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EUROPE

EUROPE

CMA CGM and NYK are to operate a new container terminal at the German River port of Duisburg in partnership with management company Duisport. 

1st September 2007

Duisburg box terminal takers

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals is to invest € 150m ($205m) in a new container terminal at the Italian port of Vado Ligure. 

1st September 2007

Vado Ligure secures APM investment

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Business leaders in Rwanda have asked Kenya Ports Authority to reduce charges at the port of Mombasa. These push up the cost of transporting goods to the Great Lakes region by as…

1st September 2007

MOMBASA CHARGES PLEA

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Business leaders in Mozambique have asked the government to either scrap or reduce charges levied at the port of Maputo for the scanning of containers. The scanner is operated by a private…

1st September 2007

MAPUTO SCANNING SCAM

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Transnet has awarded a € 182m ($248.7m) contract to Group Five to expand Durban Harbour.

1st September 2007

DURBAN EXPANSION AWARD

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Importers and exporters in Nigeria have complained that the ports privatisation process has failed to speed up cargo clearing. In fact, this appears to have collapsed entirely at the port of Onne,…

1st September 2007

CLEARANCE REMAINS ONEROUS AT ONNE

1st September 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World has decided not to go ahead with a $5bn flotation on the London Stock Exchange as a means of funding future expansion and acquisition projects because it believes it will…

1st September 2007

DP World ditches LSE flotation

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Private sector companies look set to be asked to participate in the development of two new container terminals at the South African port of Ngqura costing € 809m ($1.1bn). 

1st September 2007

Ngqura looks to private sector

1st September 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has commissioned Transas Marine UK for the supply, installation and commissioning of a vessel traffic management system (VTS) at its Port of Mombasa. Scheduled to be officially handed…

1st September 2007

Transas secures Mombasa VTS contract

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Rio Grande Port authority, Brazil is negotiating with the federal government for increased investment of € 54m ($73.8m). Part of the money will be spent on revitalising the Porto Novo area and…

1st September 2007

RIO GRANDE INVESTMENT REQUEST

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) has confirmed its plans to remain at the forefront of the Eastern US cargo marketplace as the Panama Canal expansion takes shape. 

1st September 2007

Panama expansion boon to NY/NJ

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Buoyed by record container movements, Georgia Port Authority has announced a swathe of infrastructure improvements, equipment purchases and personnel additions at its Port of Savannah. 

1st September 2007

GPA supports Savannah growth

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

According to Brazil’ s National Logistics and Transport Plan (PNLT), Rio de Janeiro will require investment of € 5.11m ($7m) over the next 15 years, if it is to fulfil its role…

1st September 2007

RIO NEEDS CASH INJECTION

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A feasibility study is to be undertaken on Easter Island, Chile in respect of the construction of a new port. Most importantly, it will determine the optimum location for this new facility,…

1st September 2007

EASTER ISLAND PORT DREAM

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Development team Shipyard Creek Associates is looking at the feasibility of building a variety of port-related facilities on a 135 acre site in South Carolina, including an intermodal hub.

1st September 2007

SOUTH CAROLINA AMBITIONS

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The multipurpose terminal at the Chilean port of Talcohuano, the last one in the country to be operated by the state, is to be offered as a concession to the private sector…

1st September 2007

FINAL CHILEAN TERMINAL CONCESSION

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Canada’ s Maher Terminals has chosen Kalmar as it sole equipment supplier for container handling operations at Fairview Terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

1st September 2007

Maher partners Kalmar

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ponta da Madeira port terminal in Brazil is to gain a fourth pier courtesy of CVRD. The aim is to be able to serve increased onshore stockpiles amounting to 210m tonnes as…

1st September 2007

Fourth iron ore pier at PDM

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

APM Terminals has informed Panama Maritime Authority and the Panamanian government that it is no longer interested in participating in the Farfán deep seaport project. 

1st September 2007

Maersk no to Farfán

1st September 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maritime security specialist Securewest has received official approval from shipping classification society, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) on behalf of the United States Maritime  Administration (MARAD) to deliver updated Company Security Officer, Facility…

1st September 2007

SECUREWEST CELEBRATES MARAD APPROVAL

1st September 2007