Tuxpan tender delay

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API Tuxpan, the administrator of the port of Tuxpan in Mexico’s Veracruz state, has suspended tenders for a 20-year concession to run a Pe...

…volumes up at Botany

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Buoyed by increased exports and imports, Port Botany’s container volumes reached over 159,000 TEU in January 2010, an increase of 10.7% on...

New “one shot” box loaders launched

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US-based Container Stuffers LLC (CSL) unveiled two new “one shot” container loaders at the Wood Technology Show in Portland, Oregon, ear...

Freightlink sale firing up

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Efforts to sell Adelaide-Darwin rail owner/operator Freightlink have resumed with receiver KordaMentha believing the economic climate is now...

Ghent goes post-Panamax

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The Port of Ghent now officially offers access to post-Panamax bulk carriers up to an overall width of 37m. The breakthrough follows the her...

PNG tackles blockages

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Efforts by Papua New Guinea Ports Corporation (PNGPC) to deal with increasing container congestion at the country’s ports have caused ship...

Rotterdam deepwater site available

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A minimum 45-hectare terminal site of the highest calibre has come on the market in the Port of Rotterdam. The area, at the western-most tip...

Brisbane, Newcastle open new berths

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Port of Brisbane Corporation (PBC) has officially commissioned its A$57M general purpose wharf and terminal in what it describes as a signif...

Biting the dust in Port Manatee

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Bulk terminal operator Kinder Morgan has agreed to pay US$1M in fines and other payments after pleading guilty to four separate violations o...

HPH awarded Fos 4XL deal

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The Port Authority of Marseilles-Fos (GPM de Marseille-Fos) has approved the grant of a right to Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) to develop th...

…more delay for Durban

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Congestion has again been reported at Durban Container Terminal in South Africa. Haulage drivers were forced to wait for many hours on sever...

New Noell straddle deals

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The Port of Acajutla in El Salvador, part of the country’s Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma (CEPA), will be the first container ter...

Losses grow at Gwadar

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The failure of Pakistan’s Navy to hand over land to Gwadar port operator PSA International to build warehousing facilities is turning the ...

India aims to boost boxes

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After giving the nod to Chennai Port Trust (CPT) to build a US$796M mega container terminal, India’s Shipping Ministry has announced plans...

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