Chris Glynn

Deutsche Bank unit RREEF will vie with the Carlyle Group for a chance to run the Port of Virginia. RREEF is offering $3.3bn to operate the port while Carlyle proposes to bid up to $2bn.

Jim Cleary (pictured) joins Global Infrastructure Partners to work on its energy team. He worked for El Paso, where he headed GIP portfolio company Ruby Pipeline.

The Knik Arm Bridge Authority has asked USDOT for increased TIFIA funding to the tune of $500m. The authority is in charge of a $1.02bn bridge project that would give Alaska its first PPP.

The Netherlands agribusiness stalwart named Gregory Hutton executive director. He will be based in New York.

Lieutenant governor Anthony Brown (pictured) again stressed the importance enabling PPP legislation would have on infrastructure. The state Senate in April signed a PPP bill into law.

A four-team shortlist has been cleared to bid for the Northwest Corridor Project. The Georgia Department of Transportation said the eventual winner would design, build and help finance the road.

The Carlyle Group responded to a mandate to run the Port of Virginia. Old Dominion issued a request for proposals after APM Terminals made an unsolicited bid.

Managing inflation is in. But UBS global infrastructure chief Paul Moy (pictured) warns against simplistic notions of infrastructure's hedging power and says the asset class is no panacea.

The thee-phased project seeks to refurbish a nine-mile portion of State Highway 183, adding managed lanes to it. A RFQ for a design, build, operate, finance and maintain partner is out.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board said infrastructure returned 5.7% in the first quarter. The board in April bought half of Chilean toll road concern Grupo Costanera.