World News – Page 360
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El Salvador mulls ports privatisation legislation
The government of El Salvador has drawn up plans to change legislation to transfer port operations to private sector concessionaires.
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NewsCreature comforts - from DP World
Over 50,000 animals have been re-housed as part of one of Britain''s largest environmental protection programmes at the site of the new London Gateway container port.
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Dragados-SPL up for sale?
Spain''s biggest ports group, Dragados-SPL, has been valued by its parent company at upwards of ¢ 1.5bn ($1.9bn).
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Five in line for Botany concession
Five stevedoring groups have been invited to tender to operate Port Botany''s third container terminal.
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Ghost companies buy Nigerian terminals
An ad hoc Senate Committee in Nigeria has accused the Bureau of Public Enterprises of awarding the concession for Tin Can Port to ghost companies.
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Ghana in hot water over Meridian
Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority decision to allocate more than half of container handling operations at Tema Port to Meridian Port Services has been met with angry criticism.
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NewsChennai box terminal costs soar
The cost of building the Mega Container Terminal at Chennai Port has risen by 21% to $740m,with spiralling dredging rates playing a large part in the price hike.
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NewsBCT Gdynia intends to stay at number one
Baltic Container Terminal Gdynia (BCT) intends to keep its number one position in Poland''s container terminals, despite expecting lower volumes as a result of the global slowdown, according to BCT marketing and sales manager Michal Kuzajczyk.
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Jeddah expansion under way
Saudi Seaports Authority has started a $140m development programme centred on Jeddah Islamic Port, which aims to reduce congestion brought about by increased throughput.
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News'Uncompetitive' stevedores come under fire
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has slammed the uncompetitive nature of the country''s stevedoring industry.
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NewsWomen in Maritime reaches Asia
Port executives are playing an influential role in the imminent launch of what will be known as ''Women in Maritime Asia Region''.
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NewsShips for the desert
The Middle East is known for both areas of political volatility and large infrastructure projects, and both are combining to motivate one development that would be the mother of them all - a giant canal across the desert that could handle both oil tankers and freight ships.
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NewsStrike action continues at Dover
The strike at Dover looks like continuing this week as a further three-day walk-out is planned for Thursday. Hundreds of Unite members working at Dover Harbour went on strike last week after a dispute hinging on the outsourcing of harbour jobs to private contractors was not resolved.
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Bahrain to open in January
APM Terminals'' Bahrain Gateway facility at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Hidd is slated to open at the end of this year or in early January. The port will service the adjacent Bahrain Logistics Zone.
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NewsMiners interested in share of coal port
Macarthur Coal has expressed an interest in buying a stake in one of Australia''s largest coal ports, say industry sources.
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NewsPort loses its old friend
Maersk, the first shipping line to recognise the Port of Tacoma''s significance to the US-Asia route over two decades ago is ceasing its service to the port from May next year, due to falling container volumes.
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NewsAiming upward
Kuwait also has its possibilities - and its problems. Easily one of the richest nations on earth, Kuwait collapsed as the region''s premier trade hub in the 1970s after the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war, and Iraq''s 1990 invasion.
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NewsConstruction pushes ports
Ports of the United Arab Emirates are engaged in a flurry of activities to upgrade equipment and facilities on the back of an economic boom which has seen ports clogged up with both domestic products and construction materials.
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Russia helps North Korea
An agreement signed between Russia and North Korea will see the construction of a container terminal at the latter''s Port of Rajin. The project, which will cost $72m, will involve a rail connection to Russia''s Trans-Siberian railway.
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NewsStill burning bright?
Can the Middle East maintain its grip on financial stability while all around lose theirs? Stevie Knight investigates
