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  • COLOMBIANS REVIVE URABÁ PROJECT

    01 Apr 2007

    Revived interest is being shown in the construction of a new deep water port at Urabá, in Colombia. Spanish consultants Sener are due to produce a viability report within the next six months.   

  • MEXICAN CARIBBEAN UPGRADES

    01 Apr 2007

    The Mexican Caribbean port of Quintana Roo, which is not administered directly by the Transport Ministry, is to spend $4.7m on modernising its Cozumel and Isla Mujeres quays.  

  • GOVERNMENT CHASES SANTOS CONTROL

    01 Apr 2007

    The government of the state of São Paulo has requested that the central government cedes control of the port of Santos to it. However, any transfer must be free of the €288m ($383m) debt that the port currently has.  

  • VENEZUELAN BOX BLOCK

    01 Apr 2007

    The government of Venezuela has recognised that there is a developing problem with stranded containers clogging the stacking yards of its box terminals, because of the difficulty some companies have in acquiring dollars at preferential rates.  

  • CAROLINA SAVI PARTNERSHIP

    01 Apr 2007

    South Carolina State Ports Authority has extended an agreement with Savi Networks to introduce the company’s information service to three further container terminals at the Port of Charleston.The radio frequency identification (RFID) infrastructure installation aims to “automate visibility of RFID-sealed containers”.  

  • Southern ports to follow in NY/NJ footsteps

    01 Apr 2007

    US states Georgia and South Carolina have inked a landmark agreement to jointly develop a port in Jasper County, South Carolina.   

  • $1.5bn reserved for Panamanian ports

    01 Apr 2007

    Panama’s Ministry of Commerce has indicated that planned investment of $1.5bn over the next eight years will effectively double national port capacity. In all, $200m will be used to expand the port of Balboa, while PSA has announced additional investment to build a new facility at Rodman.   

  • Altamira investment

    01 Apr 2007

    Terminal Marítima Infraestructura Portuaria Mexicana, situated in the port of Altamira, is to invest $12m in new equipment to include a Liebherr post-panamax mobile harbour crane that can service 18 rows of shipstowed containers.   

  • Everglades sister act

    01 Apr 2007

    Port Everglades has launched an International Sister Seaports program to encourage information-sharing relationships. The port reports that it has already registered interest from the Port of Olbia, located on the Italian island of Sardinia, and Shanghai,China over the past year.   

  • Nicaragua to invest at least $50m

    01 Apr 2007

    Nicaragua's National Port Authority is to borrow $50m over the next five years to invest in upgrading ports.  

  • No space for Tampico terminal

    01 Apr 2007

    The proposed multi-purpose terminal at the port of Tampico is not viable, because it will increase congestion in the surrounding urban area, a heavily touristic area, local sources have said.   

  • TUI SELLS MONTRÉAL MAJORITY

    01 Apr 2007

    TUI, owner of shipping line Hapag-Lloyd, has sold an 80% stake in Montréal Gateway Terminals to Morgan Stanley. The company acquired the initial stake after its buyout of  CP Ships.   

  • BUENAVENTURA WINDFALL

    01 Apr 2007

    The Colombian government has allocated $450m to the port of Buenaventura.   

  • P&O PORTS GETS THE RUBB

    01 Apr 2007

    Storage facility manufacturer Rubb Buildings has installed a new facility at P&O Ports Dundalk Terminal in Baltimore. 
     

  • NY-NJ wants in on DP World profit

    01 Apr 2007

    The New York-New Jersey port authority has asked DP World for a  "transaction or transfer fee", amounting to as much as $84m, as part of the $450m sale of former P&O ports assets in the state, news reports have claimed. But DP World spokesperson Mohammad Sharaf said: "They are asking for a sum which is unreasonable and we are saying no."   

  • New tender for Guayaquil

    01 Apr 2007

    The government of Ecuador has not ruled out launching a new tender for the concession to run the port of Guayaquil, while in the meantime it has commenced restructuring of the port authority both there and in the cities of Manta, Esmeraldas and Puerto Bolívar. Guayaquil, it is argued, needs a strategic partner – similar to HPH’s involvement at the port of Manta - to fund the investment needed in both infrastructure and equipment.  

  • Chile for China?

    01 Apr 2007

    Doubts have been cast on the effectiveness of using Chilean ports to export goods from South America's Atlantic coast to destinations in Asia. In part, this is because export cargo from Uruguay and Argentina is not as important as was previously thought.   

  • SSA Marine switches to ethanol

    01 Apr 2007

    SSA Marine has introduced a programme to reduce noise emissions from handling equipment at container terminals where it operates.   

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