Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), a leading Dutch expert in dredging services, has secured a contract for the port development project Tuas Terminal Phase II in Singapore. According to the company’s press release, the contract worth SGD 1.46 bln (USD 1.1 bln or EUR 897 mln) was awarded by the Maritime and Port Authority of […]
Yesterday, 18 February 2018, PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) was officially inaugurated at Jawaharlal Nehru Port by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had laid the foundation stone for the terminal back in October 2015. As The Straits Times reports, the official ceremony was conducted remotely from the site of the future Navi Mumbai […]
One of China’s largest infrastructure companies, China Railway International Group Ltd. (CRIG), is interested in investing in Anaklia Deep Sea Port project, which is being developed in Georgia on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, informs Georgia’s official news agency Agenda.ge. During its visit to this Caucasian country last week, the delegation from CRIG, […]
The development of Phase 2 of Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) at the port of Umm Qasr, Iraq’s main shipping trade gateway on the Persian Gulf coast, is well underway by Philippine’s port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI). According to the company, the Phase 2 expansion will be completed in stages by Q3 2019 […]
Novotrans Group of companies, one of the largest Russian operators of rolling stock and providers of freight railway logistics, intends to build an international terminal at the Ust-Luga port to handle export grain flows, export and import of foodstuffs as well as general and bulk cargoes. The project of LUGAPORT multipurpose terminal will be presented […]
The Port Authority of Algeciras (La Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahia de Algeciras, APBA) has decided not to prolong any more the tender to build a new container terminal in the port, after the last extended term expired on 31 January 2018 and no bids have been received again, informs the APBA press service. The […]
Phase 1 of Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT), Indian largest sea port infrastructure project involving the government and foreign investors was commissioned at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) at the end of December 2017, informs The Times of India. The USD 1.24 bln terminal is being constructed as a public-private partnership with Singapore’s port operator […]
Iran has received a request from China to establish a connection between the new port of Gwadar, which Chinese companies are developing in Pakistan, and the strategic Chabahar Port in Iran, currently developed by India, informs Iran Daily. This groundbreaking news has been announced by Managing Director of Chabahar Free Trade Zone Abdolrahim Kordi this […]
The work on the Ibom Deep Seaport (IDSP) on the southern coast of Nigeria has reached an advanced stage as call for expressions of interest is about to be issued to respective investors, said the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Housing and Special Duties, Mr. Akan Okon at the meeting of the Ministerial Project Development […]
The Port of Tilbury, owned by the UK-based multimodal ports operator Forth Ports, has submitted an application for a development consent order (DCO) to the Planning Inspectorate to build a new terminal adjacent to the current port, informs the Port’s press service. This has become the next step on the way to TILBURY2, a satellite of […]
