The consortium of Bollore Africa Logistics and PowerChina International Group Ltd. has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Ibom Deep Seaport Project (IDSP) on the southern coast of Nigeria. Now the project passes to the next stage of public private partnership procurement process, which is negotiating with the preferred bidder on the investment […]
The President of the Valencia Port Authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia, APV) Aurelio Martinez disclosed last week the details of the Northern Terminal, a new automated container facility at Valencia of the future. The announcement was made after the APV Board of Directors had approved the EUR 1,200 mln mega-project of the port’s expansion. Today, […]
APM Terminals’ Moin Container Terminal (MCT) in Costa Rica has been granted permission by the National Council of Concessions (CNC) to start commercial operations at its first deep-sea berth. This is a key step for the terminal, as it allows to transfer all commercial container ships currently serviced at Puerto Limon and Puerto Moin to […]
Cosco-managed Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) urges the Greek government to speed up the approval of the investment plan aimed at attracting more business to Greece’s largest port, informs Reuters. The news agency quotes Captain Fu Chengqiu, PPA CEO, saying last Friday: “I am ready with cash and will wait until the end of this year. […]
A conflict is burning around the new coal terminal “Lavna” which is being developed at the northern port of Murmansk in Russia. Swiss-based MERCURIA Energy Trading S.A., one of the largest global coal traders, seems to be kicked out of the project and replaced by an unknown local entity associated with the owner of Russia’s major […]
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of South Korea has said today that it will look into the feasibility of developing a port at the Russian Far East to help local companies take advantage of its strategic location, informs The Korea Herald. The Ministry refers to the port of Slavyanka, which is located 28 nautical […]
Last week, the Port Authority of Valencia (Valenciaport) presented its Smart Port strategy at the “Smart Ports & Supply Chain Technologies” conference in Rotterdam. The event was organized by Port Technology (PTI) on 2-3 October and addressed such key topics as digitization of ports; intelligent supply chain; data exchange and integration; collaboration and standardization. According […]
The port of Buenos Aires, Argentina’s main container gateway, is developing to meet the challenges of today’s shipping industry: larger vessels, bigger call sizes, consolidation among the players. The Port Authority – La Administracion General de Puertos (AGP) – plans to deepen the access channel, to change the port’s current layout consisting of finger piers […]
The construction of the new container terminal at the Walvis Bay port in Namibia is 85% finalized with the full completion scheduled for June 2019, says the statement of African Development Bank Group. Supported by a loan of ZAR 2,982 mln (about USD 300 mln) from the African Development Bank, which accounts for 87.6 % […]
The Port of Newcastle (PoN), Australia, has disclosed the explicit interest on the part of global port operators to develop a container terminal at the port, informs The Newcastle Herald. According to Craig Carmody, Port of Newcastle CEO, the port has received a number of “unsolicited bids” in the weeks since potential operator DP […]
