SSAB launches new steels

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Swedish steel producer SSAB Tunnplåt has launched a new range of advanced ultra-high strength, cold-rolled steels called Docol Hard, which,...

Bremore project approved

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The Irish Government has finally approved the establishment of a 51:49 joint venture company between Drogheda Port Company (DPC) and Castle ...

New KCT cranes

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As part of the expansion project at the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) in Jamaica, a further four new ship-to-shore cranes will be commis...

Perolo agency for Gavan

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French-based Perolo SA has appointed Gavan Container Products as the exclusive distributor of its tank container components in Far East Asia...

Fifth container terminal for Cai Mep

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Vietnam’s largest freight forwarder, Gemadept Corp, will start building a US$410M container terminal at Cai Mep next year to handle the co...

Adani SEZ at Mundra

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India’s Adani group plans to raise Rs19.1B (US$468M) to develop a 2,400 hectare special economic zone around Mundra Port. An initial publi...

HPH wins Pakistan terminal bid

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) of Hong Kong has won the bid to develop and operate a four-berth container terminal near Pakistan’s Karachi ...

Hakata adds box berth

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A second container berth will open at Island City Container Terminal at the Japanese port of Hakata in spring 2008 to handle ultra-large shi...

Portek wins Gabon port concessions

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Portek International Ltd has secured a 25-year concession to manage two multipurpose ports in Gabon, Port Owendo, located in the country’s...

Pulp boost for Adelaide

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Container traffic at Australia’s Port Adelaide could be boosted by up to 40,000 TEU/year following the signing of a A$70M deal to ship 750...

Dalian mulls box hike

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Dalian Port Co (DPC), the dominant operator at China’s eighth-largest container port, is considering increasing handling charges this year...

Blow for Batangas II

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Privatisation of the Port of Batangas, Phase II, has been put in limbo following a Philippines’ Supreme Court decision ordering a total of...

…but Sydney plan shunned

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An initiative by P&O Trans Australia (POTA) to alleviate landside congestion at Port Botany has been mostly ignored by Sydney road transport...

Songyu Phase 1 comes on stream

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AP Moller-Maersk Group and Xiamen Port (Group) held a grand opening ceremony this month for the Xiamen Songyu Phase I Container Terminal at ...

New river traffic for Scotland

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Commercial barge traffic is being seen on the River Cart, a tributary of the River Clyde in Renfrewshire, western Scotland, for the first ti...

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