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BARRANQUILLA
This will be located close to the mouth of the Panama Canal, adjacent to the former US Howard airbase.The Autonomous Corporation of Rio Grande de la Magdalena had approved a total of five terminal concessions at the port of Barranquilla, Colombia, by the end of 2005. The last of these, ...
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SAN ANTONIO
Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas (SAAM) has been given permission to raise its stakeholding in Chile''s San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) from 40% to 60%. SAAM acquired an initial 39.99% stake when the concession on Molo Sur was first awarded in 2000.
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Dragados-SPL negotiates with Corpus Christi
In an interesting move, Spanish stevedoring group Dragados-SPL has commenced negotiations with the port authority of the Texan port of Corpus Christi regarding a possible 96-year concession to build a brand new container terminal, which will be known as the Fifth Trade Gateway Container Terminal.
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News'Irregularities' come to light in Chile
A special investigations committee set up by the Chilean parliament has detected irregularities linked to the privatisation of national ports.
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..and Montevideo
Uruguay''s National Ports Administration (ANP) has awarded a dredging contract to Jan De Nul worth US$6.63m.
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New York seeks to dump P&O
Amidst the political storm raging in the US over DP World''s acquisition of P& O Ports, the Dubai company is to separate the US part of P& O Ports which will effectively put on indefinite hold plans take control of its US terminal interests.
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Jan De Nul dredges Tampico..
The Mexican port of Tampico is to spend US$9.56m on dredging the access channel to its previous depth of 35 feet.
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GUAYMAS
As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. At the end of February, Arizona University will present to Mexico's Integral Ports Administration (API) the results of its feasibility study in respect of the establishment of a container terminal at the port of ...
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Ten operators interested
El Salvador''s La Union port authority (Cepa) has revealed that 10 international port operators have indicated an interest in operating the port as a private concession. Bids for the 25-year concession must be entered by July and will be subjected to an analysis in September.
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ALTAMIRA
As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. The Mexican port of Altamira has scheduled projects for the next few years requiring private sector investment of US$14.82m. These encompass the relocation of the dry bulk terminal, the construction of a black smoke ...
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BRITISH COLUMBIA
Having already been delayed by a year, the construction of new container terminals at Vancouver and Prince Rupert in British Columbia are facing further setbacks due to ongoing environmental reviews.
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NewsHutchison Port Holdings
As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is to expand capacity at its Lazaro Cardenas container terminal to 700,000TEUs a year by 2008. Kansas City Southern (KCS) also plans to link the port by railway to the ...
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NewsMaritime Centres and Democracy
In Belgium and Holland recently it was striking to see what a deep-routed culture of maritime tradition prevails. The history of maritime activity goes back centuries and as with any such region, this breeds much more than just the port and its core activities. In Benelux you will find the ...
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The system approach
Handling equipment suppliers are getting involved much earlier in the port planning process, claiming more effective systems selection and, hopefully, faster payback. Neil Madden reports.
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NewsPlanned system migration
One of the most comprehensive projects in which Kalmar''s capability has been used is the Port Est extension, on the Indian Ocean island of Ré union.
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NewsWhen business profiles change
If Tilbury''s experience is anything to go by, ports have much to gain by outsourcing their materials handling operations. Felicity Landon reports.
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NewsThe Congestion Buster
Barcelona is to award a 30-year concession this year for its brand new container terminal on Prat Quay. Late last year, the port''s second box handling facility, Tercat, made all the industry headlines when it was revealed that its bidding partner for the contract would be none other than the ...
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Demand holds strong
Ports and terminal operators are continuing to invest heavily in additional ship-to-shore container gantry cranes, in order to keep pace with the sizeable annual growth in box traffic volumes. Rowland Armstrong reports.
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NewsSelective outsourcing
" The importance of good maintenance cannot be over-emphasised, " says KS Won, president of Portek Indonesia. The company is part of Portek Group, and maintains a total of 28 quay cranes, 40 RTGs and four MHCs across the whole Indonesian archipelago.
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NewsLoss prone industry
Surely, few parts of any industrial economy can approach the modern port or terminal for the variety of ways in which losses can occur. Sam Ignarski reports.
