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Vizhinjam development to go ahead
The $100m development of a container terminal at the Indian Port of Vizhinjam has been given an official go-ahead. A state-owned company, Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd, will coordinate the infrastructure development work.
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Dalian port to issue A-shares
Dalian Port is to complete its A-share listing by the second quarter of 2010.
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'Green pact' straddles the Pacific
A new "green port" collaboration between the Port of Long Beach and China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) aims to further environmentally friendly technologies on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.
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Spanish in Vietnam venture
Spain''s Grup Maritim TCB is to develop a container terminal in the south of Ho Chi Minh City in Hiep Phuoc port. The proposed container terminal will have 1,450 metres for berthing and capacity for 2m teu.
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Putin confident over Ust-Luga
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin remains confident that the port of Ust-Luga should commence operations on time and deliver maximum efficiency.
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Port Trust could manage vacated Kochi box terminal
The possibility has been floated that Kochi Port Trust could assume managerial responsibility for the port''s Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal once DP World moves its operations to the new Vallarpadam operating area at the end of this year.
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Summit touts Indian infrastructure
Noises from the World Economic Forum''s recent India Economic Summit are hopeful of a 9% or 10% growth rate pulling money into civil projects like ports. However, despite the proposed reforms, there are still some big issues to be tackled by a government that has a largely rural, conservative (and ...
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Yibin to get box terminal
Shanghai International Port Group has entered into an agreement with the municipality of Yibin to build and manage a new container port. Yibin, which is located at the confluence of the Yangtze, Minjuan and Jinshajiang rivers, will have a capacity to handle 4m teu by 2030 as a result of ...
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Second Tuticorin box terminal tender
Following a delay of four years, a tender encompassing construction of a second container terminal at the south Indian port of Tuticorin is finally to go ahead. The original tender resulted in legal action by PSA-Sical, which had been excluded from bidding. The new terminal has an estimated cost of ...
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Indonesia to limit port concessions to 30 years
In draft legislation, the Indonesian government is planning to limit all port concessions to no more than 30 years.
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Hutchison to issue bonds
Hutchison Whampoa Limited, the parent company of Hutchison Port Holdings, has begun marketing the sale of $3bn in bonds.
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NYK pulls out of Tacoma terminal agreement
The Japanese terminal group Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has cancelled plans to build a dedicated container terminal at the US port of Tacoma, which would have required investment of $300m.
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Yangshan now biggest port in the world
China claims that the new Shanghai Yangshan port that entered operations this autumn is the world''s largest in terms of container handling. Construction began in 2002 and culminated in the building of 16 berths along 5.6 km of coast. Capacity will be in the region of 10m teu.
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Danes asked to fund Vietnamese ports
The Vietnamese prime minister on a visit to Denmark asked the Danish Premier for financial aid to develop seaports. This follows the inauguration of a new Maersk service linking Vietnam to US Pacific ports.
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3i eyes third port project in India
The London-based private-equity investor, 3i Group Plc, which has amassed a $1.2bn infrastructure fund for India, has announced it is seeking a third investment opportunity in the country.
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Chittagong corruption commission
Bangladesh''s Anti-Corruption Commission has appointed a three-person team to look into corruption allegations at the port of Chittagong. The decision was prompted by a request from the Shipping Ministry.
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Chinese ports report growth
In July, the combined throughput of China''s coastal ports reached 500m tonnes, a growth of 12.9% over the corresponding 2008 month.