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EMEA Transport/Rail Deal of the Year 2005

EMEA Transport/Rail Deal of the Year 2005

EMEA PPP Deal of the Year 2005

EMEA PPP Deal of the Year 2005

Gdansk Deepsea Container Terminal - Poland

Gdansk's €190m Deepsea Container Terminal (DCT) project not only stands out as Poland's single largest port investment, but it is also claims the accolade of being one of the first privately financed greenfield port schemes to get off the ground in Europe

French road project - the A41 motorway

The last year - 2005 - marked a turning point for project finance in France. It turned out to be a monumental year that saw the French government finally address the issue of a wider adoption of PPP-style investment - with the first real transport project

SMIF/GSL investment partnership

The close of the £115m investment partnership between the Secondary Market Infrastructure Fund (SMIF) and Global Solutions (GSL) is a transaction that bodes well for the maturity of the secondary equity market in 2006

Freeport LNG - Texas import terminal

The road to the realisation of Freeport LNG in the US is one with many twists and turns - but with construction advanced and financing secure, the project will become one of the first of a new wave of LNG import terminals for the power-hungry US market in

M1/Westlink – Northern Ireland’s first PPP highway

The M1/Westlink DBFO project - won by a Bilfinger Berger-led consortium last year - is crucial to Northern Ireland's economy as the key access route into the Irish Republic.

Ireland's Cork School of Music PPP

Cork's €72.7m (US$86m) music school PPP serves as the ultimate example of a survivor - after more than five years in the making, the ex-Jarvis project was successfully closed on 5 September 2005 by Hochtief and Barclays as Ireland's first ever education P

Trianel CCGT - Power in numbers

The €450m Trianel CCGT plant in Germany's NorthRhein Westphalia region has turned heads in the project finance world, being developed in a country which is more used to PF deals of this size to fund its roads and wind farms, rather than traditional power

Madrid Calle 30 - Europe's largest road PPP

It was only a matter of time before Spain's flourishing PPP market produced a deal that made the industry sit up and pay a lot of attention.

North American Refinancing Deal of the Year 2005

North American Refinancing Deal of the Year 2005

North American Project Bond Deal of the Year 2005

North American Project Bond Deal of the Year 2005

North American Industrial Deal of the Year 2005

North American Industrial Deal of the Year 2005

Latin American Power Deal of the Year 2005

Latin American Power Deal of the Year 2005

Latin American Renewables Deal of the Year 2005

Latin American Renewables Deal of the Year 2005

Latin American Oil and Gas Deal of the Year 2005

Latin American Oil and Gas Deal of the Year 2005