North America – Page 57
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Buenaventura continues investment despite traffic fall
Although traffic at the Colombian port of Buenaventura fell by more than 5% during the first quarter, the planned investment programme for 2009 by port company Sprbun will continue. April has seen a significant rise in the number of bulk carriers visiting the port and it is hoped that this ...
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Upgrades on the way in Rio
Rio de Janeiro Port Authority, which overseas operations at the ports of Rio, Niterói, Itaguaí and Angra dos Reis, is looking to attract a series of new clients, backed by a package of investments.
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NewsChilean companies frozen out of domestic ports privatisation
Chile''s privatisation process has become a hotbed of controversy, with the executive vice president of the Maritime and Ports Chamber of Commerce, Rodolfo Garcí a, commenting that it is "absurd" that multinational stevedoring companies will be permitted to bid for concessions while domestic operators will be excluded.
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Green Goat
Virginia Port Authority (VPA) has begun using a new fuel-efficient, low-emission hybrid locomotive at its on-terminal rail operation at Norfolk International Terminals.
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Peru Ports
Japanese and Korean investors will finance the private initiative submitted by Minera de los Andes y el Pacifico (MAPS) for the concession of the port of San Juan de Marcona in Ica, which has a total investment of $2.2bn, Peru''s National Port Authority (APN) has reported.
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NewsGeorgia moves forward with expansion projects
Bucking the crisis, Georgia remains steadfast in its expansion aims. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsNew York & New Jersey
The Ports of New York and New Jersey handled a total 88.9m tonnes last year, up 1.9% on 2007, but containers were down 0.6% to 5.26m teu.
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Brazil to revamp port law
Brazil''s Special Ports Secretariat (SEP) is set to publish a revised law governing private terminals in national ports.
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NewsJaxport figures
Jaxport''s tonnage figures for the six months to end of March show increases in containers, steel, lumber and liquid bulks, which have gone a long way to offsetting a 20% fall in vehicles, and a fall in breakbulk and dry bulks. The result is an overall 4% decline.
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Car terminal stalls at Lázaro Cárdenas
The current global economic downturn has effectively put back the date for the issuing of a tender for a new vehicles terminal in the Mexican port of Lázaro Cárdenas.
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NewsPositive investment
While overall the cargo statistics make gloomy reading, ports on the US East Coast are far from defeated, as Felicity Landon discovers
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New box terminal for Charleston
$55m contract has been awarded to a local company for the construction of a 113ha container terminal in North Charleston.
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NewsDon't rush to meet 100% scanning legislation
A security panel at the International Association of Ports and Harbours'' (IAPH) conference taking place in Genoa this week cautioned against ports committing now to installations to meet so-called 100% scanning legislation from the US.
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NewsBidding resumes for Mexican port
Hopes are that the bidding process for private investment in the new multipurpose terminal at Mexico''s Port of Mazatlan (API Mazatlan) will re-start again soon after the last round was halted in early April.
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NewsCoal lets down Prince Rupert
Total tonnage at the Port of Prince Rupert has slumped by nearly a quarter year-on-year, according to official figures.
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NewsECLAC
Port throughput in Latin American and the Caribbean is expected to see a significant drop this year in the wake of the global financial crisis, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) transport and infrastructure specialist Jaime Sá nchez told specialist newsagency BNamericas.
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Santos expansion confirmed as 'viable'
Brazil''s National Agency for Waterborne Transport (Antaq) has confirmed that demand is sufficient for the national government to expand Santos Port.
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NewsGeorgia takes up environmental policy
As part of the continuing effort to build upon current environmental initiatives, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has instituted a policy for managing port operations with consideration for best environmental practices and procedures.
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NewsPCA help for the credit-squeezed
The Panama Canal Authority''s (ACP) set of temporary measures ''designed to help mitigate the impact'' of the global downturn on the canal''s clients will no doubt bolster the waterway''s finances too.
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NewsValparaiso postponement
Valparaiso is to postpone plans to expand in the face of the recession. "This year is not good to go to the markets," manager Harald Jaegar said in a phone interview with Port Strategy.
