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10% rise for New York and New Jersey traffic..
The port complex has increased its first half year traffic by 10% over 2003 with Asia continuing to drive the increase in containerised cargo. 630,000 TEUs to and from Asia were handled in the port during the first half of 2004, accounting for 42% of the port' s total market. ...
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.. WHILE DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES AT OTHER MEXICAN PORTS
The Chinese Zhe Jiang consortium has announced that it is to invest in a new distribution development at the port of Progreso, from where containers will be rotated out to markets in both the US and the Caribbean. The project to build the new zone is being headed by Grupo ...
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..WHILE VALPARAISO TO ADD LOGISTICS ZONE..
"It is no longer a question of if our nation's transport infrastructure will start to fail, but when," Mr Raymond said. Short-sea shipping services could move cargo from congested ports to ready ports with available capacity,such as ports in Wilmington and Philadelphia. Six financial institutions have bid for a five-month ...
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...as HPH prepares to develop Punta Colonet
"It is no longer a question of if our nation's transport infrastructure will start to fail, but when," Mr Raymond said. Short-sea shipping services could move cargo from congested ports to ready ports with available capacity,such as ports in Wilmington and Philadelphia. Strong rumours are emerging in Mexico that HPH ...
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MAERSK PULLS OUT OF MANZANILLO..
Maersk Sealand has officially pulled out of Manzanillo, instead transferring its regional box traffic to Lazaro Cardenas which currently receives calls also from APL and CP Ships.
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ZPMCs for Evergreen at Tacoma
Four new ZPMC quay cranes have been delivered to the Pierce County Terminal at Tacoma, with a fifth to arrive shortly. The cranes arrived fully assembled by one of ZPMC' s own heavy lift vessels.
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Suape's capacity to double
Tecon Suape, S.A. (TSSA), ICTSI' s Brazilian unit operating Suape Container Terminal (SCT) in Pernambuco, has ordered two new post-Panamax quay cranes and to RTGs from ZPMC.
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NewsCARNIVAL TIME SQUEEZES PORT CAPACITY
Rainbow Nelson reports from Brazil on the country''s prodigious agribulk and iron ore expansion.
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NY/NJ DREDGES FOR THE FUTURE
The Port of New York & New Jersey has implemented a $1.66m channel-deepening programme which will be completed in 2014. This is a joint project between the port authority, which will finance half the cost, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, with the Federal Government providing matching funding.
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NEW GRANITE TERMINAL FOR SUAPE
The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) is in the throes of swapping maritime land known as the Pier 98 Annex to the SYSCO Corporation, a domestic food distribution company.Granex has taken out a 10-year concession on a site close to the port of Suape in Brazil from where it expects ...
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L.B. SETS BUDGET
The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) is in the throes of swapping maritime land known as the Pier 98 Annex to the SYSCO Corporation, a domestic food distribution company.The Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners has adopted a $450.8m budget for the 2005 fiscal year beginning October 1.
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Paranagua upgrades quay
The port of Paranagua, Latin America''s largest dry bulk exporting facility and Brazil''s leading soya export gateway, has issued tenders for the repair and upgrading of its Muelle Comercial.
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BRAZIL MAY WAIVE PORT TAXES
The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) is in the throes of swapping maritime land known as the Pier 98 Annex to the SYSCO Corporation, a domestic food distribution company.The Brazilian government has revealed that it is contemplating implementing legislation that will waive taxes normally imposed on national ports as a ...
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NewsLNG terminal for Long Beach
Conoco Phillips and Mitsubishi have signed an MOU to undertake a joint development of an LNG import terminal at the US West Coast port of Long Beach. Investment of up to $400m will enable the facility to output 700m cu ft of gas daily, rising to 1,000m cu ft during ...
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Venezuela to build new deepsea port
The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) is in the throes of swapping maritime land known as the Pier 98 Annex to the SYSCO Corporation, a domestic food distribution company.Venezuela's Infrastructure Ministry (Minfra) has called for bids for a contract to undertake a feasibility study for a $1.2bn deepwater port on ...
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Esmeraldas in the private sector
On 15 July Puerto Nuevo Milenium SA, a Colombian/ Ecuadorian consortium, took over management of Ecuador''s Esmeraldas port for the next 25 years.
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Cross-continent rail link mooted
The Chilean and Brazilian governments are in discussion regarding the promotion of a rail link between the ports of Antofagasta and Santos.
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Santa Fe to return to private sector
October 2004 has been set as the deadline for bids to operate the container and multi-purpose terminal at Argentina''s Santa Fe port.
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Savannah paves way for 50% increase
The port of Savannah has completed an expansion to accommodate double-digit growth. Phase one of the pavement upgrade to Container Berth 3 is also complete thus improving capacity by continuing the port''s plan to switch the terminal to a stacked operation. The Phase one capacity-upgrade of Gate 3 is also ...
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PERU SEEKS ASSISTANCE FOR NATIONAL PORTS PLAN
Peru''s national ports authority (Enapu) is seeking international technical cooperation for studies linked to the development of the national ports plan.
