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PSA-Sical court move halts Tuticorin berth conversion tenderNov 12, 2010

The RFQ (request for qualification) tender to convert the berth number eight into a container berth at Tuticorin port has been put on hold, as the private terminal operator PSA-Sical has approached the Madras High Court seeking an opportunity to participate in the tender, according to G.J. Rao, chairman, Tuticorin Port Trust (TPT). This was the first pr...

Brisbane port sold for A$2.1bnNov 12, 2010

Brisbane: The port of Brisbane has been sold for A$2.1bn to investment consortium Q Port Holdings. The consortium has signed a 99-year lease for the port, in a A$2.1bn cash deal, as well as commitment to invest A$200m in Port of Brisbane motorway. Q Port Holdings includes major stakeholders Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Industry Funds Management (IF...

Mexico's container ports experience 33pc growth in 2010 Nov 12, 2010

MEXICO's container ports handled 2.7 million TEU in the first nine months of the year, a 33 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2009. According to figures compiled by maritime consultant Dynamar, the majority of the country's box volume is handled at the four ports of Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas on the country's West Coast and Veracru...

Tianjin plans massive transport network upgrade over 5 years Nov 12, 2010

TIANJIN plans to develop a more extensive traffic network of waterways, airways, railways, expressways and subways over the next five years, Xinhua reported. Tianjin plans to accelerate the development of its Nangang port area, to raise the capacity of the port's sailing channel, and to build itself into a container shipping hub in northeast Asia and t...

Liepaja Port's throughput down 0.7% in Jan-Oct. Nov 11, 2010

Cargo turnover of the port of Liepaja (Latvia) in January-October 2010 slightly lost 0.7% to 3,569 million tons, PortNews reports citing the Port Authority.   In the reporting period grain volume handled by the port shrank by 22.8%, to 1.12 million tons, crude oil transshipment fell 32% to 148,3 million tons, while petroleum products shipment, by co...

Nine-month throughput of Vanino Port slightly down to 5.1m tonsNov 11, 2010

Freight volume handled by JSC Vanino Port in January-October 2010 totaled 5,140,200 tons of different cargoes (-0.1% down from the same period last year), the company statement said. In October, Vanino Port throughput amounted to 500,100 tons (-16.6%), container traffic - to 10,759 TEUs. In Jan-Oct, exports volume passing via the port reached 2,289,...

Kotka Port's throughput is up 43.4% in Jan-Oct, to 9,1m tons Nov 11, 2010

Ten-month trade flows via Port of Kotka (Finland) surged by 43.4% compared with the same period last year, to 9,103,400 tons, the Kotka Port Authority said. Container traffic in the reporting period gained 13.7% to 326,145TEUs. Ro-Ro cargo volumes plunged by 40.9% to 12,361 units. Exports flows contributed to the ten-month positive results  - 4...

Free Port of Riga's ten-month throughput is up 0.3% to 25m tons Nov 11, 2010

Freight flows passing throughput the Free Port of Riga (Latvia) in January-October 2010 gained 0.3% to 25,036,000 tons, the Port Authority statistics said.   In ten recent months bulk cargo volume handled at the port shrank by 9.5% to 14,425,300 tons, liquid bulk cargo - by 6.6% to 5,147,600 tons, while general cargo volume surged 56.4% to 5,436,100...

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