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Sepetiba to expand to hub status
05 Mar 2008
CSN is to invest $17m in the container terminal it operates at the Brazilian port of Sepetiba. Expansion of the terminal will allow it to function as a distribution hub for both cabotage and deep sea services.
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Private operators eye openings in Brazil
06 Mar 2008
Brazilian National Waterways regulator, Antaq, is reviewing the possibility of allowing new private port terminals to be established.
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Major dredging programme launched
07 Mar 2008
Brazil has admitted that many of its port access channels lack sufficient depth to accommodate modern ships meaning that ports such as Santos and Itaguaí cannot receive the latest generation of container vessel.
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Paranagua tender first
08 Mar 2008
The Brazilian port of Paranaguá has issued a dredging tender worth $61.6m. It is the first ever issued in that country allowing international competition in this sector. The contract is for five years and involves work in the Canal da Galheta.
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Kalmar fits Guayaquil
09 Mar 2008
ICTSI has contracted Kalmar to supply 13 fork lift trucks, four empty container handlers and 18 terminal tractors for its Contecon Guayaquil container terminal in the Ecuardorian port of Guayaquil.
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TPS in major investment initiative
10 Mar 2008
Terminal Pacífico Sur Valparaíso (TPS) is to overhaul its fleet of equipment this year with the purchase of three reachstackers and six terminal tractors at a cost of $2m, and four rubber-tyred gantry cranes for a similar amount.
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Callao “inefficient port” slur
11 Mar 2008
Port rankings produced by the World Economic Forum have placed Peru at the very bottom when it comes to infrastructure.
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Five Peruvian terminals to be privatised
12 Mar 2008
The Peruvian Transport Ministry has announced that the regional ports of Pisco, Paita and Ilo, as well as the river ports at Pucallpa and Iquitos, will be put out of concession in 2008. Investment of around $100m will be required across all five.
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Delays dog Colonet tender
13 Mar 2008
Despite the fact that the Mexican government announced in mid-2007 that it would issue a tender in the first quarter of 2008 in respect of the concession for the port of Colonet, no date has so far been publicised.
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TIDE seeks government help
14 Mar 2008
The director of Terminales del Ecuador Paul Gallie has asked the government to eradicate some of the obstacles that could deter shipping lines from calling at the port of Manta.
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Suriname and France consider port partnership
11 Mar 2008
French and Surinamese authorities look set to establish a jointly-operated port in Suriname.
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US ports must prepare for Panama traffic
14 Mar 2008
Panama Canal executive Rodolfo Sabonge has stressed the need for US ports to be ready for “larger and bigger” ships on the back of the Canal expansion work currently underway.
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Tacoma ties partners into future development plans
10 Mar 2008
US west coast port Tacoma has signed a memorandum of intent with the Puyallup Tribe, Marine View Ventures and SSA Marine to enhance prospects for a new terminal development on the Blair-Hylebos Peninsula.
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