North America – Page 58

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    Thumbs up for Posorja

    2009-05-06T12:24:00Z

    Alianza Internacional Portuaria (Alimport) has been given permission to build a deep water port and transhipment hub for containers at Posorja, close to Guayaquil, in Ecuador. Draught of 16 metres will be available.

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    Peru awash with port projects

    2009-05-04T12:24:00Z

    Peru''s National Ports Authority has revealed that $2bn of investment will be made in the next few years by the private sector in port projects.

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    Docker downsizing at Guayaquil

    2009-05-03T12:24:00Z

    Guayaquil Port Authority is downsizing its workforce from a pool of 260-280 employees to around 145 as part of a restructuring exercise that will see Contecon take control of container handling operations in the port.

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    Teconvi back up and running

    2009-05-02T12:24:00Z

    Itajaí container terminal, Teconvi, which has only recently returned to operation following serious flood damage to its installations, reports that it is now achieving record levels of productivity, undertaking 40 moves per hour with two mobile harbour cranes.

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    Tacoma triumphs over TWIC

    2009-05-02T12:24:00Z

    The US Port of Tacoma has reported a pain-free roll-out of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential card at its terminals and facilities.

  • Port Strategy: Hutchison has abandoned its Manta hub dream
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    Manta seeks strategic partner

    2009-04-29T12:24:00Z

    Following the pull out of Hutchison Port Holdings, Manta Port Authority in Ecuador is seeking a new strategic partner to build and operate an international terminal in the port. If none is found, the project could go-ahead with state backing.

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    Venezuelan port privatised

    2009-04-28T12:24:00Z

    Venezuela has passed a law effectively transferring control of national ports from provincial to central government control. Guamache, Cabello and Maracaibo will be administered by the newly created Empresa Bolivariana de Puertos.

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    La Unión port standing idle

    2009-04-27T12:24:00Z

    The El Salvador port of La Unión is now completed, but continues without an operator, effectively costing $1m a month in maintenance and energy costs. The problem lies at the heart of government where no agreement can be made on the exact conditions to be attached to the eventual concession ...

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    No holding back on Brazilian port investment

    2009-04-27T12:24:00Z

    Brazil''s Special Secretariat for Ports has guaranteed that, despite the world financial crisis, investment to upgrade and expand both public and private ports will not suffer short-term cuts.

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    Tacoma recognises cleaner customers

    2009-04-24T12:24:00Z

    The Port of Tacoma Commission has recently applauded the take up of a collaborative program to reduce emissions from trucks that serve the port - which includes putting together a list of trucking companies that meet the modern emission standards and helping those that don''t, along with other efficiency strategies.

  • Port Strategy: Could the Mexican mega-project have fallen victim to the financial meltdown?
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    Punta Colonet document delay

    2009-04-24T12:24:00Z

    No tender documents or bidding rules for the new Punta Colonet port in Mexico are now expected to be issued until early next year.

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    K Line scoops green award again

    2009-04-23T12:24:00Z

    Shipping line and operator K Line has been awarded the coveted Green Flag Award by the Port of Long Beach for the fourth consecutive year for its contribution to environmental conservation in 2008.

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    CPP to buy Virginia port assets

    2009-04-17T12:24:00Z

    US company CenterPoint Properties, which is heavily involved in property and infrastructure investment, has put forward an offer to acquire the port activities of Virginia Port Authority, which owns Virginia International Terminals that in turn operates Norfolk International Terminal, Portsmouth Marine Terminal and Newport News Marine Terminal, in addition to ...

  • Port Strategy: Paita secures suitor
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    Peru ports decision

    2009-04-14T12:24:00Z

    Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos, a  Peruvian-Portuguese consortium, has signed a deal valued at $227m to modernise Peru''s northern port of Paita, going well beyond the government-set minimum.

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    Santos box losses feared

    2009-04-13T12:24:00Z

    The Brazilian Chamber of Containers has warned that the port of Santos may lose up to 45,000 teu this year because the port''s customs authority''s has suspended customs clearance for rail-borne containers handled by the Libra group at its Ponta de Praia terminal. By forcing this box traffic to shift ...

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    Big and green Savannah

    2009-04-10T12:24:00Z

    Four new super post-panamax cranes have arrived at the Port of Savannah, Georgia, on board Dockwise''s Tern, a specially constructed heavy-lift vessel.

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    New Peruvian transhipment hub mooted

    2009-04-09T12:24:00Z

    With just one container transhipment hub on the Pacific coast of Latin America - Panama''s Balboa - the Romero group has put forward a proposal for a major new regional hub at Ancó n, in Peru.

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    Nova Scotia ditches Halifax gateway plan

    2009-04-06T12:24:00Z

    Nova Scotia has dropped a proposed joint Port of Halifax and Canadian National Railway (CN) gateway project on the back of high costs.

  • Port Strategy: Flooding at Itajai dampened Brazilian throughput figures
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    Volume wobbles in Brazil

    2009-04-05T12:24:00Z

    Traffic reports for various ports and terminals in Brazil reveal a mixed bag.

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    APM keen on Itajaí expansion?

    2009-04-03T12:24:00Z

    APM Terminals, which operates the Teconvi box facility at the Brazilian port of Itajaí , has indicated that it is interested in bidding for the area of the port where operations are currently undertaken by the municipality. However, this would give Teconvi a monopoly over container handling, which might count ...