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NewsDrop off in traffic at Manta
Authorities in Ecuador have become worried by the drop-off in cargo handled at the port of Manta. In part, this is a result of labour unrest in the port, which is due to be upgraded by the new concessionaire Terminales Internacionales de Ecuador (Tide) over the next three years.
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Zebra buys Navis
US company Zebra Technologies Corporation is to buy Navis Holdings in its entirety for $145m. The transaction is due to take place later this year.
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NewsLatin America to double capacity every 4-5 years
A report issued by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) has warned that the Brazilian port of Santos will have to double its capacity every four years in order to keep up with demand, while port capacity in the rest of Latin America will also have ...
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NewsUS West Coast feature
Ports along the US West Coast are all expecting further substantial increases in Asian imports, but as Felicity Landon reports, there is a balance to be struck with the increasing pressures of environmental and security issues
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NewsTacoma 'alternative'
The Port of Tacoma believes it is well placed to provide an alternative to the ports of Southern California for the growing volumes of imports heading inland.
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NewsTWIC rolls out
The Transport Workers ID programme (TWIC) is one of the latest in a series of security measures being absorbed by US ports. Being rolled out in phases around the country, it is designed to protect secured areas by requiring all unescorted personnel to have been pre-screened and deemed not a ...
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NewsStockton
The Port of Stockton, which handled 3.23m tonnes of imports and 528,238 tonnes of exports last year, continues to pursue governmental and environmental permissions for a project to dredge to 35 feet the seven berths at its West Complex facility, formerly the US naval facility on Rough & Ready Island.
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Record month for Portland
September was a record month for the port of Portland, with 1.28m tonnes of cargo moving in and out of its terminals. Much of this was dry bulks - 960,000 tonnes, divided between grain, potash and soda ash.
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TWIC programme begins in earnest
Ports across the US are rolling out the Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) for all individuals requiring unescorted access to secure or restricted areas.
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NewsEl Salvador port concession programme
Hugo Barrera, president of El Salvador''s national ports authority, CEPA, has told Port Strategy that, of the 14 parties to show an interest in the country''s ports privatisation programme, 85% favour a Master Concession. Signficantly, any concession could also include the national rail network.
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HPH loses out in Panama
Panama''s Supreme Court has rejected the legal challenge made by Panama Ports Company (PPC), part of the HPH group, aimed at preventing construction of a new mega-port at Farfá n.
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New mega-port for São Paulo state
A $3bn project to build a mega-port between the coastal cities of Peruí be and Itanhaé m in Brazil''s Sã o Paulo State has been put forward by entrepreneur Eike Batista, who controls the MMX mining company.
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Private sector welcome in Nicaragua
A new National Ports Law that will allow private sector operators to undertake management of domestic maritime terminals is planned to be introduced in Nicaragua by the end of the first quarter of 2008.
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NewsBreakbulk is king at Tacoma
While most eyes are on the explosion in container growth buoying ports around the world, the US port of Tacoma is singing the praises of its non-containerised exports.
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Re-structuring of maritime bodies in Ecuador
Ecuador''s General Directorate of the Merchant Marine (Digmer) has been renamed the National Aquatic Spaces Organisation (Dirnea).
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Libra introduces off-dock loading
Libra Terminal Rio, which operates two container terminals in the Port of Rio de Janeiro, has added coffee handling to its skills. The cargo is loaded in containers at the company''s off-dock Redex bonded facility, which began operations in October handling manufactured goods, pig iron and palletised ornamental stone.
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Concession delay at Talcahuano
The Chilean Port of Talcahuano has revealed that it is suffering from serious structural problems, making it difficult for it to offer it as a concession, particularly given the nearby presence of seven private port companies.
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Houston expanding facilities
The Port of Houston is to undertake investment totalling $25m to upgrade existing facilities.
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No more Colombian coal barges
A change in the law means that Colombian coal terminals will have to undertake direct transfers to vessels rather than using barges as from 2010.
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Puerto Montt concession deserted
The only bid to operate the Chilean Port of Montt, which was entered by construction company Luis Navarro, was judged to be non-compliant and the tender has been declared void.
