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Prequalification for Panama's Pacific port
Panama Maritime Authority (APM) is to pre-qualify all those international stevedoring groups interested in managing its new US$600m Pacific coast container port project.
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NewsNY/NJ
Already an RSO in Panama, Chile, Cayman Islands and Liberia, MUSC has carried out over 200 ports assessments worldwide and concurrently trained Port Facility Security Officers. Course instructors are all experienced security personnel verified by Det Norske Veritas.The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved a record ...
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NewsCalifornia governor
During 2008, PANYNJ reported that total container traffic in the port was 5.27m teu, compared with 5.3m teu in 2007.California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed spending over US$222bn on infrastructure including port projects without raising taxes following a call for more investment by four of his predecessors. Part of the ...
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NewsCarolinas' ambitions
Nine shipping lines and terminal operators form part of three proposals submitted to the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA), requesting participation in the development of a new three berth, 280 acre terminal in Charleston on the former US Naval Complex, SCSPA has announced.
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TAX BREAK PROMPTS BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT
The decision to waive import charges on port handling equipment for three years has prompted a rethink on the level of investment originally envisaged for the Acu Terminal, in Sao Joao da Barra. This should help speed up implementation of what is a $1bn initial development phase. The terminal, which ...
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NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY
The port authority has outlined core marketing and operational strategies focusing on adding all-water services to and from Asia
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Libra promises capacity boost
In the next two years Santos port operator Libra Terminais is to boost box handling capacity by 50%. However, this depends on the port authority carrying out two commitments it agreed to when awarding the company the concession for Terminal 35: realigning an existing rail link which is disrupting productivity, ...
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NewsMarket overcomes safety fears
A few years ago public unease about new LNG terminals looked set to limit the aspirations of the US, the biggest potential market for LNG imports. But things are changing as Mike Corkhill, editor of LNG World Shipping, reports.
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NewsSeattle backs security bill
The port of Seattle is supporting a bill to improve maritime security and provide funding for additional grant programmes.
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BNDES REVAMPS BRAZILIAN DREDGING CONCESSIONS
The Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) is putting together a new concession model to govern the implementation of dredging work. At present, all dredging contracts have to go out to open tender, but under new guidelines this would no longer be required. Instead, a four to five-year concession would be ...
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Panama megaport plans move on
The US$1bn ''megaport'' in Panama is already proving a source of controversy at the planning stage. Of the ten leading container terminal operators who met in Panama at the end of November to hear the details of the ambitious plan, almost all balked at the huge cost. However, the prime ...
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LAZARO CARDENAS
However, the concession route has not been adopted for the upgrading of facilities and Quay 5, at least not for the moment.The Denmark-based Centre for Port Dimensioning has given the go-ahead for the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas to receive vessels of at least 12,500TEUs, despite the fact that none ...
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VERACRUZ
However, the concession route has not been adopted for the upgrading of facilities and Quay 5, at least not for the moment.Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has bought a 78.5% stake in the Veracruz stevedoring company Terminales de Cargas Especializadas (TCE). ADM is already Mexico's second leading importer of agricultural ...
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TACOMA
However, the concession route has not been adopted for the upgrading of facilities and Quay 5, at least not for the moment.The Tacoma Commission can now press on with its plan to widen the Blair Waterway after the approval of a US$12.5m settlement with Weyerhaeuser which leases the land from ...
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NewsMontevideo could oust BA
The current level of container traffic at Buenos Aires which handles practically 90% of Argentina''s box traffic, is commensurate with the box boom year of 1998. However, analysts are warning that the high cost of doing business there could ultimately result in Buenos Aires being downgraded to a feeder port.
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NewsGuam box terminal privatisation coming in on final approach
Guam is soon to make a decision about the privatisation of its container terminal facilities.
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NewsArgentina invests to handle giants
Argentina''s leading terminals have been forced to invest in post-Panamax gantry cranes by carriers whose larger ships are putting pressure on South America''s east coast to meet their needs.
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RAMALLO
International operator Hutchison Port Holdings, already with port interests in Mexico, is one party known to be looking at new port development together with various logistics operators in order to establish "cargo pipelines" into the US.US-based multinational Bunge has officially inaugurated a further stage of its new Argentinian terminal at ...
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PARANAGUA
International operator Hutchison Port Holdings, already with port interests in Mexico, is one party known to be looking at new port development together with various logistics operators in order to establish "cargo pipelines" into the US.Paranagua Port Authority in Brazil has announced that it has new construction projects on hand ...
