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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.
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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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NewsAAPA
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.
