Investing in Shenzhen

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China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) of Hong Kong is planning to spend Yuan8 bill (US$966 mill) over the next four years to upgrade...

San Antonio expands

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Strong growth in exports from Chile’s number one container port, San Antonio, in the first nine months of the year have encouraged the por...

Kenyan row

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Delays in the launch of a tender for a KS1.5 bill contract for the supply of new cranes to Mombasa are causing unease in Kenya, where govern...

Keeping the powder dry

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A Geelong, Victoria-based company has developed what it claims to be an innovative, low-cost method of converting standard IMO tank containe...

WGQ4 hits million mark

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After handling its first container in February, throughput at Shanghai’s Waigaoqiao Phase 4 (WGQ4) is set to hit 1 mill TEU by the end of ...

Chinese VAT blow

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Box prices in China are set to rise in the first quarter of next year to offset the effect of a reform of the country’s export tax refund ...

SAIC bags Maher gate contract

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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)’s Transportation and Security Technology Group (TSTG) has been awarded a contract by...

Visakha additions

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Visakha Container Terminal (VCT) at Visakhapatnam port in south India, which started operations in June this year, is planning to import mor...

Straddle chain failures

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New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland Ltd (POAL) is looking to limit the service life of the hoisting chains on its Kalmar (and earlier Sisu) st...

Cosco signs Tianjin deal

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Cosco Pacific, the ports and terminals arm of the China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ch...

Busan plans ahead

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The Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MOMAF) has advertised internationally for a president and CEO for Busan Port Authorit...

New Bromma spreaders

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Bromma Group is set to launch a new range of dedicated yard crane spreaders in the early part of next year, including 40ft and 45ft telescop...

PSA out of Aden?

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According to local Yemeni reports PSA Corporation has pulled out of Yeminvest, its 60:40 joint venture with Saudi-backed Yemen Holdings Ltd ...

Tollerort expansion

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HHLA’s Tollerort Container Terminal (TCT) has been enlarged by 4 hectares and storage capacity has been increased by 950 TEU. The quay wal...

JNP moves goalposts

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Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) on India’s west coast, which has invited bids for converting an unused bulk terminal into a container terminal...

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