The Sri Lankan Cabinet has given clearance to allow China’s energy major Sinopec to establish a new USD 4.5 billion petroleum refinery plant at the strategic Hambantota port in the island nation, Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said on Monday. The upcoming plant of Sinopec, which entered the Sri Lankan market in July this year, would… Read More
From 1 December, Ulrich Reuter will represent the Port of Rotterdam in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. He thereby succeeds Wolfgang Hönemann who held the position for the past five years and recently retired. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia is an important hinterland region for the port of Rotterdam. The Port of Rotterdam Authority… Read More
Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has managed to finally finish the dredging operation of the Ashuradeh channel of Bandar-e Torkaman (a port on the Caspian Sea, three kilometers west of Bandar Torkaman City in northeastern Golestan province), an official with the organization announced. According to Saeid Hassan-Abbasi, the head of TPO’s Civil Engineering and… Read More
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) will be investing about $1.1 billion to fully rehabilitate decaying port infrastructure at Tin Can, Apapa, Rivers, Delta, Calabar and Onne seaports. According to the Managing Director, NPA; Mohammed Bello Koko, some of these ports were built about century ago and have not been rebuilt since… Read More
Port of Seattle Commission President Sam Cho and Busan Port Authority President & CEO Joon-suk Kang marked 42 years of trade and cooperation by reaffirming their sister port agreement at the 11th Annual Busan International Port Conference on November 28. The Port of Seattle and Port of Busan entered into the original sister port agreement… Read More
