Russian aerial bombardment has destroyed the Black Sea port of Poti, Georgia`s foreign ministry said in a statement Saturday

SYDNEY, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Australia's biggest ports and rail operator Asciano Group, the target of a 2.7 billion US dollar takeover bid, Wednesday said it may sell some of its assets as it reported a net loss for the year.

SYDNEY, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Australia's biggest ports and rail operator Asciano Group, the target of a 2.7 billion US dollar takeover bid, Wednesday said it may sell some of its operations as it reported a net loss for the year.

SYDNEY, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Australia's biggest ports and rail operator Asciano Group said Monday it had received a 2.9-billion-dollar (2.7-billion-US) takeover bid from a private equity consortium.

ATHENS, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - Commercial activity at Greece's main port ground to a halt Wednesday as dockworkers began a two-day strike to protest against the privatisation of the main container terminal at Piraeus.

A union of dockworkers at Athens' chief port prevented cargo from being loaded or unloaded in three zones, a union official told AFP.

VILNIUS, July 10, 2008 (AFP) - Lithuania on Thursday denied planning to thwart Russia's effort to join the World Trade Organisation, but warned Moscow about trying to skew Baltic Sea commerce in its favour.

DAKAR, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - DP World took over the management of the Senegalese port of Dakar from French rival Bollore on Monday, the Dubai-based giant said.

DP, one of the world's biggest port operators, won last year the concession to manage the port for 25 years.

DAKAR, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - DP World took over the management of the Senegalese port of Dakar from French rival Bollore on Monday, the Dubai-based giant said.

DP, one of the world's biggest port operators, won last year the concession to manage the port for 25 years.

MARSEILLE, June 5, 2008 (AFP) - French port workers on Thursday disrupted port activities and blockaded oil depots in the latest of a string of strikes and protests over port privatisation plans.

The main CGT union called a 24-hour walkout in the Mediterranean city of Marseille, France's biggest port, that was expected to paralyse its container and oil terminals.

NANTES, June 5, 2008 (AFP) - French port workers Thursday blockaded two oil depots on the Atlantic coast in the latest of a string of strikes and protests over port privatisation plans.

Some 200 employees from the port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire blocked road access to two depots at a Total oil refinery in nearby Donges, the CGT union said.