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Chilean ports in the red
André s Rengifo, the director of Chile's Port Company Systems, has said that the country's public ports will all post negative figures in 2009.
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Libra to consolidate three terminals operation
Libra Terminais has presented proposals to the authorities to unify its two operational areas into a mega-terminal handling containers.
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APM plans Santos terminal
APM Terminals is to present a project to Santos Port Authority to operate a container terminal at Prainha in the Guarujá region of the port. It would require investment of $700m and include construction of 700 metres of quay to serve a terminal with a capacity of 1.2m teu.
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Cold ironing comes to Vancouver
Vancouver has become the third world port to introduce cold-ironing, which allows berthed vessels to make use of mains power supply when in port.
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Talking up Punta Colonet
Despite an effective suspension on the development of the Punta Colonet mega-port project in Mexico since April, the head of the Ministry of Communications and Transport, Juan Molinar Horcasitas, announced in August that the project is still effectively live.
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Puerto Rico
Concessioning of Puerto Rico''s Las Americas port (PLA) will go ahead, law firm Mayer Brown partner Joseph Seligman has said.
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NewsUS traffic down to 2002 levels
Figures released in the US suggest that the country''s ports will handle 12.3m teu in 2009, equivalent to an 18.8% year-on-year drop - the fewest containers handled since 2002.
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NewsPort Authority of New York and New Jersey Completes Preliminary Study of Bayonne Bridge
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) has released results of a US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) analysis of the air-draft restricting Bayonne Bridge.
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Brazil''s Oderbrecht, an engineering and construction company, in partnership with Dubai-based ports operator DP World, has acquired a majority stake in a Brazilian port, Empresa Brasileira de Terminais Portuarios (Embraport) in Santos City, Sao Paulos state, media reports have said.
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NewsAttempts being made to halt LLX development
The Federal Public Ministry in Campos dos Goytacazes has put forward a legal injunction to prevent LLX from continuing with construction of a port complex at Aç u on the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro state.
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NewsNew decree could stunt new Brazilian development
Antaq, the Brazilian authority overseeing ports, has put forward a proposal that would fundamentally change legislation governing how private terminals handle third-party traffic.
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Strike shuts down BA for a week
At the end of August, port workers in Buenos Aires belonging to the SUPA trade union began an indefinite strike in rejection of a ruling by the Works Ministry that stevedores employed in the stuffing and destuffing of containers actually belonged to the Hoist trade union.
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Tuburão world's most efficient iron ore export port
The Naval Engineering Department of the University of Sã o Paulo has concluded that the CVRD-owned Tubarã o port in Vitó ria is the most efficient iron ore export facility in the world.
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Port Bolívar to modernise
Port Bolí var Port Authority in Ecuador is looking to acquire a new port crane for Quay 5 as part of an expansion and upgrade programme, costed at $80m. The Port Development Project will involve building a further 240 metres of quay, where post-panamax capability would be incorporated.
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Oakland's security upgrade
A contract to upgrade the Port of Oakland''s perimeter security and also install a fibre optic communications system has been awarded to GTSI under the US Communities contract. GTSI will team up with local businesses to deliver the various phases of the project, aimed at completion by April 2010.
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Açu mega-port takes shape
A new mega-port complex is taking shape at Aç u to the north of Rio de Janeiro, which is being bankrolled by Brazil''s state investment bank BNDES and by the privately owned LLX. This will serve an area the size of Manhattan Island, where it is hoped that up to ...
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New Chilean capacity not needed in the south
The Chilean region centred around the Bí o Bí o River does not require a new commercial port, according to Juan Manuel Gutié rrez, the managing director of Puerto Lirqué n.
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Guaymas tender released
Guaymas port has announced a tender to establish, equip, operate and run a container terminal for public use in its port. With an approximate area of 52,720 m2, Guaymas is targeting companies to construct and operate the new container terminal, which is projected to handle 175,000 teu in its first ...
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Baltimore cleans up
The Port of Baltimore is to benefit from a $3.5m grant from US Recovery Act funds to help clean the air in and around the Port. The port will use the funds for clean-diesel technology in essential equipment used for harbor operations, creating jobs and reducing asthma rates and other ...
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Mexican port digs deeper
Starting September 2009, the Port of Ensenada will be able to received post-panamax vessels with a capacity of 7,500 teu.
