the Port of Lisbon Authority (APL) is losing millions of euros annually because of the way it allocates concession contracts,…

1st September 2007

Government committee lambastes Lisbon PA

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

German competition authorities are demanding “ disproportionate remedy actions” to a deal sealed late last year to bring CVS Ferrari into the Cargotec fold, according to Cargotec. 

1st September 2007

Cargotec CVS Ferrari purchase hits a wall

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

A consortium of Mitsui OSK Lines, APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine, CMA CGM, and DP World is to jointly establish a terminal operation company “ Rotterdam World Gateway” under a 25-year lease contract…

1st September 2007

MAASLAKTE 2 SEALS LINER CONSORTIUM

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Yilport Container Terminal, located at the Turkish port of Izmir, has placed an order for 21 terminal tractors with Kalmar. Delivery will commence from October 2007. Another option for a further 30…

1st September 2007

YILPORT SUPPLIED BY KALMAR

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World’ s Southampton Container Terminals has secured 10.5 acres of additional Associated British Ports-leased land currently used for ro-ro operations, in addition to the 13 acres taken at the start of…

1st September 2007

SCT STRETCHES OUT

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK Department for Transport (DoT) has invited ports with sea-related infrastructure projects in the North Sea region to bid for financing funds under the European Union’ s (EU) plan to establish…

1st September 2007

UK kick starts motorway finance

1st September 2007