Middle East – Page 29
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QASIM DREDGE AND..
Informed sources indicate that a major roadblock is the issue of Hutchison Port Holdings getting security clearance to bid for the project. The Cabinet Committee on Internal Security, which met in March to decide on the issue, referred the matter to the National Security Council who, in turn, requested an ...
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ASHDOD STRIKES PUT OFF USERS
Despite having signed contract agreements to the contrary, employees at Israel''s port of Ashdod have come out on strike twice so far this year.
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..BOT BOX SCHEME
Qasim has also issued a call for expressions of interest to build a second container terminal on a BOT basis.
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NewsFinally Reform
Alex Hughes reports on how Israel is finally wrenching its ports into the 21st century.
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NewsSuez digs deeper
By the end of the year, the Suez Canal Authority will have deepened the draught of the Canal from 62 to 66 feet to accommodate the next generation of large vessels.
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ASHDOD
The Banten, northwest Java port is being developed as an alternative to Tanjung Priok restricted by the Indonesian capital surrounding it. According to the Israel Ports Development & Assets Co, a private operator will be appointed for the Ashdod Eitan Port B development project which encompasses three new terminals to ...
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NewsPorts surf the growth wave
As the UAE and other regional players steer their economies onward and upward, their ports are racing to keep up with demand, both actual and forecast. Nick Elliott reports.
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NewsDPW still confident
DP World believes its bid for P& O will succeed, despite the intervention of Singapore''s PSA in the takeover contest.
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Hutch moves into Oman..
These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.The government of Oman is to enter into a joint venture with Hutchison Whampoa to build a new container terminal and ...
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ALEXANDRIA UPGRADE
These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Egypt's Transport Minister, Sharaf Eddin, visiting Alexandria, said ongoing work aimed at upgrading the infrastructure would allow the facility to become ...
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..and joint ventures in Saudi
These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Saudi Ports Authority has made it known that terminal operator International Ports Services, a joint venture between Hutchison Port Holdings and ...
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AL JAZEERA
There are inherent difficulties with the bid which requires certain conditions that the Indonesian government might find difficult to approve.Al Jazeera Port, in Ras Al Khaimah, is undergoing a US$2.72m expansion which will include provision of a container terminal capable of accommodating feeder lines. The terminal, which will open within ...
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EGYPT
There are inherent difficulties with the bid which requires certain conditions that the Indonesian government might find difficult to approve.Egypt's Transport Minister has emphasised that all port assets will remain in state hands, although operations and services could be privatised but supervised by the state.
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NewsSalalah to add two berths
Salalah: more berths, more cranesIssued in July, the bonds are in S$250,000 (US$151,000) denominations. Three-year bonds will bear interest at the six-month Singapore dollar swap offer rate less 0.06% per annum, and 10-year bonds will earn 2.83% interest per annum, both payable semi-annually.Salalah is to add two further berths at ...
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News..whilst JA gets an injection of new equipment
Jebel Ali Port has begun the commissioning of the world''s largest quayside gantry cranes.
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NewsKuwait appoints Drewry
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has retained Kuwait Consulting & Investment Co. (KCIC) and Drewry Shipping Consultants to analyse the prospects for a new US$1.2bn port at Bouyban Island.
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..'but older facilities not forgotten either..
Neither Port Rashid nor Hamriya Port are to close to enable commercial development of what are Dubai''s oldest harbours to go ahead, even though extensive property development is taking place around them.
