CHINA SIGNS WORLD BANK LOAN FOR TIANJIN PORT

  China has signed a 130 mln dlr loan
  agreement with the World Bank to partly finance 12 new berths
  with an annual capacity of 6.28 mln tonnes at the 20 mln tonne
  a year capacity Tianjin port, the New China News Agency said.
      China will provide 370 mln yuan for the project and a
  Chinese company won a bid against 12 other firms from seven
  countries to do the foundation work, it said.
      It said 11 of the new berths will be able to handle ships
  of more than 10,000 tonnes, three will handle containers and
  the expansion will enable the port to handle coke, non-metal
  mineral ores and mining equipment for the first time.
  

