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Rio Grande interest
Investors from the United Arab Emirates have expressed an interest in investing in ports in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul as a means of accessing agricultural products produced there. Abu Dhabi, for example, is currently targeting up to 200,000 tonnes of rice, which will be exported via ...
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NewsInvestment boom for Central America
Central American ports plan to invest more than $1bn on modernisation to cash in on the expansion of the Panama Canal and to capitalise on new trade agreements signed with Europe and the US.
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Santos Imbituba move
Santos Brasil has been awarded a 25-year concession to operate a container terminal in the port of Imbituba in Santa Catarina state, for which the company will pay $72m. Capacity will be 950,000 teu/year, with investment of $170m earmarked.
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New Manzanillo terminal
A tender covering operation of the container terminal at the port of Manzanillo, Mexico, will be issued in June. This will also involve expansion of capacity at the terminal to 4.5m teu.
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Tecondi ups capacity
The Tecondi container terminal at the port of Santos in Brazil plans to increase capacity by 180% to 700,000 teu, which is equivalent to 29% of all containers handled at the port of Santos in 2006. This will require investment of $102m.
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Monopoly concerns in Ecuador
The Association of Ecuador''s Private Port Operators has asked the government to avoid creating monopolies.
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Second quay for Coronel
The Chilean port of Coronel is to raise $20m of new capital for the construction of a second quay and also to finance other investments. The port, which is Chile''s main outlet for forestry traffic, needs the extra three berths to boost cargo to 3.5m tonnes.
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Farfán tender withdrawn
The Panama Maritime Authority has voided the tender issued in respect of the new $500m Farfá n mega-port on its Pacific coast. The project will now be taken forward by a consortium consisting of Cosco Pacific and MTC Holdings following direct negotiations with the Panama government.
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NewsISPS code doubts at Paranaguá
Questions are being raised as to whether the Brazilian port of Paranaguá is abiding by security measures contained within the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code.
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NewsSalvador pegged as Brazil's 'least efficient' port
Truck turnaround times averaging in excess of six hours at the Brazilian port of Salvador allow it to claim the ''title'' of the country''s least efficient port.
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NewsProtests against Chilean privatisation
Shipping agents and port workers in Chile have stoutly rejected any new port privatisations in the country.
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Valparaiso RTGs
Terminal Pacifico Sur, in the Chilean port of Valparaiso, is taking delivery of the 12 rubber-tyred gantry cranes it ordered in 2005. These cost the company $1.3m each and can stack five boxes high and seven wide.
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Uruguay dredge partner
Uruguay is seeking international cooperation to enable the Martí n Garcí a Channel, which gives access to the port of Nueva Palmira, to be maintained at a depth of 32 feet. It also wants dredging to commence on the Uruguay river as far as Fray Bentos to achieve a minimum ...
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Kalmar Tacoma order
Kalmar Industries has won an order from the Port of Tacoma on the US West Coast for the supply of seven CSC 340 straddle carriers to be delivered in October for the Port's on-dock intermodal rail operations.
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JV for NO terminal
MSC and Ceres Gulf Inc have put together a joint-venture, New Orleans Terminals LLC, to manage the first phase of the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. This facility is currently operated by Ceres Gulf.
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T2 to be complete in July
The company says that this will provide an alternative to the congested facilities found in the US. Chile's Public Companies System has confirmed that construction of Terminal 2 at the port of Valparaiso will be completed by July 2008, with a tender expected to be issued in the second half ...
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NewsPrivate sector concerns over Brazilian law changes
Existing concessionaires in Brazilian ports are alarmed by plans government to change current legislation governing the construction of private ports.
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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 ...
