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    SWISS CONTRACT

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Swiss logistics service provider Bertschi has won a contract to build a rail terminal in the Botlek area of the port of Rotterdam.

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    Peel deal cements port attraction

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Proof of the unwavering investor interest in ports,Deutsche Bank''s asset management arm has snapped up a 49% stake in the UK''s second largest ports group Peel Ports for £ 750m.

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    Steel boost for Welsh ports

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Associated British Ports (ABP) has renewed a three-year contract with Corus for steel coil shipments through its Newport and Swansea ports.

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    APM seals Dunkirk majority

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    APM Terminals has purchased a majority 61% share in the Dunkirk container terminal operation Nord France Terminal International. When the tender for operation of the terminal was released last year Dubai Ports International, CMA CGM, and Australia''s International Infrastructure Management all expressed an interest. However, APM Terminals beat off the ...

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    Dragados-SPL refinances

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Dragados-SPL, which belongs to the Spanish construction and services group ACS, has agreed a syndicated loan of ¢ 280m to refinance some existing debts and also to fund new investment.

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    Shot in the arm for Saldanha

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Investment totalling $679m will be ploughed into South Africa''s iron ore export port of Saldanha over the next six years to treble export capacity. As part of its expansion plan,the port will be made ready to receive and load ever larger ships, whose number is expected to increase by 70% ...

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    DP World to re-brand P&O Ports

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    DP World is to unify its port and terminal operation under a single brand name, which is expected to be revealed within the next six months. Currently, both the DP World and P& O Ports brands are used at the 51 terminals operated by the group in 24 countries. 

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    TPA to concession ports

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Tanzania Ports Authority has announced plans to lease out Kigoma Cargo Terminal and Kassanga Port on Lake Tanganyika. 

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    SAUDI ARABIA BIG ON BOXES

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Saudi Arabia claims it will develop the largest container terminal in the Middle East at Emaar Economic City.This will be capable of throughputs in the region of 10m teu annually, as well as being able to accommodate breakbulk and dry bulk vessels.

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    DUNCA BACK IN BUSINESS

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Nigeria''s Dunca inland container terminal has recommenced services after a 14-month shutdown. New owners are AP Moller, Greenview and ENL Terminals.

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    JEBEL ALI CAPACITY HIKE

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Jebel Ali Port has announced that it will boost capacity from around 8m teu to 67m teu by 2030.This reflects a 41% increase in exports from the adjacent free zone.

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    Kenya seeks dredging funding.

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Kenya has approached a European partner to provide bilateral funding for the dredging of Mombasa Harbour, which is scheduled to begin in 2009 for completion in 2011.

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    COSTA RICAN PRIVATISATION PROTESTS

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    The International Transport Workers'' Federation has expressed its support for port workers in the Costa Rican port of Limón, who initiated a go-slow in protest against government plans to privatise activities not only in Puerto Limón, but also in Puerto Moín. The workers have asked the state for almost $1m ...

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    CENIZA COAL GOAL

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    The planned new Colombian Ceniza coal port, which will use the Magdalena river to export consignments, will cost $480m to build, of which $180m will be required in an initial phase.

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    Peru calls halt on ports privatisation

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Proinversión, promoter of private sector investment in Peruvian companies, has temporarily halted the concession process covering the country''s five main ports until a master development plan has been drawn up for each.

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    Portland on track

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    The Port of Portland Commission has approved the second of two rail construction contracts for a project that will help increase intermodal volumes through the Port''s Terminal 6 container facility. 

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    US "sweet spot' for ports

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Craig Fuehrer, director in the group at Deutsche Bank Securities, the bank handling the sale of DP World''s US facilities, was mum about details of the bidding process, in a presentation at a Marine Money ship finance conference in New York.

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    CCT threatens Coco Solo legal action

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    Management of Colon Container Terminal (CCT), an Evergreen subsidiary, is to take legal action against Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), because it believes that its rights to operate in the Atlantic coast port of Coco Solo are being infringed. According to CCT, Colon Oil and Services SA, a concessionaire in Coco ...

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    COLOMBIAN PORT COMPANIES NEGOTIATE EXTENSION

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    The Colombian Transport Minister has revealed that an initial agreement has been made between the government and the port companies of Santa Marta, Barranquilla and Buenaventura in respect of the renewal of their management agreements.

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    SANTOS TENDERS FOR VIABILITY STUDY

    2006-12-01T18:27:00Z

    A tender issued by the Santos Port Authority will consider the economic viability for a proposed concession of Vopack Brasterminais Armazéns Gerais,on the so-called continental side of the port at Barnabé Island.The concession, which is currently held by a Dutch group, is due to expire within the next three years.