North America – Page 54

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    TPS appeals against Valparaiso bid ban

    2010-01-24T12:24:00Z

    The port of San Antonio in Chile has made available documents relating to the proposed tender for Terminal Number Nine, which will be offered as a 30-year concession for the handling of dry bulk. A single operator is being sought to handle and warehouse consignments.

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    Ports America seals Seagirt deal

    2010-01-22T12:24:00Z

    Maryland''s Seagirt Marine Terminal has been signed over on a 50-year lease to Ports America Chesapeake in a public-private partnership valued at $1.3bn to the State of Maryland over the life of the agreement.

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    Haiti port pivotal to aid operations

    2010-01-20T12:24:00Z

    Food, water, medical aid, humanitarian supplies - the bulk of the aid to Haiti should be arriving by sea, the most effective way of delivering the truly massive amounts of aid needed by the victims of the earthquake.

  • The Ports of Long Beach (pictured) and Los Angeles can look forward to some growth this year
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    Limited growth in 2010 best US ports can hope for

    2010-01-13T12:24:00Z

    Early indications on final import figures for US ports in 2009 reveal a 17% slump in traffic, despite overcoming a trough in the first half of the year.

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    Georgia's new fleet to save a third on fuel

    2009-12-11T12:24:00Z

    Eleven new rubber-tyred gantry cranes at the port of Georgia aim to conserve more than 83,000 gallons of diesel per year - a 33% saving compared with the existing fleet''s average consumption.

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    Libra keeps foot on investment

    2009-12-11T12:24:00Z

    The Brazilian terminal operator Libra Terminais says it will continue investing despite the downturn in the economy.

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    U.S.A. Short Sea Shipping

    2009-12-11T12:24:00Z

    Is short sea shipping finally being taken seriously in the States, asks Barry Parker

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    True costs of hub status

    2009-12-11T12:24:00Z

    In the United States, short sea shipping - or coastal freighting services for hauling non-bulk cargoes paralleling existing truck networks - is not a new idea: a few container feeder roll on-roll off (ro-ro) services have already carved out small niches. New Bedford, Massachusetts - investment to achieve hub status ...

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    Cuba commits to ports modernisation undertaking

    2009-12-08T12:24:00Z

    The expansion of the Panama Canal has prompted Cuba to fund the expansion and modernisation of its three main ports in collaboration with China and Venezuela.

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    New transhipment port for Costa Rica

    2009-12-07T12:24:00Z

    The National Concessions Board of Costa Rica is to permit technical studies to be carried out for a $700m transhipment terminal close to the existing Port of Moí n on its Atlantic coast. Results are expected within a year and a tender will be issued in mid-2011 should these suggest ...

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    Green issues

    2009-12-07T12:24:00Z

    The clearance of a seven-year Environmental Impact Report logjam is one of the most important port issues from the point of view of the Marine Exchange of Southern California.

  • Port Strategy: Agricultural imports and exports are starting to show a slow improvement at Stockton
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    Stockton

    2009-12-04T12:24:00Z

    The Port of Stockton saw imports fall but exports increase in the first nine months of 2009, and is predicting a final result for the year to be similar to 2008.

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    Tuxpan terminal tender issued

    2009-12-03T12:24:00Z

    A container terminal tender has been issued by the Mexican Port of Tuxpan in the State of Veracruz.

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    APM Terminals

    2009-12-03T12:24:00Z

    Port and terminal operators are looking for ways to take costs out of their systems and provide the most efficient service possible, says Allison Enedy, director of communications at APM Terminals Americas.

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    Manzanillo win for ICTSI

    2009-12-02T12:24:00Z

    ICTSI has just beaten the competition for the $771 million terminal concession at Manzanillo.

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    Antaq moves to protect private terminals

    2009-12-02T12:24:00Z

    Brazil''s National Water Transport Agency (Antaq) has issued a new resolution enabling private terminals to continue investing in their operations and expansion, despite them handling third-party traffic.

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    Responding to recession

    2009-12-02T12:24:00Z

    The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have drawn up plans to eliminate the claiming process for cargo carried by clean trucks.

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    Volumes down, spending up

    2009-12-01T12:24:00Z

    Volumes have plummeted in the economic downturn, but US West Coast ports remain committed to investment, as Felicity Landon discovers

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    Privatisation protests at Salaverry

    2009-11-28T12:24:00Z

    Local residents and port workers at the Peruvian Port of Salaverry have protested against the proposed privatisation of the installation.

  • Port Strategy: Montevideo's new container terminal will now not go to tender
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    Montevideo Not To Tender

    2009-11-27T12:24:00Z

    Uruguay''s national port authority (ANP) will not hold a tender process to concession a new container terminal in Montevideo port, an ANP official as said.