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North Chennai was hit but a flash strike by more than 300 drivers and cleaners on Wednesday evening protesting against inordinate delay in letting the export containers into the Chennai Port Trust, the Hindu reported.

IL&FS, Spanish major Grup Maritim TCB, Essar Ports and Terminals, and Simplex Infrastructure are among the players shortlisted to bid for the project to develop and operate a new container terminal at the New Mangalore port on a build-operate-transfer basis for 30 years, the Hindu Business Line reported.

Companies will benefit from lower freight costs following the introduction of a fortnightly service from international shipping operator Mariana Express to the Townsville Port, the Townsville Bulletin reported.

e port of Long Beach is to invest US$3bn on new projects over the next decade to meet the challenge of increasing competition.

Ships and vessels arriving at Shanghai ports will be subject to tighter checks and face tougher fines if they break a revised national regulation on the prevention and control of marine pollution, the Shanghai Daily reported.

A consortium of banks today signed an agreement to release US$80 million in financing to the CMA CGM Group, the carrier said in a statement.

The Bunbury Port Authority says it would be logical for Bunbury to become Western Australia's second major container port, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

Indonesian port operator Pelindo II wil not extend contracts on conventional terminal operation at Tanjung Priok port that will expire on March 15, 2010, Bisnis Indonesia reported.

The port of Gothenburg has begun the process of transferring three of its terminals to the private sector.

Construction of a new rail link between the Port of Auckland and the Wiri Inland Port is complete, with the first train due to arrive at Wiri at this week.

Despite the recent world economic downturn, Port Botany boasts its strongest trade movements on record for a six-month period, the Southern Courier reported.

China recorded 20 ports each with a cargo throughput exceeding 100 million DWT in 2009, according to the Ministry of Transport (MoT), Xinhua reported.

A consortium of banks today signed an agreement to release US$80 million in financing to the CMA CGM Group, the carrier said in a statement.

Dock workers at Ireland's busiest container terminal are set to go back on strike, after an arbitrator failed to resolve their differences with management.

Four seaports and one airport in Indonesia, namely the seaports of Tanjung Priok, Tanjung Emas , Tanjung Perak , Belawan and Soekarno-Hatta airport, are using an electronic-based National Single Window (NSW) system to serve import activities, according to port officials.

Dubai ports giant DP World has officially launched its Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT), in the Vietnamese capital, Ho Chi Minh City, Arabian Business reported.

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has announced it is planning to modernize Davao's container port within the year due to the rising number of local and foreign shipping lines calling on the said facility, the Philippines News Agency reported.

With the global financial crisis easing up on cargo shipping lines, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) expects to award the winning bidder of the New Container Terminal-2 (NCT-2), the second phase of the US$215-million Subic port modernization, in July this year, the Manila Bulletin reported.

Two of Japan's largest shipping lines, K Line and MOL, have announced better-than-expected quarterly financial figures following increased freight rates over the last few months.

SeaFrance services on the Dover Strait have been disrupted because of industrial action.