Rotterdam port sees India expansion this year

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30 Jan 2008

The Dutch port of Rotterdam expects to expand into India this year, a senior executive said on Tuesday, but he denied media reports that the port was close to a tie-up with Indian builder Larsen and Toubro Ltd. "We are investigating several possibilities, more than one possibility," Chief Operating Officer Pieter Struijs told Reuters on the sidelines of a port seminar in Malaysia. Asked when the port authority expected to finalise its investment plans, he added: "Hopefully this year."This month, India media said the Dutch port was in talks with Larsen and Toubro for a greenfield port and that a deal could be announced later this month.But Struijs said the report was not correct. "That is a wrong message. We have no connection with Larsen and Toubro," he said.