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There is an array of news this month from around the globe regarding investment in port and terminal businesses.

JM Baxi has further expanded its terminal portfolio in Jawaharlal Nehru Port with the signing of a 30-year contract for two terminal facilities

MSC confirms that it has completed the acquisition of Bollore Logistics which includes 16 African container terminal concessions and seven ro-ro terminals. It has similarly reported completion of the acquisition of Terminal Darsena Toscana (TDT), a container terminal facility in the Port of Livorno, Italy.

Hapag Lloyd, following on from an agreement to acquire a stake in the terminal business of Chile-based SM SAAM. has closed the purchase of a 49 per cent stake in the terminal operating company Spinelli active in the port of Genoa, Italy.

The Turkey-based terminal operator Yilport has announced a US$700 million investment in the port of Takoradi in Ghana targeted at building and operating a port complex. The project includes developing the existing container terminal to oﬀer a capacity of 2.25m TEU and multipurpose berths for liquid, bulk, and general cargo operations oﬀering a combined capacity of around 20m tons per annum.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) reports it is to acquire a 51 per cent stake in each of TraPac LLC (TraPac) and Yusen Terminals LLC (YTI), currently held by Mitsui OSK Lines and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, respectively. TraPac operates in Los Angeles and Oakland and YTI in Los Angeles.

DP World (DPW) has appointed engineering consultants AECOM to assess the feasibility of establishing a second container terminal at the Port of Prince Rupert on Canada’s Pacific Coast. DPW operates the existing container terminal and the second terminal project is intended to meet anticipated demand over the longer term.