Middle East – Page 27
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DPW JEBEL ALI INVESTMENT
DP World has placed an order for 129 terminal trailers with global handing solutions provider Gaussin.The trailers, due for delivery this summer, will operate in the new Terminal 2 expansion phase of Jebel Ali Port container facility
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DP World profits take a tumble
DP World reported a net profit of $216.9m in 2006 compared with one of $242.5m in 2005.
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Yellow card for Haifa strikers
The Labour Court in the Israeli city of Haifa has determined that local port workers will be personally fined € 182 ($248) for every hour that they go on strike. Should the strike exceed 12 hours, the fine will rise to € 273 ($372).
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Jordan prepares Aqaba tender
Jordan is readying itself for a $3bn project to relocate its only port, Aqaba, to deeper waters 20 km south to expand its handling capacity. The government has confirmed that it has started the study of tender documents for the new port, which will include general cargo, industrial bulk and ...
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Dar es Salaam terminal offer
Tanzania Port Authority is to go ahead with the privatisation of operations at the Dar es Salaam’ s general cargo terminal. An outside operator is expected to be in place by June.
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NewsKhor Fakkan boasts record moves
Gulftainer’ s Khor Fakkan Terminal produced record handling figures of 237 moves per hour with four super post-panamax cranes when the CMACGM La Traviata called last month.
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Salalah plans massive expansion
The Port of Salalah is to increase capacity by more than 200% over the next seven years according to its new master plan. Berth 5 is due to come online by the second quarter of this year and Berth 6 by the first quarter of 2008.These will add 969 metres ...
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DP WORLD TO INVEST $8.2BN
DP World has announced investment of more than $8.2bn in the development of 10 new ports and upgrade work at three others. Among its largest schemes are a $459m new box terminal in Qingdao and a $302m container terminal development in Djibouti.
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MAERSK MONOPOLY FEARED
Existing companies at the port of Tema have called upon Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority to scrap an agreement that it has with a foreign consortium, Meridian Port Services (MPS), to operate the container terminal.
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Iran boosts capacity at ports
By 2010, capacity across all Iran is ports will have reached 150m tonnes, compared with 115m tonnes at present.
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Eight in for Khalifa
Eight consortia have sought prequalification to bid for the Khalifa and Industrial Zone project, with initial infrastructure work scheduled to commence by mid-year, claims Abu Dhabi Port Company.
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NewsSohar attracts serious investment
The port of Sohar in Oman has attracted $12bn of industrial and infrastructure investment in under three years, prompting its corporate communications manager Dirk-Jan de Vink to note that it was now the ''fastest-growing port project in the world''.
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NewsBrazilian for Khorfakkan terminal
CMA CGM has opted for Gulftainer''s Khorfakkan Container Terminal as a Middle East call on its Vasco service, covering Brazilian ports to and from the Middle East and South Asia.
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REDUNDANCY OPPOSED
The plan announced by Liberia''s National Port Authority to lay off 350 workers because of financial difficulties has been challenged by the Dock Workers Union.
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DPW to boost traffic by 50% over three years
DP World''s chairman, Sultan Ahmad Bin Sulayem,has revealed that over the next three years the company intends to boost its global container throughput by 50%.
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BOSKALIS WINS LNG CONTRACT
Dredging company Royal Boskalis has secured a contract for the construction of an export terminal for liquefied natural gas in Soyo, Angola.The contract, worth $390m, involves creating new land at sea as well as dredging an access channel.
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Third Jeddah box terminal confirmed
The Saudi Trade & Export Development Company (Tusdeer) and Seaport Terminal of Malaysia, which helped established the successful transhipment port of Tanjung Pelepas, have signed a joint venture agreement to develop a third container terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP).The Malaysian company will hold a 20% stake in the project. ...
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NewsOICT inaugurates Sohar expansion
At the end of January, Oman International Container Terminal inaugurated Phase 1 of its Terminal B expansion at the port of Sohar.
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DP World to re-brand P&O Ports
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.
