"India Aims to Invest $100 Billion in Ports, Shipping" from Wall Street Journal

"India aims to invest 4.52 trillion rupees ($100 billion) by 2020 to build new ports and develop its shipping industry in a bid to boost trade, Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan said."

"A Tale of Two Ports:Chinese-Indian Rivalry Grows in the Arabian Sea" from Jakarta Globe

"Sino-Indian rivalry in the Indian Ocean and India's naval cooperation with the United States draw the world's attention, but quietly, out of sight, a contest has been building in the Arabian Sea centered between two ports, one in Pakistan and the other in Iran. The first is backed by China, the second by India. The first, located in Gwadar, is intended to give China access to the Indian Ocean; the second, Chabahar, is supposed to connect India to Afghanistan and counter the first."

"Ten-year plan for big Hastings port" from The Age

"THE Baillieu government will use a national ports strategy to help push through plans to develop Hastings as a big container port within a decade."

"Shanghai says becomes world's busiest container port" from Reuters

"Shanghai overtook Singapore as the world's busiest container port in 2010, helped by continuing growth in Chinese trade and the business generated by the World Expo it hosted last year, the city government said."

"Antwerp port sees increase in freight volumes in 2010" from Portworld

"Russian port operator sees profits climb" from Portworld

"The company, based in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, reported profit of $233 million for the nine months to end September, up from $208 million in the same period last year, Revenue fell 1.7% to $499 million."

"Turkey denies report of Greek Cyprus port deal with EU" from WORLD BULLETIN

"Rotterdam Port 2010 Throughput Advances 11%, Led By Iron Ore, Containers" from Bloomberg

"ONGC road project to connect Agartala and B'desh port" from Economic Times

"The oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) gas undertaken a project of Rs crore to build a 50 km road from Ashuganj river port in Bangladesh to Agartala and develop the port, a company top brass said today."

"Economically it will be in interest and benefit of China if it transports Afghani gold and copper to Beijing and international markets through Gwadar Port." from Daily Times

"Oman accepts Pak proposal for maritime trade, Gwadar-Muscat ferry" from Pakistan Times

"The Minister said the cooperation between the port of Gwadar and Oman's upcoming ports in Sahhar and Dukkum would create new opportunities for the traders and skilled professionals of two countries to explore the trading potential."

"Increased cargo prompts South Port profit upgrade" from Otago Daily Times

"Greater cargo flows have prompted Southland port operator South Port to upgrade its profit forecast to the upper end of a range between $3.5 million and $3.9 million."

"This additional tonnage is attributable to strong Chinese log demand, higher than expected fertiliser application in the region and increased imports of stock food," he said."

"China in Talks With Rakeen on Georgian Port Stake, Kobalia Says" from Bloomberg

"Chinese investors are in talks with Rakeen, a developer owned by the Gulf emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, on acquiring a stake in Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti, the Georgian economy and sustainable development minister said."

"North port bucks trend with jump in cargo" from Press and Journal

"A HIGHLAND port has gone against the tide and reported a sizeable increase in cargo tonnage."

"Tuticorin Port gearing up to meet traffic growth" from Hindu Business Line

"It has been an eventful decade for the Tuticorin Port, one of the country's 12 major ports, with the volume of traffic handled and the revenue nearly doubling in the past ten years."


"The Cabinet has given clearance for operation of ferry service between Tuticorin and Colombo. It is expected that the memorandum of understanding will be signed at the government level."

"Italy's ENI to help build port, plant in Libya" from Bloomberg

"Italian energy company Eni SpA has agreed to help Libya build a naval port, desalinization plant and 1,000 houses in the EL Agheila area long the Gulf of Sirte."

"Bangladesh: China to Fund Sonadia Port Construction" from Dredging Today

"China is baking construction of a new deep sea port at Sonadia, near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, and a project to build a new highway from the port of Chittagong to Kunming, in China."

"Mundra Port project draws Jairam Ramesh's ire" from Daily News & Analysis

"In a blow to the multi-billion dollar Mundra Port project, the environment ministry has issued a show cause notice to the developers - Gujarat-based Adani Group - asking them why the permissions granted to them earlier should not cancelled."

"Pakistan to seek more Chinese help for Gwadar port" from Reuters

"Pakistan will seek increased Chinese involvement in the operation of a strategic port run by Singapore's state-owned PSA International Ltd, government officials said on Thursday."

"The chief minister of Baluchistan, the southwestern province where Gwadar port is located, is already seeking the cancellation of the contract with the PSA on the grounds that it is a "one-sided" deal, and the case is pending in the Supreme Court of Pakistan."

"Emirates begin to recover after global turmoil" from South China Morning Post

"Dubai's economic relationship with Hong Kong has long been healthy. In concert with the global economic recovery, Hong Kong's imports from Dubai increased by more than 37 per cent in the first 10 months of this year, to US$1.45 billion, while exports to the UAE also rose to reach US$1.6 billion in the same period."


"Tourism in Dubai has made considerable strides over the past decade. Guest arrivals at Dubai hotels jumped from three million in 1999 to 7.6 million last year.

Dubai has also emerged as an important trading hub in the region. Its container throughput rose from 6.4 million TEUs to 11.1 million TEUs between 2004 and last year, up more than 70 per cent, making it the seventh busiest seaport in the world last year."