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ASIA

ASIA

Ennore Port has issued a Request for Qualifications from terminal operators interested in building a US$160m container terminal at what is Indias first corporate port.

1st January 2005

Chennai unhappy with Ennore box terminal development

1st January 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Difficulties in reaching the tsunami stricken areas can be overcome with the use of the multimodal facilities available in Johor which is close to Sumatra. The port says the multimodal synergy between…

1st January 2005

ISRAELI DOCKERS LOSE VETO OVER LABOUR

1st January 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Dubai Ports International (DPI), has signed Memoranda of Understanding with the port authorities of Abu Dhabi and Fujairah. These agreements could later lead to possible management contracts or concessions for port operations…

1st January 2005

DPI signs MOUs with Gulf neighbours

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam broke through the 350m ton barrier in 2004.

1st January 2005

Rotterdams new boss applauds results

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Lisbon Port Authority (APL) has communicated to its leading deepsea container terminal Liscont that it would like it to vacate its current concession in the Alcantara zone and move to an entirely…

1st January 2005

Liscont to be moved to Santa Apolonia

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseilles-Fos handled 94m tonnes of cargo in 2004, a 1.6% drop on the previous years but container throughput rose 10% to 916,600TEUs. The total included 593,600TEUs at Fos and 323,000TEUs at Marseilles.

1st January 2005

Marseilles polls workers over plans

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Drogheda Port Company (DPC) has announce its long term development strategy.

1st January 2005

New port for the Greater Dublin

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Following studies, Bremore in Fingal Co, Dublin, was selected for a new deepwater port.Port of Tyne's £6.3m warehouse has been officially opened by Nigel Sherlock, Lord Lieutenant for Tyne and Wear. At…

1st January 2005

Official opening

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

¢ 4 billion port masterplan will be revised to incorporate leading architect Renzo Pianos Fresco of the Port of Genoa concept. The Fresco is revolutionary in that it would transform the entire…

1st January 2005

Genoas port masterplan

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The timescale of the plan - divided into three phases - has been estimated at 6, 12 and 18 years and will be achieved with no detrimental effect to daily port operations.…

1st January 2005

ALGECIRAS AND TANGIER NOT COMPLEMENTARY

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Panamanian government is due to issue a tender in 2005 for a mega-port at the Pacific mouth of the Panama Canal costing US$600m.

1st January 2005

NEW PORT FOR PANAMA

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

DVB Bank has closed a € 71m investment project with new Irish port operator, Multi-Link Terminals Ltd (MLT). The transaction relates to MLTs container terminal operations in Helsinki and Kotka in Finland…

1st January 2005

DVB Bank finances port projects in Finland and Russia

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Further expansion is required in order to meet future demand and the aim, in respect of the Kotka project, is to add container terminal equipment equivalent to a capacity of up to…

1st January 2005

Rotterdam

1st January 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cadiz is investing € 91m in infrastructure upgrades during the period 20032008.

1st January 2005

CADIZ BAY TO INVEST €91M

1st January 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The winner of the tender has until late December to complete the study.The 39,200 square metre Vopak facility mainly handles chemical products, petrochemicals and vegetable oil. A subsidiary of the Antofagasta to…

1st January 2005

FCAB BUYS INTO ATI

1st January 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Long Beach is launching a major business outreach programme that will provide millions of dollars in contract opportunities to thousands of Southern California small businesses.

1st January 2005

Long Beach helps small businesses?

1st January 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners voted to contribute US$5,000 to the International Seafarers Centers Stranded Seafarers Fund to help 16 stranded Filipino seamen. Their vessel, the bulk carrier KATERINA, was seized…

1st January 2005

..and stranded Filipino seafarers

1st January 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

According to Brazils Votorantim Financeira bank, upgrading the port of Santos to a position where there are no longer any major bottlenecks would cost in the region of US$1 billion.

1st January 2005

Santos needs $1bn to ease bottlenecks

1st January 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Puerto Rican company Vasquez y Asociados has been awarded the contract to design the initial phase of the islands Las Americas port project which has been costed at US$700m.

1st January 2005

PUERTO RICANS TO DESIGN LAS AMERICAS PORT

1st January 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

McMurdo has received MED (Marine Equipment Directive) approval on its M-2 Automatic Identification System (AIS).

1st January 2005

MED

1st January 2005