UK: EXPANSION PLANS BY ABP IN SOUTHAMPTON

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The largest port operator in the UK, Associated British Ports (ABP) is proposing to expand its container operation in Southampton. The group, which has rejected a takeover offer from Nomura of Japan, has applied for planning permission to add capacity of up to 2.5mn units per year to the present capacity of 1mn. It also plans to expand its container joint venture with P&O, from 1mn units per year to 1.5mn. An associated environmental programme will minimise the effects of the programme on the surrounding landscape: along with the creation of hills and a tree planting scheme, one acre of land will be used in the environmental package for every two acres of port related development. The Dibden Bay project is thought to be necessary to meet growing demand for container shipping.

United Kingdom, Capital expenditures, Marine cargo handling industry, Marine cargo handling, Associated British Ports

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Network puts nation in financial fast lane

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Cote d'Ivoire currently has around 70,000 km of roads, of which 6,000 km are surfaced with tarmac. The government is placing strong emphasis on building new roads to make it easier to transport agricultural produce and to boost the mobility of the population. There are plans for an underground railway system in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, and the country's two main sea ports are to be developed. There are 27 airports across Cote d'Ivoire, but only three meet international standards for air travel.

Facilities & equipment, Highways & Streets Constructn, Highway and Street Construction, Airports, flying fields, & services, Airports, Airport Operations, Cote d'Ivoire, Road construction, Transportation

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Rotting hulks bear witness to the ruin of Iraq

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There is now no activity at all at the port of Basra, Iraq, even though it was once a thriving trading centre and international rail terminal. There are just collapsing buildings along the Shatt al-Arab, which is now flowing much more slowly than it used to. There are a number of other signs in Basra of the neglect into which Iraq is now declining. The city's central police station is merely an empty shell, its canals are silted up and its railway line is choked with weeds.

Iraq, Basra, Iraq

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