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BRAZIL GETS NEW SOYA FACILITY
Bunge and Cargill are seeking international partners to develop the new Maranhao Grain Terminal (Tegran) in Brazil in a project costed at $46m. The facility will be able to load soya at the rate of 4,000 tons hourly; there will be six silos, each of which will have a capacity ...
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LA PLATA FARMED OUT
La Plata may well be offered as a single 30-year concession to a prospective management company. The facility, located 75km south east of Buenos Aires, currently has annual traffic of 6m tons but needs investment of $25m in services and equipment provision as well as $15m in upgraded infrastructure.
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Big plans move forward at Santos
Santos port authority, Codesp, is lobbying for the 50-berth Barnabe-Bagres project to go ahead, possibly in the form of a public-private partnership. The price tag is estimated at $654m of which just $40m is currently allocated by the state although the national parliament could provide more money as part of ...
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The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has awarded the Port of Houston Authority for its development of a trash-skimming programme along the Buffalo Bayou. The Houston project, initially developed by Houston''s Buffalo Bayou Partnership, was one of 152 entries submitted by 37 ports worldwide for consideration for the AAPA ...
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Santa Fe to gain new access channel
Peter Bingham, who has been in Iraqi as special advisor for the CPA explained that on his arrival last year his initial views were that the ports had deep water and were generally in reasonable condition with good quay surfaces and warehouses.The River Plate basin development fund (Fonplata) is to ...
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Paranagua piles on capacity
Peter Bingham, who has been in Iraqi as special advisor for the CPA explained that on his arrival last year his initial views were that the ports had deep water and were generally in reasonable condition with good quay surfaces and warehouses.Latin America's leading grain export port, Paranagua, is undertaking ...
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NewsCavotec presses for cold ironing in California
Supplying shore-side electricity to ships at berth - or " cold ironing" - is cost effective for certain types of vessels that call regularly in Long Beach, that use a lot of power, and that spend a lot of time in port, according to a study commissioned by the port.
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Spaniards bring LPG to Mexico
Spanish company Repsol-YPF has made an initial payment of $3.4m to the port authority of Mexico''s Lazaro Cardenas port as part of its concession to establish an LPG terminal there.
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Five new LNG terminals for Mexico
Mexico''s Transport Ministry (SCT) claims that five current LNG terminals will absorb $3bn in investment.
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Docas wants new blood in Rio
Attempts by the federally owned Docas management company of the Brazilian port of Rio de Janeiro to attract new business to the port are being seriously questioned by local companies.
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Arica concession on the block
Empora, the port company which manages the Chilean port of Arica, has received expressions of interest from four operators interested in assuming management control of berths 1 to 5 at the port.
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Iquique Terminal in expansion mode
Iquique Terminal International (ITI), which began a 20-year management concession of the northern Chilean port in 2000, boosted net profit by 109% in 2003 to $1.28m.
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San Vicente gets IFC loan
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, will provide a $15m loan to San Vicente Terminal Internacional (SVTI) which operates Chile''s SanVicente port, specialising in forest products and containers. In 2003, the port handled 3.4m tons of cargo (60% of which was forest products) ...
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Callao needs investment now
SVTI was awarded a 15-year concession in 1999 to rehabilitate, expand and operate the port. SVTI is a 50/50 joint venture between Carrix, Inc. and Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas S.A.Jose Luis Guerola, the new president of Peru's national ports authority, APN, has emphasised that his priority task is to ...
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Suape changes ownership
Ownership of the Brazilian port of Suape is passing from the central to the state government, although it will remain a common user facility.
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New ship unloader at Recife
Bunge Alimentos of Brazil has brought in a new mechanical ship unloader at the port of Recife to speed up the discharge of wheat from Argentinean bulk carriers.
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Peru to introduce concessions
Following months of debate, Peru''s Transport & Communications ministry has issued regulations governing a new National Port Law. An 11-person directorate has been established with a remit to determine the best way to bring in a concession process for Peruvian ports.
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Three in the frame for Puerto Rico
Three bidders have been selected to bid for Puerto Rico''s Puerto de la Americas container terminal development project, which is centred on the two southern coastal towns of Ponce and Guayanilla. Two container berths will be established at the former and four at the latter at a cost, including dredging, ...
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GPA moves forward
Whilst Control Risks' consultants will provide strategic assessment and advice on port and terminal security, PMSI, a subsidiary of Eurotunnel plc, will provide training on all aspects of security for Control Risks' maritime clients. A priority will be ensuring clients comply with the ISPS Code which comes into force on ...
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Florida joins counter-terrorism programme
Key West and Palm Beach have been selected to demonstrate a private-sector approach to waterborne antiterrorism security patrols. SeaWolf Security Group will be conducting a pilot programme to patrol the ports using a variety of purpose-designed security boats and specially trained security operators.
