News Work begins on Philippines container port after 23 years Construction has begun on Cebu New Port, a container port based on 25ha of reclaimed land in the Philippines. The facility is being built 10km northwest of the existing port,…
News Kuwait inks deal with Chinese contractor to complete port Kuwait has signed an agreement with China State Construction and Communications (CSCC) to work on completing the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project, news agency Kuna reports. The agreement was signed yesterday…
News Vinci team to build ‘cat flap’ for river boats at France’s Le Havre port A consortium led by Vinci subsidiaries has won a €183m contract to build a protected channel in the Seine River estuary to give river boats access to the port of…
News Chile looks for contractor to build $1.5bn breakwater Chile’s main freight port at San Antonio is looking for a contractor to build a 4km-long breakwater for a planned $4bn expansion, the Latin News website reports. The $1.5bn breakwater…
News Eiffage wins €100m deal to expand DRC port of Matadi French civil engineer Eiffage has won a €100m design-and-build contract to renovate and expand the container terminal at Matadi, the largest seaport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The…
News Engineer pays $97m to settle fraud claim over shipyard project A contractor hired for a radiation clean-up project at a former shipyard in San Francisco has agreed to pay $97m after a 12-year legal battle. According to a Securities and…
News Mexico to spend $1.6bn on port expansions Mexico’s new president Claudia Sheinbaum said her government will spend $1.6bn expanding six seaports to promote industrial growth. On the Pacific Coast, the ports of Manzanillo, Ensenada, Lázaro Cárdenas, and…
News Deme-led consortium to build €300m terminal at German port of Cuxhaven Belgian dredging company Deme has won a contract worth €52m to help build an offshore wind terminal in the Port of Cuxhaven in Germany. Expected to cost €300m in total,…
News Peru’s ‘transformational’ Chancay Port opens for business China’s Cosco Shipping opened the first phase of its new Chancay Port in Peru yesterday after a two-year construction period. The complex 78km north of Lima will now begin handling…
News Acciona to build breakwater for Italian port of Ravenna A consortium that includes Spain’s Acciona and Italy’s RCM Construzioni has been selected to build a 880m-long, 22m-wide breakwater at the Port of Ravenna in eastern Italy. The structure will…
News Morocco’s new port to spend €400m on doubling truck capacity Morocco has secured €400m to fund the expansion of its truck and passenger terminal at Tanger Med Port. The expansion will more than double the port’s truck handling capacity to…
News Peru’s $3bn mega port to start operations next month The $3bn scheme to build the Peruvian port of Chancay is on track to complete next month, Reuters reports. A local executive of the Chinese shipping company Cosco said the…
News APM Terminals to invest $240m in Jordan’s Aqaba port in return for 15-year extension The Kingdom of Jordan signed an agreement with APM Terminals on Wednesday to upgrade the container terminal at its port in Aqaba on the Red Sea. The Dutch company will…
News Turkish contractor to create regional port hub in Somalia Turkish contractor Metag Holding has signed an agreement to expand the ancient Somali port of Hobyo, Kenyan newspaper The Star reports. Metag’s deal with the Hobyo Investment Company will see…
News Mexican port plans $600m expansion to tap US ‘nearshoring’ boom The Port of Lázaro Cárdenas on Mexico’s Pacific coast will invest $617m to expand its capacity over the next six years to meet American companies’ growing demand for “nearshoring”, the…
News Chinese firm eyes construction of deepwater port in Liberia A subsidiary of China Railways is considering investing in the creation of a major port in the West African state of Liberia. The China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group…
News Comoros archipelago gets $135m to upgrade ports The African Development Bank (AfDB) is lending the Union of the Comoros $135m so it can improve its ports to boost trade. Comoros is an archipelago of three islands in…
News $137m to build floating dock at Ghana port A consortium of development banks has agreed to back “Project Shiprite”, a floating drydock that will be built at the port of Takoradi in western Ghana. The $137m dock will…