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Baria Serece Port in Vietnam sets record traffic

Vietnam’s Baria Serece Port posted a record throughput of 4.6 million tons in 2011, making its management group confident about its business situation in…
  • February 17, 2012
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Vale Group starts Subic transshipment operations

The Vale Group of Brazil recently commenced transshipment operations at the Subic Bay freeport, two hours from the Philippine capital Manila. For its first…
  • February 17, 2012
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Philippine ports agency income down Jan-Nov

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) posted a 4.8% decline in net income from January  to November to P3.518 billion from P3.699 billion in the…
  • February 17, 2012
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P12B budget terminal in Clark pushed

Clark International Airport Corp (CIAC) will soon submit its proposal to build a P12-billion dedicated terminal for low-cost carriers to the Philippine Department of…
  • February 14, 2012
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Sri Lanka hosting 12th IAPH Asia/Oceania forum in March

The 12th IAPH Asia/Oceania Regional Meeting & Port Forum will be hosted by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) on March 8 and 9,…
  • February 13, 2012
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Tanjung Pelepas port targets 11% growth

The Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia’s largest terminal by volume, is aiming for a container traffic growth of 11 percent this year. “Last year,…
  • February 13, 2012
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APM Terminals appoints Pedersen new Asia-Pacific CEO

APM Terminals, the world’s leading port and inland services operator, has appointed Henrik L. Pedersen as chief executive officer for the Asia-Pacific region, to…
  • February 13, 2012
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P20B earmarked for 6 Philippine airports

THE Philippine government is spending P20 billion to modernize six airports before privatizing them. Transportation secretary Manuel Roxas II said bidding for Ninoy Aquino…
  • February 11, 2012
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PH cargo throughput up 6.33% from Jan-Nov

Philippine cargo throughput rose 6.33% to 162.24 million metric tons (mmt) in the first eleven months of 2011 from 152.58 mmt year-on-year, according to…
  • February 10, 2012
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Samudera Indonesia to invest $89 million in new ships, facility upgrades

Samudera Indonesia, an Indonesia cargo transportation and logistics company serving local and international clients, plans to allocate $89.6 million for business investments that include acquiring…
  • February 8, 2012
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Mindanao box terminal volume target revised down

This year’s volume growth forecast for the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in southern Philippines has been cut due to slow economic activity, particularly from…
  • February 6, 2012
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Pelindo II awarded contract for container terminal upgrade in Tanjung Priok port

Indonesia’s Pelindo II has been given the infrastructure contract for the Kalibaru container terminal project in the Port of Tanjung Priok, north Jakarta, after…
  • February 3, 2012
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Malaysia’s Samalaju deep-sea port project gets $164 million in funding

The Sarawak state of Malaysia has approved the release of $164.5 million to finance the Samalaju deep-sea port project in Bintulu town. The fund…
  • February 1, 2012
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PH government wins NAIA 3 case against PIATCO

The Philippine government has finally won its arbitration case against Philippine International Air Terminals, Co (Piatco), ending a nine-year legal battle over rights to…
  • January 31, 2012
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PH private sector hits anew ports agency conflict of interest

PHILIPPINE business and the academe called the attention of government again to address the conflict of interest in the powers of the Philippine Port…
  • January 31, 2012
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Indonesia nixes Tanjung Priok port expansion plan

The government of Indonesia has canceled a plan to build a new container terminal at the Port of Tanjung Priok in North Kalibaru, citing…
  • January 31, 2012
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JG Summit keen on undertaking airport projects

JG Summit Holdings is eyeing at least four Philippine airport development projects under the government’s Public-Private Partnership program. The Philippine publicly listed company, which…
  • January 26, 2012
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Mindanao’s ‘container highway’ to get P100M this year

The Philippine Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is allotting P100 million this year to continue construction of the “container highway” connecting the…
  • January 26, 2012
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Mindanao terminal container throughput up 17% in 2011

Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in southern Philippines handled 210,507 twenty-foot equivalent units in 2011, 16.9% more than the previous year’s 180,000 TEUs and slightly…
  • January 25, 2012
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More private investments in PH port, maritime sector urged

The Philippine government expects to generate more private sector investments for the port and maritime sector to underpin robust trade. Department of Transportation and…
  • January 25, 2012
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