News New York plans $45bn, decade long transport spend The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced a $45bn investment blueprint for the region’s airports, bus infrastructure, railways and ports between 2026 and 2035. The so-called…
News Bids in for 10km breakwater at India’s latest megaport Four heavyweight contracting teams have submitted initial bids to build a 10.14km-long breakwater for India’s latest new megaport at Vadhvan on the west coast of Maharashtra state, some 150km north…
News Design-builders sought for rail station under Poland’s new airport The Polish megaproject Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has launched a tender for the design and construction of a railway station, tunnel and platform hall underneath the country’s new international airport,…
News Poland seeks delivery partner for new international airport Polish megaproject Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has launched a tender to select a general contract engineer – also known as a delivery partner – for the construction of its new…
News Vancouver seeks builder for new port on artificial island The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is looking for a construction partner to build a 320-acre artificial island and wharf for the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project, and will issue a…
News Rotating exhibition centre hopes to reinvigorate Rotterdam’s port Dutch architect MVRDV has announced that Portlantis, a 3,500 sq m exhibition centre that showcases the work of the Port of Rotterdam, has been completed. The building is formed from…
News Africa’s richest man to build Nigeria’s biggest port The president of Nigerian conglomerate Dangote Group plans to build Nigeria’s biggest seaport at the Olokola Free Trade Zone in Ogun State. He said it was because of an improved…
News Hungary to end landlock with port on the Adriatic Hungary has begun work on a port on the Adriatic coast near the Italian city of Trieste, Hungary Today reports. Hungary’s deputy foreign minister Levente Magyar said it was being…
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…