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EUROPE

EUROPE

Spanish stevedoring group Dragados-SPL intends to invest € 74.5m on various projects during the current year of which the opening of the initial phase of the Malaga container terminal will absorb €…

1st July 2004

DRAGADOS SPLASHES OUT

1st July 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Assores financial director, Chris Cory, says capacity constraints at railways and ports in South Africa could hold back exports. " With the surging demand of China, the only limits on our exports…

1st July 2004

ASSORES WARNING

1st July 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Thailands deepwater port of Laem Chabang is to get six new terminals in a tender believed to be worth $400m.

1st July 2004

Laem Chabang tenders

1st July 2004

ASIA

ASIA

The tender will combine BOT with concession contracts but is for all six terminals as a single contract and operators will not be able to bid for individual terminals. The tender closes…

1st July 2004

FOURTH TERMINAL FOR KARACHI

1st July 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Survey work has commenced on a deep-sea port project at Mawlamyine in the southern Myanmar state of Mon. The new facility is intended to contribute to a major eastwest trade route across…

1st July 2004

SINGAPORE TO INVEST IN MYANMAR PROJECT?

1st July 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The tender will combine BOT with concession contracts but is for all six terminals as a single contract and operators will not be able to bid for individual terminals. The tender closes…

1st July 2004

TYNE DOCK TAPS INTO EU FUNDING

1st July 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Forth Ports, Britains third-largest ports operator hopes to make progress in 2004, despite lower first-half operating profit. Forth operates eight ports, including Dundee and Tilbury, with six ports on the Forth estuary.…

1st July 2004

Forth Ports hoping for better half

1st July 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The port of Savannah has completed an expansion to accommodate double-digit growth. Phase one of the pavement upgrade to Container Berth 3 is also complete thus improving capacity by continuing the ports…

1st July 2004

Savannah paves way for 50% increase

1st July 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Last year's first-half operating result rose by 20% from the previous year as it Tilbury facility improved its performance.Mersey Maritime, the organisation representing Merseyside's maritime sector has welcomed the announcement that Liverpool's…

1st July 2004

Liverpool bids for World Heritage status

1st July 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

As from the beginning of July, responsibility for ports in Iraq passed to the new Iraqi Port Authority (IPA) technically bringing an end to the fiveyear concessions awarded by the Coalition Provisional…

1st July 2004

Iraqis take over but SSA stays for time being

1st July 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Perus national ports authority (Enapu) is seeking international technical cooperation for studies linked to the development of the national ports plan.

1st July 2004

PERU SEEKS ASSISTANCE FOR NATIONAL PORTS PLAN

1st July 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Li Ka Shings Hutchison Whampoa (HWL), parent company of HPH, is buying a 12% stake in South Koreas Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM). The move follows his recent acquisition of 15% of China…

1st July 2004

LI KA SHING GOES SHOPPING AGAIN

1st July 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

The IPA is to receive $1.5 billion from international donors according to Mahmood Salih Abdul-Nabi, the incoming director general, who says that the authority is considering the possibility of perhaps eventually seeking…

1st July 2004

Further investment at Maputo

1st July 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The State, the municipality of Rotterdam and Port of Rotterdam have concluded an agreement on financing for the construction of Maasvlakte 2, the plan to expand the port of Rotterdam. The construction…

1st July 2004

Maasvlakte 2 gets the nod

1st July 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

La Plata may well be offered as a single 30-year concession to a prospective management company. The facility, located 75km south east of Buenos Aires, currently has annual traffic of 6m tons…

1st July 2004

LA PLATA FARMED OUT

1st July 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Port of Rotterdam ceo Willem Scholten: "This an extremely important agreement. The expansion will give businesses the opportunity to grow in Rotterdam. Maasvlakte 2 will be an excellent location. Right on the…

1st July 2004

COSCO SET FOR EUROPEAN INVESTMENT

1st July 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Plans for a € 350m investment to transform the River Shannon Estuary into one of Europes largest cargo hubs have been announced by state-owned Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC), an investment that,…

1st July 2004

Transhipment terminal for Shannon

1st July 2004

ASIA

ASIA

A key component is the construction of a new deepwater container transhipment terminal at Ballylongford, County Kerry, at an estimated cost of €250m, a terminal which is expected to capitalise on the…

1st July 2004

Xiamen Haicang dredging completed

1st July 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Milford Haven has become the first port in the UK to invest in a portable satellite-based system to help pilots guide ships along the waterway to their berths with pinpoint accuracy. The…

1st July 2004

Milford Havens new pilot system

1st July 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The 1,000m 3trailing suction hopper dredger YASIN was named and launched at IHC' s Kinderdijk yard. The dredger is being built for Iran' s Ports & Shipping Organization (PSO) for maintenance in…

1st July 2004

YASIN

1st July 2004