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NewsPacific Northwest pact
The US ports of Seattle and Tacoma and Canada’ s Vancouver have jointly pledged to reduce particulate matter from ships at berth by 70% and from cargo handling equipment by 30% by 2010 in a Pacific Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy.
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GIP buys into Indian dream
Private equity fund Global Infrastructure Partners has bought a 25% interest in Chennai Container Terminal (CCT), India’ s second largest private container terminal in India overall by traffic volume.
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Concession extension at San Vicente
Chile’ s San Vicente port operator SVTI has had its concession extended until 2029.
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Buenaventura concession extended
The Colombian government has extended the concession to operate the port of Buenaventura conditional on investment of $54m being made by March 2008. In addition, incumbent SPRBUN must present a territorial reorganisation plan within two months.
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: Quayside lift for Callao
The Peruvian National Port Authority has given permission for tenders to be issued in respect of the purchase of four new cranes for the port of Callao. Contracts for two quayside gantry cranes and two yard cranes worth $33.97m are expected to be signed in August.
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ANP approves dry port
Uruguay' s National Ports Authority is to offer a concession to operate a dry port to serve the capital to be operational in 2008.
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Maersk loss hits Ensenada
The Mexican port of Ensenada registered a 4% drop in container traffic during the first four months of this year. This is the first time for at least 12 months that the port has registered a downturn, which is due to changes in Maersk' s Asian services; these no longer ...
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Cabello loses regional control
The Venezuelan port of Cabello has been nationalised. Previously, the port was managed locally by the Instituto Puerto Autónomo de Puerto Cabello (IPAPC). The move is viewed negatively by municipal and regional governments, which may freeze planned investment in facilities.
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Nova Scotia terminal
Several North American investors have put forward a project to build a new container terminal in Canso Straits, Nova Scotia. They plan to invest $300m in a 485,000 sq metre area, which will be managed by SSA Marine.
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HPH woos Mexican hauliers
HPH, Mexico' s largest container terminal operator, is negotiating a strategic alliance with road haulage companies to improve its door-to-door service for customers.
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Shadow cast on Punta Colonet project
Proposed expansions at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach could threaten the planned development of a new mega-port at Punta Colonet in Mexico' s Baja Californian region.
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Talcahuano remedial need
The Chilean port of Talcahuano requires infrastructure and dredging rehabilitation work or risks closure within two years. A single port operator is expected to be appointed, with all contracts placed by the first quarter of 2008.
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SSA invests in Tacoma
SSA Marine is to invest $300m in a new container terminal at East Blair Waterway in the port of Tacoma.
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Bolivian border port
The Bolivian government is to build a port terminal at Puerto Quijarro on the border with Brazil at a cost of $25.6m. This will enable Bolivian soya to access coastal ports via the Paraguay-Paraná inland waterway network.
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NewsManzanillo Port reaches saturation point
The port of Manzanillo in Mexico has reached virtual saturation point following a 20% hike in container traffic over the last few months.
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NewsEnergy boost
Ports are taking up the green challenge, seeking out various ways of reducing both fuel consumption and engine emissions. Alex Hughes reports
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TSI powers ahead with hybrid crane trials
TSI Terminal Systems Inc, which operates the Deltaport and Vanterm container terminals in the Port of Vancouver, is trialling a new hybrid RTG,which is able to regenerate kinetic and potential energy to battery banks during braking manoeuvres.
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NewsNo stone unturned
HIT is hedging its bets running a number of ‘ green schemes’ concurrently to improve RTG emissions and noise, as Alex Hughes explains
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NewsWake-up call
Time for a serious rethink on regulating port pricing in India’ s major ports. Mike Mundy explains why
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NewsPersonal banking
India needs to capture private sector investment if it is to realise its full future potential. Gordon Feller reports
