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  • SUAPE HANDLING CHARGE BARRIER

    01 Sep 2007

    Suape Port authority, Brazil is to negotiate with container handling companies in the port on reducing export handling costs to increase productivity. The authority believes this will particularly help fruit exports from the region. 

  • RIO GRANDE INVESTMENT REQUEST

    01 Sep 2007

    Rio Grande Port authority, Brazil is negotiating with the federal government for increased investment of €54m ($73.8m). Part of the money will be spent on revitalising the Porto Novo area and the rest on deepening the draught from 31ft to 40ft. 

  • APL OAKLAND CHARGES FOR RAM

    01 Sep 2007

    APL has taken delivery of three RAM model 2640 Twinlift spreaders for retrofitting to existing MHI Cranes at its Oakland Terminal in California. The installation included an upgrade of the control and communication system between crane and spreader to allow the twinlifting operations to be performed. 

  • Panama expansion boon to NY/NJ

    01 Sep 2007

    The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) has confirmed its plans to remain at the forefront of the Eastern US cargo marketplace as the Panama Canal expansion takes shape.  

  • ICTSI dumps Argentina for Montevideo

    01 Sep 2007

    ICTSI has apparently lost interest in the project to develop Terminal 6 in Buenos Aires, which was formerly operated by Inteferna.  

  • GPA supports Savannah growth

    01 Sep 2007

    Buoyed by record container movements, Georgia Port Authority has announced a swathe of infrastructure improvements, equipment purchases and personnel additions at its Port of Savannah.  

  • RIO NEEDS CASH INJECTION

    01 Sep 2007

    According to Brazil’s National Logistics and Transport Plan (PNLT), Rio de Janeiro will require investment of €5.11m ($7m) over the next 15 years, if it is to fulfil its role as the nation’s distribution capital. This will include construction of a new port at Campos and a terminal on the Ilha de Pombeba. 

  • EASTER ISLAND PORT DREAM

    01 Sep 2007

    A feasibility study is to be undertaken on Easter Island, Chile in respect of the construction of a new port. Most importantly, it will determine the optimum location for this new facility, which will have to cater for both tourist and cargo traffic. 

  • SOUTH CAROLINA AMBITIONS

    01 Sep 2007

    Development team Shipyard Creek Associates is looking at the feasibility of building a variety of port-related facilities on a 135 acre site in South Carolina, including an intermodal hub. 

  • SSA PLOUGHS MONEY INTO MEXICO

    01 Sep 2007

    Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) is to invest $57m in equipment and terminal development at the Mexican ports of Manzanillo, Veracruz and Acapulco. After registering box growth of 20% last year, the company expects to be handling in excess of 3m containers within three years. 

  • FINAL CHILEAN TERMINAL CONCESSION

    01 Sep 2007

    The multipurpose terminal at the Chilean port of Talcohuano, the last one in the country to be operated by the state, is to be offered as a concession to the private sector this year. It is hoped that the arrival of a private company will enable sufficient investment to be made for the port to become more competitive. 

  • Maher partners Kalmar

    01 Sep 2007

    Canada’s Maher Terminals has chosen Kalmar as it sole equipment supplier for container handling operations at Fairview Terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
     

  • Fourth iron ore pier at PDM

    01 Sep 2007

    Ponta da Madeira port terminal in Brazil is to gain a fourth pier courtesy of CVRD. The aim is to be able to serve increased onshore stockpiles amounting to 210m tonnes as from 2011. 

  • Guatemala to upgrade ports

    01 Sep 2007

    Guatemala has set up an interparliamentary commission to look into the modernisation of its ports. Santo Tomás de Castilla, Quetzál and San José all need to be expanded to be able to accommodate larger vessels.  

  • Maersk ‘no’ to Farfán

    01 Sep 2007

    APM Terminals has informed Panama Maritime Authority and the Panamanian government that it is no longer interested in participating in the Farfán deep seaport project.  

  • Tacoma seals NYK terminal deal

    01 Sep 2007

    America’s Port of Tacoma has announced plans to build a $300m, 168 acre container terminal for NYK subsidiary, Yusan Terminal Tacoma. The move brings Yusen Terminal Tacoma to the Pacific Northwest for the first time in a terminal that will feature up to eight super post-panamax container cranes, have an annual capacity of 1.4m-1.8m teu and include 731.5 metres of berth space.  

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