Industry News Port de Sète Reefer Terminal has launced a call for tender on a large, refrigerated warehouse in the Port of Sète, France. The call invites operators to submit their tenders for the warehouse, which is 40 meters from the quay and has a capacity of 15,000 pallets. The
Industry News The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of the Maldives invites interested proponents to indicate their interest for the development of the International Container Transhipment Port on the north side of the archipelago, under a build-operate-transfer public-private partnership model. The first phase of the project is to be
Industry News Namibia has launched an expanded container terminal at the Port of Walvis Bay, projected to double the country’s annual container handling capacity. Works on the expansion of the terminal started in 2014 and were completed by China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) under a project worth $268 million. The
Industry News Port of El Sokhna is currently witnessing the largest expansion project with investments of about EGP 10bn The chairperson of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Mohab Mamish, on Tuesday the 30th of July said the Port of El Sokhna is currently witnessing the largest expansion project with investments of
Industry News New President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and his team have an opportunity to reset the climate for investing in the country’s ports, say leading local expert. At the moment there is a concession pilot project conforming to European norms under way for the public stevedoring companies in Olvia (formerly Oktyabrsk)
Industry News Kenya is in talks with Transnet SOC Ltd. of South Africa to operate a seaport that the East African nation is developing to partly use for planned exports of oil. The state-owned South African logistics company is leading a group of companies that are pitching to provide the
Industry News The Northern Adriatic port city of Rijeka has been celebrating the 300th anniversary of its status as a free port, granted by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI on 18 March 1719, and this has prompted a look into the port’s future. Rijeka port is one of a number
Industry News Mitigation of risks provides a smooth path to securing port finance for both green and brownfield developments, finds Alex Hughes. When pitching a port project for finance, there is one simple rule: The focus has to be on mitigation of main risk components. So says Reinout Polders, financial
Industry News The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has announced his outfit is engaging more private organizations to develop the maritime industry to accelerate economic development and job creation. Speaking at the Meet the Press series in Accra, the Transport Minister declared that at Tema Port, the construction of
Industry News Prospects for the realisation of the Sh20 billion Shimoni port in Kwale County are high after the feasibility study was handed over to the Treasury in readiness for tendering. The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) says it is waiting for approval from the Treasury to proceed with tendering. KPA
