North America – Page 63
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PCA under pressure to halt rate increases
In 2008, the Panama Canal Authority registered record revenue of more than $2bn, but this was based on fewer deep draught vessels using the facility and a 1% fall in cargo traffic over 2007.
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Itajaí PA to withdraw from operations
The new superintendent of the port of Itajaí, Antonio Ayres, has revealed that the port authority is to function less as a port operator and more as a regulatory agent in the future.
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Manzanillo box tender issued
A tender has been issued for a new container terminal at the Mexican Port of Manzanillo. Investment of $763m is needed, of which approximately half will be stumped up by the state and the rest by private investors. At present, the port handles traffic of 1.4m teu, equivalent to 43.7% ...
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Guaymas box terminal tender issued
An American and a Mexican company have entered separate bids for the new container terminal at the Mexican port of Guaymas.
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CEPA desperate for private sector cash
El Salvador''s port authority (CEPA) urgently needs to privatise its ports to stop its finances passing into the red, according to local sources.
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Santos box terminals hiring
The four container terminals in the Brazilian port of Santos are to take on 300 additional employees this year. Santos-Brazil will contract 72 labourers and Tecondi 70, the rest will be divided between Libra and Rodrimar.
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Puget Sound ports go cleaner
The Puget Sound''s air quality has just got another boost. The Ports of Seattle, Tacoma and PSCAA put in match funding to complement an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grant of over $300,000.
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Virginia PA retrofits exhausts
Virginia Port Authority''s (VPA) "Green Operators" (GO) programme have got the Evans Network on board its initiative by offering to retrofit the independent contractors'' trucks serving the ports.
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NewsDP World Callao
DP World officials have unveiled the company''s $1.3bn investment plan for the Muelle Norte Terminal at Callao port in Peru''s capital Lima to the country''s authorities and port unions.
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NewsBaltimore buys space
The Port of Baltimore has snapped up 14.6 acres of adjacent land for $5.25m in an acquisition designed to relieve pressure on the port''s terminals.
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NewsManta rumours
Reports from Guayaquil, Ecuador suggesting that Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) might be close to finding a compromise with the Ecuadorian government over its pulling of its commitment to develop the $525m Manta box facility (TIDE) have proved groundless.
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Everglades development part of "economic machine"
Construction of a new 41 acre marine terminal for containerised cargo at Port Everglades has received the go-ahead from the Broward County Board of County Commissioners.
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IADB helps out Montevideo
The Inter-American Development Bank has agreed a $40m loan for the Port of Montevideo for a period of 25 years, with matching funds of $13 million to be provided locally. This will help finance a new multi-purpose terminal and also deepen the access channel.
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IFC supports Canal expansion
The International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank, has approved a $300m loan for the Panama Canal Authority. The loan will help fund the Canal's $5.25bn expansion of canal capacity. The loan is to be repaid within the next 20 years.
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NewsPeru ports
Peru''s port authority, APN has met port operator DP World to express concerns about the latter''s plans to modernise a second terminal at Lima''s Callao port.
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NewsPunta Colonet delay
Mexico''s mega-port of Punta Colonet looks set to among the casualties of the world financial crisis.
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NewsNot 'running on empty' says LA
The Port of Los Angeles has rebuked negative claims in local media about its Clean Trucks Program.
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Toledo strikes Novia Scotia deal
Toledo Port Authority and Melford International Terminal have signed an agreement which will see Toledo function as an inland port receiving boxes from a projected new container terminal that Melford plans to build on the Strait of Canso in Nova Scotia.
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São Sebastião turns to government
São Sebastião Port Authority is seeking government help to undertake restructuring of the port, where it is hoping to build a further four deep water berths. These will be developed and operated by the private sector.
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Imbituba 2 to go ahead
Santos Brasil is to begin second phase construction of its container terminal at Imbituba. Work, which will be completed within two years, will add one extra berth and boost overall capacity to 900,000 teu.
