State-owned port operator Pelindo II has received the green light to take over the construction of the Kalibaru container terminal in North Jakarta following the government’s recent decision to cancel the tender for the project. Pelindo II president director Richard Joost Lino said in Jakarta on Wednesday that the company was still waiting for the [...]
The Pakistan Deep Water Container Port (PDWCP), the project which was to be completed in 2012, has been delayed due to technical reasons … By Hina Mahgul Rind (thenews) Source: thenews, January 15, 2012; Image: kpt.gov.pk
The government’s decision to go ahead with four hub ports – two each on either coast, as spelt out in the national maritime policy – is … By Anto T Joseph (mydigitalfc) Source: mydigitalfc, January 9, 2012;
The number of vessels calling at Jamaica’s ports last year held steady, even as the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) moves to develop and … By McPherse Thompson (jamaica-gleaner) Source: jamaica-gleaner, January 6, 2012; Image: kctjm
Even as the environment impact assessment (EIA) study on the proposed Vizhinjam international container terminal is currently on, one of the… (newkerala) Source: newkerala, January 5, 2012; Image: vizhinjamport
APM Terminals officially takes control over the container terminal at the port of Gothenburg today. The terminal operating company, Skandia Container Terminal AB, has been renamed APM Terminals Gothenburg AB to capitalize on the worldwide recognition of the APM Terminals Global Port, Terminal and Inland Services Network. The facility is Scandinavia’s largest container terminal and [...]
The port authority of Lazaro Cardenas has announced APM Terminals as the winner of its deepwater container terminal bid (TEC2), designed to attract private investment and operational efficiencies to the port. The award represents a 32 year concession of a greenfield site for the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a new container terminal [...]
This Friday, 23 December, the mobile container crane for the new Beverdonk Container Terminal on Albertkanaal, will be delivered. Precisely a week earlier, the terminal itself was completed. It will become operational at the beginning of 2012. The terminal currently occupies 2.5 ha and has a 200-metre quay. It can cope with an annual 60,000 [...]
The opening ceremony of Colombo Port Southern Container Terminal Project undertaken by CHEC was held on December 16,2011. The ceremony was attended by Mahinda Rajapaksa as the President of Sri Lanka, Yang Xiuping as Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Chen Yusheng as Vice President of CCCC, Sun Ziyu as Chief Engineer of CCCC and President [...]
The construction of the Colombo Port’s third container terminal is scheduled to be completed and operative by 2016. The US $ 500 million project will be undertaken in three stages, with the first stage expected to be completed by 2013. Perceived as a PPP venture, the expansion will increase the number of liners calling the [...]
