World News – Page 451
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NewsBrazilian port of Imbituba
The Brazilian port of Imbituba has seen the commencement of direly-needed expansion work intended to up capacity from 150,000 to 400,000 TEUs per annum.
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LONG BEACH
Long Beach is seeking public input for an Environmental Impact Report intended to address a cleanup project at Pier A West, a 123-acre oil field.
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BARRANQUILLA
This will be located close to the mouth of the Panama Canal, adjacent to the former US Howard airbase.The Autonomous Corporation of Rio Grande de la Magdalena had approved a total of five terminal concessions at the port of Barranquilla, Colombia, by the end of 2005. The last of these, ...
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SAN ANTONIO
Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas (SAAM) has been given permission to raise its stakeholding in Chile''s San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) from 40% to 60%. SAAM acquired an initial 39.99% stake when the concession on Molo Sur was first awarded in 2000.
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Dragados-SPL negotiates with Corpus Christi
In an interesting move, Spanish stevedoring group Dragados-SPL has commenced negotiations with the port authority of the Texan port of Corpus Christi regarding a possible 96-year concession to build a brand new container terminal, which will be known as the Fifth Trade Gateway Container Terminal.
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News'Irregularities' come to light in Chile
A special investigations committee set up by the Chilean parliament has detected irregularities linked to the privatisation of national ports.
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..and Montevideo
Uruguay''s National Ports Administration (ANP) has awarded a dredging contract to Jan De Nul worth US$6.63m.
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New York seeks to dump P&O
Amidst the political storm raging in the US over DP World''s acquisition of P& O Ports, the Dubai company is to separate the US part of P& O Ports which will effectively put on indefinite hold plans take control of its US terminal interests.
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Jan De Nul dredges Tampico..
The Mexican port of Tampico is to spend US$9.56m on dredging the access channel to its previous depth of 35 feet.
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GUAYMAS
As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. At the end of February, Arizona University will present to Mexico's Integral Ports Administration (API) the results of its feasibility study in respect of the establishment of a container terminal at the port of ...
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Ten operators interested
El Salvador''s La Union port authority (Cepa) has revealed that 10 international port operators have indicated an interest in operating the port as a private concession. Bids for the 25-year concession must be entered by July and will be subjected to an analysis in September.
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ALTAMIRA
As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. The Mexican port of Altamira has scheduled projects for the next few years requiring private sector investment of US$14.82m. These encompass the relocation of the dry bulk terminal, the construction of a black smoke ...
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BRITISH COLUMBIA
Having already been delayed by a year, the construction of new container terminals at Vancouver and Prince Rupert in British Columbia are facing further setbacks due to ongoing environmental reviews.
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NewsHutchison Port Holdings
As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is to expand capacity at its Lazaro Cardenas container terminal to 700,000TEUs a year by 2008. Kansas City Southern (KCS) also plans to link the port by railway to the ...
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NewsMaritime Centres and Democracy
In Belgium and Holland recently it was striking to see what a deep-routed culture of maritime tradition prevails. The history of maritime activity goes back centuries and as with any such region, this breeds much more than just the port and its core activities. In Benelux you will find the ...
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DP World's bid prevails over PSA
DP World were left with a clear shot at P& O Ports after the withdrawal of PSA International''s bid. Singapore''s PSA decided it would not be increasing its 470p per share bid for P& O, after Dubai''s DP World scuppered their offer in just 12 hours with a rival one ...
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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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CHITTAGONG
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.Bangladesh's main port will spend US$12m on container scanners following a series of ...
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NewsThe post-concession race: have they heard the gun?
The shelved Ledeco project in Abidjan (see PS March and Oct 2004) would have provided solutions to all the problems raised above.
