Corpus Christi harbor reopened, refineries restart
The Port of Baltimore is no more. The port was formally renamed the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore in honor of the longtime maritime industry advocate and former congresswoman.   full text

Port renamed for maritime leader Bentley
The Port of Baltimore is no more. The port was formally renamed the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore in honor of the longtime maritime industry advocate and former congresswoman.   full text

Durban Harbour prepares for R14,8bn revamp to expand overall capacity
Planning and environmental impact assessment studies for the proposed R14,8bn extension into the Bayhead area of Durban’s port need to start as soon as possible, says Basil Ndlovu, the port manager.   full text

More creepy acquisitions at the ports
With opinion in the US split over allowing Dubai Ports World to manage six ports there, the battle for controlling port resources has shifted to the subcontinent.   full text

Tianjin Port plans 30-50pc dividends
Tianjin Port Development Holdings, majority-owned by Hong Kong-listed conglomerate Tianjin Development Holdings, kicks off its public offering   full text

Alaska gets its first artificial reef at busy port
Fifty feet down in the cold waters of Smitty’s Cove, a concrete paradise is being built for some of Alaska’s most unusual creatures.   full text

China Plans Major Port Projects
China plans a major new port project on its southeastern coast near Taiwan, a step toward what it hopes will be "free trade" with the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own, state media reported Monday.   full text

Khalifa Port & Industrial Zone project unveiled
Abu Dhabi yesterday revealed plans to develop a multi-billion-dirham 'Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone' project in Taweelah. The project was announced at a high-profile ceremony held to unveil, the Abu Dhabi Ports Company, Abu Dhabi Terminals Company and the revealing of the model for the new Khalifa Port & Industrial Zone.   full text

House OKs $5.5 billion for port security, screening
The House yesterday overwhelmingly passed a bill that calls for $5.5 billion over six years for port security and requires nearly all cargo entering U.S. seaports to be screened for radioactive materials by next year, a requirement the White House said may not be feasible.   full text

China funds GenSan fishing port complex
The minister of ports, habours and railways, Prof. Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi, said the port of Tema has seen a revitalization of international trade activities and an increase in cargo throughput over the past four years.   full text

Port pressure red tape
Cargo industry officials are worried that a federal ID system aimed at boosting security could cost many port workers their jobs, something that would bottle up the flow of goods destined for virtually every U.S. community.   full text

Port operators forge global partnership
Dalian Port Co., operator of China's biggest crude oil terminal, plans to raise about $240 million in a Hong Kong stock sale this month to expand its container berths and relocate oil-handling facilities.   full text

Ghana: Total Cargo Through Ghanaian Ports, the Higher Ever
The minister of ports, habours and railways, Prof. Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi, said the port of Tema has seen a revitalization of international trade activities and an increase in cargo throughput over the past four years.   full text

Tampa Port Authority discusses $1 million master plan study
The Tampa Port Authority board of commissioners spent time Thursday imagining the Port a decade or two in the future. It held a public workshop Thursday to discuss and obtain input on the port's master plan, which is currently being formulated.   full text

Dalian Port May List on April 28 After $240 Mln IPO
Dalian Port Co., operator of China's biggest crude oil terminal, plans to raise about $240 million in a Hong Kong stock sale this month to expand its container berths and relocate oil-handling facilities.   full text

France's new port targets Asian containers
France's biggest container port has got even bigger with the launch of a major extension that will help Le Havre compete with Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg in attracting cargo from Asia.   full text

Disaster boat not licensed to leave harbour
The doomed Bahrain pleasure boat which capsized killing 57 party-goers was a floating restaurant which should never have set sail, it emerged last night.   full text

Hutchison Port Gets OK for New Terminal
The port unit of Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. has received approval to develop a new container terminal in Britain.   full text

Port sews up another 10-year contract
Atlantic Container Line has become the 11th shipping line to sign a decade-long contract with Virginia International Terminals, which manages Hampton Roads’ three state-owned marine cargo terminals.   full text

Port dredging accord signed with China
A $22.26 million credit agreement for additional dredging of the Gwadar deep sea port was signed by Pakistan Ambassador Salman Bashir and Assistant President, EXIM Bank of China, Liang Xiang, here on Friday.   full text

Buy Lines: Dubai ports deal may create unneeded restrictions
Predictably, the debacle over the Dubai ports deal is having some disquieting ripple effects. Proponents and detractors went nose to nose around the role that was - or should have been - played by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States or other government reviews, and now we’re seeing the fallout from the conflict.   full text

Dubai hits fresh trouble over ports takeover
The controversial £3bn bid by Dubai Ports World to take over P&O has hit another serious problem. Indian states have indicated that they may refuse to sell key ports to DPW over breaches of what they say are long-standing ownership agreements.   full text

Pak seamen detained at Antwerp Port
Some two dozens Pakistani seamen and crew of a cargo ship, ‘Cibi’ have been detained at Antwerp Port, Belgium, on the grounds that all the staffs were untrained and they would be now trained under the supervision of foreigners (trainers). the government and the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) authorities are, however, maintaining total silence on the issue.   full text

New ships too big for Port Pirie, AWB says
Wheat marketer AWB says it is no longer exporting grain from Port Pirie because the port is too small for the larger ships that companies are now using.   full text

UAE leadership role praised in ports deal controversy
The visiting US Congressional delegation praised the US-UAE relations and expressed its determination to maintain their partnership with the UAE.   full text

Australia clears shipper's bid for port handler
Toll Holdings, Australia's biggest freight company, has gained regulatory approval for its hostile takeover bid for Patrick, Australia's biggest port cargo handler, after agreeing to new conditions to assuage government antitrust concerns.   full text

Study finds major security lapses at ports
Lapses by private port operators, shipping lines or truck drivers could allow terrorists to smuggle weapons of mass destruction into the United States, according to a government review of security at seaports.   full text

Shanghaied into a port race
Yangshan is looming large over its regional rivals and the entire container cargo industry, writes Don Lee. In many ways, Shanghai's new port is a work of wonder.   full text

PM okays Dubai firm as Gwadar port operator
The Gwadar deep seaport will be functional by the middle of this year after completion of additional dredging of the channel to 14.5 metres, making it the deepest port of the country and transshipment port for the region.   full text

Greek Cypriot-flagged Ship Not Allowed To Dock In Mersin Port
A Greek Cypriot-flagged ro-ro ship was not allowed to dock in (southern) Mersin Port on Wednesday. Sources said that a Greek Cypriot-flagged ro-ro ship, named ''Able F'', asked Mersin Port Directorate to dock in the port.   full text

10b yuan Ningbo Port plan to ease boxes crush
Ningbo Port Group, a state-owned enterprise and the mainland's fourth- largest port operator, plans to spend 10 billion yuan (HK$ 9.65 billion) on building a port in Zhoushan to meet growing demand for container space from the Yangtze River Delta region.   full text

KSA govt set to establish new port at Ras Al Zour
The government plans to establish a new port in Ras Al Zour soon for exporting minerals, according to Transport Minister Jabara Al Seraisry. "This will increase the total number of seaports in the Eastern Province to four," he said, after attending the launch of a new ship named Al Zamil 13 in Dammam on Wednesday.   full text

Khor Fakkan port gains from rising trade between Asia and Europe
Rising trade between Asia and Europe is helping the port of Khor Fakkan position itself as a regional transshipment hub able to handle giant container ships.   full text

Karachi Port, PQ likely to cut tariffs
In a major move, country’s two primary ports - Karachi and Qasim - are expected to substantially reduce their tariffs in order to compete with other ports of the region, informed sources said here on Saturday.   full text

Dubai Ports Offers $6.96bn for P&O
A bidding war for UK ports and ferries group P&O broke out on Thursday after it agreed to a 3.9 billion pound ($6.96 billion) takeover bid from Gulf state-backed Dubai Ports World, trumping an earlier offer from Singapore’s PSA International.   full text

Turkish port plan in bid to end logjam
Turkey has launched a fresh bid to break the logjam over Cyprus and encourage all sides to return to United Nations-backed talks over the future of the divided Mediterranean island.   full text

KPT plans to spend Rs4.5bn on rebuilding: Regional hub port
The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) is to undertake massive reconstruction and deepening of draft work of all the berths which have exceeded their designed life at an estimated cost of Rs4.5 billion.   full text

P&O Gives Singapore Ports More Time to Make 'Formal' Offer
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. gave Singapore's PSA International Pte more time to make a formal bid for the company, delaying a shareholder vote on an offer from Dubai's port operator for almost four weeks. full text

Dubai Ports World set to manage new Busan port in South Korea
The President of the republic of Korea, Roh Moo-Hyun, yesterday officially opened the new state-of-the-art Busan Newport Co (PNC) terminal, marking the completion of the first phase of a development, which is expected to become one of the largest in the world in terms of capacity.   full text

Cargo traffic in Oman ports increases 15%
The volume of cargo handled at Mina Sultan Qaboos and Salalah ports stood at 3.9066 million tonnes in the first 10 months of 2005, compared to 3.3936 tonnes in the corresponding period of 2004, an increase of 15.1 per cent.   full text

Maltese ship still impounded in French harbour after trawler sinking
A Maltese-registered cargo ship was still impounded yesterday afternoon and its captain questioned following the sinking of a French trawler off the Alderney coast on Thursday. full text

600m yuan investment in Mawan port
China Merchants Holding (International), a state-owned port operator, said it and its partner will boost their investment in Shenzhen's Mawan terminal by 50 percent to 600 million yuan (HK$576.9 million) to meet rising demand.   full text

Prince Mishaal Calls for Panel to Resolve Problems at Port
Governor of Jeddah Prince Mishaal ibn Majed has emphasized the importance of ongoing meetings between service department officials at the Jeddah Islamic Port. He has called for the formation of a committee in order to provide solutions for current problems facing businessmen at the port.   full text

Port of Montreal welcomes first ocean-going vessel of 2006
The containership CP Bravery, with Captain Tonci Krzanic at the helm, crossed Montreal's port limits at Sorel at 0:20 today. The ship becomes the first ocean-going vessel to reach the Port of Montreal without a stopover in 2006.   full text

'New era' as Tasmanian ports merge
Tasmania's four ports have been amalgamated. The merger was completed yesterday, meaning all four ports have become a single entity called TasPorts.   full text

Posco to build dedicated port against govt’s wish
Sillamae, Estonia In the early 1960s, the Kremlin ordered the Soviet military to blow up the port of Sillamae to prevent enemy ships from infiltrating this industrial town of 18,500 where uranium was enriched to build nuclear bombs during the Cold War.   full text

Hutchison and partners invest in Shanghai port
Moeller-Maersk, Hutchison Whampoa and three other companies said Tuesday that they would invest 4 billion yuan in Shanghai's Yangshan port as global trade increases cargo demand in China.   full text

Big Easy Port Recovers Half of Business
After Hurricane Katrina destroyed about one-third of the Port of New Orleans, the port's chief executive turned an offhand remark into a challenge to restart a vital part of the city's storm-ravaged economy.   full text

Estonia port is vying to win back the ships
Sillamae, Estonia In the early 1960s, the Kremlin ordered the Soviet military to blow up the port of Sillamae to prevent enemy ships from infiltrating this industrial town of 18,500 where uranium was enriched to build nuclear bombs during the Cold War.   full text

Hutchison and partners invest in Shanghai port
Moeller-Maersk, Hutchison Whampoa and three other companies said Tuesday that they would invest 4 billion yuan in Shanghai's Yangshan port as global trade increases cargo demand in China.   full text

Second crane for Port Otago
Port Otago has bought a second new container crane, for $10 million. The port company, which is owned by the Otago Regional Council, expects its first crane to arrive from the maker in Shanghai in early February. That crane is worth $11 million.   
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Port becomes first in Vietnam to handle 1 million TEU of cargo
The port, run by the Navy’s Sai Gon Newport Company, loaded its 1 millionth TEU Dec. 8. Located on the Nha Be River, it was the ammunition discharge facility during the war for the Saigon Port Complex.   full text

Shanghai's Deep-water Port Starts Operation
A deep-water port began operation at Yangshan Isles of Shanghai on Saturday. The Yangshan Deep-water Port, a mammoth facility 27.5 kilometers from Luchao Port in Shanghai's Nanhui District, is expected to turn the east China metropolis into an international maritime shipping center in the real sense.   full text

ICTSI chosen as preferred
Philippine port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) will negotiate a 10-year cargo operations agreement with the Port Authority of Guam.   
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