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News Americas

  • Don’t rush to meet 100% scanning legislation

    28 May 2009

    A security panel at the International Association of Ports and Harbours’ (IAPH) conference taking place in Genoa this week cautioned against ports committing now to installations to meet so-called 100% scanning legislation from the US. 

  • B&B fund finds new identity

    14 Jul 2009

    The part of Babcock & Brown that, among other interests, owns ICS Logistics, a leading operator of break bulk sea ports in Florida, Louisiana and Alabama, may have found a way out from under their parent company’s troubled shadow. 

  • Moin tender pitched at exclusive level

    25 Jun 2009

    A tender has been released for a new Greenfield container terminal at Costa Rican’s port of Moin, sister to the Caribbean port of Limon. 

  • PANYNJ extends Howland Hook leases

    15 Jul 2009

    The port authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) has approved the lease extensions that will allow the operation and future development of its Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island. This means the 202-acre Howland Hook facility’s existing lease will be extended through to 2058. 

  • Uruguay pushes new Montevideo hub plan

    30 Jul 2009

    Uruguay's government has submitted a bill to congress for the construction of a new $260m port in capital Montevideo, the president of Uruguay's national port authority Fernando Puntigliano, has said. 

  • Three new ports for São Paulo

    28 Jul 2009

    Government planners in Brazil have identified three possible new port sites in São Paolo State. Two are at Ubatuba on the northern coast and one at Peruíbe on the south coast. 

  • Brazil cancels hike in port fees

    19 Jul 2009

    The Brazilian government has suspended proposed port fee hikes for this year; instead, existing 2008 rates will apply until the end of the year. It justified the move by citing the need for domestic ports to remain competitive as a means of boosting the national economy. 

  • Santos to concession part of Barnabé

    24 Jul 2009

    Santos Port Authority (Codesp) has held public hearings in respect of future bids for a concession on the island of Barnabé, which is located on the left bank of the port. The 38,398 square metre site is currently occupied by Vopak. 

  • Single operator for Coquimbo

    05 Aug 2009

    Residents of the Chilean town of Coquimbo have lodged complaints against a decision to privatise their local port. 

  • Government out of time on Farfán

    12 Jul 2009

    Local sources claim that the proposed Panamanian mega-port of Farfán will not now be implemented by the current government, which to date has been one of its biggest backers. Numerous attempts to build the port have been paralysed by a number of legal challenges.  

  • Katoen Natie seeks to stop second Montevideo box terminal

    24 Jul 2009

    The Belgian company Katoen Natie, majority shareholder in Terminal Cuenca de la Plata (TCP), is to ask the government of Uruguay to cancel the second container terminal project at the port of Montevideo. 

  • New dry bulk terminal for Guaymas

    04 Aug 2009

    Guaymas Port Authority in Mexico has issued a new tender for the construction and operation of a dry bulk terminal. 

  • Rodman work under way

    17 Jul 2009

    Civil works have begun at the Pacific port of Rodman in Panama, where PSA intends to build a container terminal to provide competition for the established Panama Port Company, which is a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings. It will have a 450,000 teu capacity and absorb $100m as part of an initial investment phase. 

  • Chilean ports suffer in downturn

    27 Jul 2009

    Several Chilean ports are suffering as a result of the current economic downturn. 

  • New operator at Buenaventura

    02 Aug 2009

    As from July, Muelles El Bosque Operadores Portuarios will commence handling of dry bulk traffic at the Colombian port of Buenaventura. Its new terminal will be able to unload up to 10,000 tonnes of cereals or minerals daily. The company is based in the port of Cartagena, where it has been operating for more than a decade. 

  • Double whammy for Brazil’s Vitoria

    13 Jul 2009

    There has been a double dose of good news delivered for the Brazilian port of Vitoria as, firstly, the Espirito Santo state government has promised to invest Reais242m ($125.4m) in the port and then Ports Minister Pedro Brito promised that the Reais117m dredging programme would be the next in Brazil to go up for public tender.  

  • Punta Colonet still needed

    03 Aug 2009

    Mexico should launch the tender for the Peso50bn ($3.75bn) Punta Colonet port project, in Baja California state, to prepare the country for future growth opportunities as and when the global economic crisis ends, local financial group IXE analyst Carlos González has said.  

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