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EUROPE

EUROPE

The Portuguese construction and services group Mota-Engil is negotiating a partnership with Maersk to manage ports both within Portugal and abroad. Domestically, they are looking at possibilities in both Lisbon and Setubal,…

1st April 2007

MAERSK AND MOTO FORM JV

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Kalmar has confirmed orders for27 straddle carriers from Germanterminal operators.

1st April 2007

GERMANY CHOOSES KALMAR

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK transport minister Stephen Ladyman has thrown his weight behind a lobbying campaign to raise the profile of Merseysides growing maritime sector.

1st April 2007

Ladyman backs Mersey future

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

A proposal for the first post-panamax box terminal on the UKs west coast has been cleared by the Department of Transport.

1st April 2007

Liverpool post-panamax terminal gets nod

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Italian government has upheld the appeal put forward by Contship Italia in respect of the award of the sixth module of Genova-Voltri container terminal to incumbent operator Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE),…

1st April 2007

Contship appeal over Voltri upheld

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Salerno Container Terminal has opened its doors to US Customs officials as the first commercial port in Italy to become operational under the US Container Security Initiative.

1st April 2007

Salerno signs up to US initiative

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Kalmar has won a comprehensive maintenance deal from Cargo Service at the Port of Aarhus, Denmark for 19 new Kalmar straddle carriers, due for delivery in spring 2007.The all-inclusive contract, which includes…

1st April 2007

CARGO SERVICE CONTRACT

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spanish shipping line Contenemar has asked Vilagarcía Port authority for 50,000 sq m of land on which to build a container terminal. The company wants to move two Canary Island and Moroccan…

1st April 2007

Contenemar shift to Vilagarcía

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

British Waterways has announced that an £ 18.9m project to open up Londons East End rivers, giving direct access by water to the Olympic Park area,has finally been given the go-ahead.

1st April 2007

Prescott Lock to go ahead

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

A number of targeted, small scale investment projects underway at Europes ports are expected to bring improvements to cross-Channel freight transport.

1st April 2007

Full IMPACTE of freight shift proposal

1st April 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

ECT Delta terminal in Rotterdam is no longer accepting empty containers as a means of reducing the dwell time of boxes in the terminal.

1st April 2007

Rotterdams ECT bans empties

1st April 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST 1st April 2007

IRANIAN PORTS PRIVATISATION

1st April 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World has announced investment of more than $8.2bn in the development of 10 new ports and upgrade work at three others. Among its largest schemes are a $459m new box terminal…

1st April 2007

DP WORLD TO INVEST $8.2BN

1st April 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mombasa is suffering major congestion, due to vessels switching from the neighbouring port of Dar es Salaam, where congestion is even worse. Importers are also being blamed because of the slow clearance…

1st April 2007

MAJOR MOMBASA CONGESTION

1st April 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Existing companies at the port of Tema have called upon Ghana Ports andHarbours Authority to scrap an agreement that it has with a foreignconsortium, Meridian Port Services (MPS), to operate the containerterminal. 

1st April 2007

MAERSK MONOPOLY FEARED

1st April 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenyas Transport Minister has labelled as unrealistic plans to privatise container handling at the port of Mombasa.

1st April 2007

Mombasa to stay in public hands

1st April 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

By 2010, capacity across all Iran is ports will have reached 150m tonnes, compared with 115m tonnes at present.

1st April 2007

Iran boosts capacity at ports

1st April 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Eight consortia have sought prequalification to bid for the Khalifa and Industrial Zone project, with initial infrastructure work scheduled to commence by mid-year, claims Abu Dhabi Port Company.

1st April 2007

Eight in for Khalifa

1st April 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The port of Sohar in Oman has attracted $12bn of industrial and infrastructure investment in under three years, prompting its corporate communications manager Dirk-Jan de Vink to note that it was now…

1st April 2007

Sohar attracts serious investment

1st April 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The plan announced by Liberias National Port Authority to lay off 350 workers because of financial difficulties has been challenged by the Dock Workers Union.

1st April 2007

REDUNDANCY OPPOSED

1st April 2007