North America – Page 74
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GPA supports Savannah growth
Buoyed by record container movements, Georgia Port Authority has announced a swathe of infrastructure improvements, equipment purchases and personnel additions at its Port of Savannah.
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RIO NEEDS CASH INJECTION
According to Brazil’ s National Logistics and Transport Plan (PNLT), Rio de Janeiro will require investment of € 5.11m ($7m) over the next 15 years, if it is to fulfil its role as the nation’ s distribution capital. This will include construction of a new port at Campos and a ...
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EASTER ISLAND PORT DREAM
A feasibility study is to be undertaken on Easter Island, Chile in respect of the construction of a new port. Most importantly, it will determine the optimum location for this new facility, which will have to cater for both tourist and cargo traffic.
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SOUTH CAROLINA AMBITIONS
Development team Shipyard Creek Associates is looking at the feasibility of building a variety of port-related facilities on a 135 acre site in South Carolina, including an intermodal hub.
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SSA PLOUGHS MONEY INTO MEXICO
Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) is to invest $57m in equipment and terminal development at the Mexican ports of Manzanillo, Veracruz and Acapulco. After registering box growth of 20% last year, the company expects to be handling in excess of 3m containers within three years.
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FINAL CHILEAN TERMINAL CONCESSION
The multipurpose terminal at the Chilean port of Talcohuano, the last one in the country to be operated by the state, is to be offered as a concession to the private sector this year. It is hoped that the arrival of a private company will enable sufficient investment to be ...
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NewsMaher partners Kalmar
Canada’ s Maher Terminals has chosen Kalmar as it sole equipment supplier for container handling operations at Fairview Terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
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NewsFourth iron ore pier at PDM
Ponta da Madeira port terminal in Brazil is to gain a fourth pier courtesy of CVRD. The aim is to be able to serve increased onshore stockpiles amounting to 210m tonnes as from 2011.
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Guatemala to upgrade ports
Guatemala has set up an interparliamentary commission to look into the modernisation of its ports. Santo Tomás de Castilla, Quetzál and San José all need to be expanded to be able to accommodate larger vessels.
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Maersk 'no' to Farfán
APM Terminals has informed Panama Maritime Authority and the Panamanian government that it is no longer interested in participating in the Farfán deep seaport project.
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Tacoma seals NYK terminal deal
America’ s Port of Tacoma has announced plans to build a $300m, 168 acre container terminal for NYK subsidiary, Yusan Terminal Tacoma. The move brings Yusen Terminal Tacoma to the Pacific Northwest for the first time in a terminal that will feature up to eight super post-panamax container cranes, have ...
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NewsPacific Northwest pact
The US ports of Seattle and Tacoma and Canada’ s Vancouver have jointly pledged to reduce particulate matter from ships at berth by 70% and from cargo handling equipment by 30% by 2010 in a Pacific Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy.
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GIP buys into Indian dream
Private equity fund Global Infrastructure Partners has bought a 25% interest in Chennai Container Terminal (CCT), India’ s second largest private container terminal in India overall by traffic volume.
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Concession extension at San Vicente
Chile’ s San Vicente port operator SVTI has had its concession extended until 2029.
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Buenaventura concession extended
The Colombian government has extended the concession to operate the port of Buenaventura conditional on investment of $54m being made by March 2008. In addition, incumbent SPRBUN must present a territorial reorganisation plan within two months.
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: Quayside lift for Callao
The Peruvian National Port Authority has given permission for tenders to be issued in respect of the purchase of four new cranes for the port of Callao. Contracts for two quayside gantry cranes and two yard cranes worth $33.97m are expected to be signed in August.
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ANP approves dry port
Uruguay' s National Ports Authority is to offer a concession to operate a dry port to serve the capital to be operational in 2008.
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Maersk loss hits Ensenada
The Mexican port of Ensenada registered a 4% drop in container traffic during the first four months of this year. This is the first time for at least 12 months that the port has registered a downturn, which is due to changes in Maersk' s Asian services; these no longer ...
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Cabello loses regional control
The Venezuelan port of Cabello has been nationalised. Previously, the port was managed locally by the Instituto Puerto Autónomo de Puerto Cabello (IPAPC). The move is viewed negatively by municipal and regional governments, which may freeze planned investment in facilities.
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Nova Scotia terminal
Several North American investors have put forward a project to build a new container terminal in Canso Straits, Nova Scotia. They plan to invest $300m in a 485,000 sq metre area, which will be managed by SSA Marine.
