The Israeli government is planning to issue a tender to build a privately run seaport in the coming months, pledging to end the monopolies of the two main ports of Ashdod and Haifa, Haaretz reports.
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20 May 2013
Oman’s Port of Salalah reported profit in the first quarter of 2013 was 2.065 million rials (about US$5.4 million), increasing 29 percent from $4.2 million in the first quarter of 2012.
20 May 2013
Canada’s West Coast container ports stayed level in the first quarter of 2013 with the robust growth they experienced last year. When compared with the first quarter of 2012, Canadian ports saw a higher throughput volume in the first quarter of 2013, but a slight dip in West Coast traffic market share.
17 May 2013
Grupo TMM reported a net loss of 165.6 million Mexican pesos (about US$13.4 million) in the first quarter of 2013, compared with a net loss of $11.3 million in the first quarter of 2012.
16 May 2013
Meridian Port Services container terminal in Tema, Ghana, is currently erecting five Konecranes rubber-tire gantry cranes.
15 May 2013
The Port of Montreal has applauded a Canadian Coast Guard decision authorizing the passage of vessels up to 44 meters (about 144 feet) wide in the Quebec-Montreal section of the St. Lawrence navigation channel.
14 May 2013
Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores will modify the northbound rotation of its U.S. Gulf service by introducing a direct call at Cartagena, Colombia, in replacement of Caucedo, Dominican Republic.
14 May 2013
A new post-Panamax container crane will arrive at the Fremantle Inner Harbour in Western Australia on May 15.
14 May 2013
Malusi Gigaba, South Africa’s public enterprises minister, has unveiled Transnet’s seven new ship-to-shore cranes at the Durban Container Terminal – Pier 2.
13 May 2013
The Montreal Port Authority has applauded the dual announcement made by Sylvain Gaudreault, Quebec minister of transport and minister of municipal affairs for regions and land occupancy...
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