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Rio Tinto's Uruguay connection
The Rio Tinto mining company is to build a port in western Uruguay where it will dispatch iron ore from mines at Corumbá , in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This will require investment of $205m.
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Major dry bulk investment at Buenaventura
Colombia''s National Concessions Institute (Inco) has authorised Sociedad Cemas SA to invest $13.6m in the port of Buenaventura.
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New Lázaro terminal
Lá zaro Cá rdenas Port Authority has issued a tender in respect of a terminal handling new vehicles. The terminal will cover an area of 400,000 sq m and have a quay 509 m in length. The concession will be for 20 years with an option for 10 additional years ...
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NewsBayonne Bridge
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) Board has authorised up to $300,000 for a study of the restrictive 151 ft air draft of the Bayonne Bridge and how that might hinder future trade growth.
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NewsLiebherr captures South American dream
Since opening a sales office in Brazil five years ago, crane manufacturer Liebherr claims to have boosted the mobile harbour crane (MHCs) population in the country from five to 22.
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Boston throughput record
The port of Boston set a new throughput record for containers in 2007. This sector increased 10.1% to 220,341 teu.
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Santa Fe on the move
The Argentinian port of Santa Fe has been given a $25m loan, which will be used to relocate existing port facilities to the right bank of the Paraná River.
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NewsPanama Canal forecasts revenue increase
The Panama Canal is forecasting continuing growth for fiscal 2008, despite the economic problems currently faced by US.
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Two new Chilean ports
Seven bids have been received for the privatisation of the Chilean ports of Chacao and Punta Coronel, with 15 companies represented overall. Work is expected to commence in the second half of 2008 for slated completion in the second half of 2009.
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MTC eyes Mexican terminal
Marine Terminals Corporation, the biggest operator of ports on the US west coast, has declared an interest in bidding for the second container terminal at the Mexican port of Lá zaro Cá rdenas.
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Paita privatisation 'no'
Local members of Parliament in Peru have called on the government to invest urgently in the port of Paita, which has a key export function. Local authorities have also put together a committee to oppose privatisation of the facility.
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Peruvian privatisation plan unveiled
Peru''s Transport and Communications Minister, Veró nica Zavala, has announced that the ports of Pisco, Pucallpa, Iquitos and Paita will be offered for concessions between July and September this year. The government will provide matching investment in both Pucallpa and Iquitos, she said.
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PSA turns down Farfán
PSA, which is building the new Panamanian port of Rodman, has written to the government to advise that it will not be bidding in the tender for a second port to be built at Farfá n.
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Savannah touts sustainibility
Georgia Ports Authority has announced that an upgrade to one of its container berths at the Port of Savannah is now complete, with installation of electrified refrigerated cargo racks, and transfer of GPA''s 17 ship-to-shore cranes to electric power.
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NewsPANYNJ shatters throughput records
The Port of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) broke past throughput records in 2007 with 4% cargo growth, an improvement on other major US ports which declined or grew less than 1% in the same period, according to PANYNJ statistics.
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NewsSouth America pics
Opinions are mixed in Brazil over government plans to privatise the port authorities of all but the leading ports in the South American country, as Rob Ward finds out
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The early arrival of Hamburg Sud''s ''Rio'' has South American ports in a giddy dance. Rob Ward reports
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NewsMexico five-port plan too little, too late
As part of a $2bn investment programme, Mexico has confirmed plans to build five new ports in 2007-2012 to add to the existing 16 major hubs.
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TIDE seeks government help
The director of Terminales del Ecuador Paul Gallie has asked the government to eradicate some of the obstacles that could deter shipping lines from calling at the port of Manta.
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NewsUS Ports must prepare for Panama traffic
Panama Canal executive Rodolfo Sabonge has stressed the need for US ports to be ready for "larger and bigger" ships on the back of the Canal expansion work currently underway.
