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Construction is due to commence shortly on converting part of the Port of Durban’s Maydon Wharf berths 9 – 12 for container handling. Ports&Shipping reports that the first stage of the conversion of the former breakbulk area will redevelop the quay wall alongside berth 12, the first berth round the corner facing the channel that leads to...
Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) Treasurer and Minister for Ports Eric Roozendaal, has announced that he will be regulating freight prices in response to Port Botany stevedore Patrick increasing its rail handling charges by 67%. “The NSW Government has a very clear commitment to moving 40% of freight by rail and I will not allow this to be ...
The transformation of Cape Town’s Container Terminal is continuing under the R5.4bn (US$768m) expansion programme that is currently underway and which will almost double the terminal’s exiting capacity when it is completed in 2012. Major dredging, deepening and refurbishment work on the second of four berths will be completed by May 2011. Th...
There is almost a break-down in the management of Chittagong Port which is the lifeline of the country's economy, according to The Financial Express (Bangladesh). A meeting was held in the office of the Prime Minister on September 15 last to discuss the situation in Chittagong Port. The principal secretary to the Prime Minister presided over the me...
A leading stevedoring company has criticised the NSW government for blocking its plans to increase rail freight fees at Port Botany, reported the Australian Associated Press Financial News Wire. The government stepped in after Patrick announced earlier this month it would raise fees by 67 per cent, saying it would not allow such "monopolistic behaviour"...
Brazil's Pecem port in Ceara state intends to invest some US$1.3 billion in infrastructure improvements over the next six years, a spokesperson from state port administrator Cearaportos told BNamericas. "The arrival of large enterprises from the steel and thermoelectric industries, as well as the transnordestina railroad, has made it necessary to expan...
China Merchants Holdings (International), China's second-largest port operator, announced on September 17th that its bidding alliance with Aitken Spence PLC has signed an unbinding agreement with the Sri Lankan government to build and operate a container wharf in Colombo in alliance with Aitken Spence. The general manager of China Merchants Holdings In...
Davao Integrated Ports and Stevedoring Services Corp, a subsidiary of port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), has taken over the operations of a new reefer facility at the Sasa Wharf, International Port of Davao, reported the Philippines News Agency. The reefer facility, installed by the Davao port management office of the P...
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