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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.

1st March 2006

BRITISH COLUMBIA

1st March 2006

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NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) is putting together a new concession model to govern the implementation of dredging work. At present, all dredging contracts have to go out to open tender,…

1st December 2005

BNDES REVAMPS BRAZILIAN DREDGING CONCESSIONS

1st December 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Guam is soon to make a decision about the privatisation of its container terminal facilities.

1st December 2005

Guam box terminal privatisation coming in on final approach

1st December 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Argentinas leading terminals have been forced to invest in post-Panamax gantry cranes by carriers whose larger ships are putting pressure on South Americas east coast to meet their needs.

1st December 2005

Argentina invests to handle giants

1st December 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils National steel company, Companhia Siderugica Nacional (CSN), is to spend US$150m on transforming part of its coal terminal at the port of Sepetiba, in Rio de Janeiro, into an export bulk…

1st October 2005

CSN to expand Sepetiba facility

1st October 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Of the total, Santos will receive US$59.32m, which is 600% higher than money allocated in 2004. Much of this is allocated to the construction of a perimeter road to serve the 16km…

1st September 2005

BELEM PRIVATISATION TIMETABLED

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

" The march of progress leaves little room for sentiment, " said Bruce Koch, as he watched a contractor high above at work with a cutting torch. Koch, the Port of Tacomas…

1st July 2005

History gives way to progress

1st July 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

APM Terminals has acquired a 50% shareholding in Terminal de Conteineres do Vale do Itajai S/A (Teconvi) in Itajai, southern Brazil.

1st July 2005

APMT scores in Brazil

1st July 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Seven Brazilian container terminals are investing US$82.8m in new equipment to expand capacity on average by around 30%. In part, they are taking advantage of the Reporto programme, which waives federal taxes…

1st July 2005

Equipment spending boom in Brazil?

1st July 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Whilst the leader in Canadas box boom is the West Coasts Vancouver, other ports are rising quickly through the ranks, as Michael Rosenfeld reports.

1st June 2005

Box Terminal Expansion A Response to China Trade

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Mexican port of Ensenada is to invest US$10.41m on infrastructure in putting into operation an intermodal corridor aimed at container traffic moving to and from the centre of Mexico and the…

1st June 2005

Ensenada to implement intermodal corridor..

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port of Baltimore executive director James Whites decision to step down as the head of the Maryland Port Commission came as a shock to the maritime community, reports the Baltimore Business Journal.…

1st April 2005

Baltimore boss in shock resignation

1st April 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Some funding will go towards landside construction and also to deepen the access channel to the port to 15 metres.The port authority administering the harbours at Paranagua and Antonina has announced a…

1st March 2005

Antonina to be upgraded

1st March 2005

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NORTH AMERICA

BHP Billiton has announced plans to build a gas terminal off the coast of Los Angeles as a means of combating the states growing energy shortage. The so-called Cabrillo Port, which will…

1st March 2005

BHP Billiton plans LA gas terminal

1st March 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Implementing similar upgrades at all national ports would cost US$20 billion. Work required at Santos includes extending container stacking yards, constructing perimeter roads, recommencing dredging work, expanding the total area of the…

1st January 2005

BUENAVENTURA TO INVEST $37.5M

1st January 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Bolivia and Peru have signed an international agreement which should improve access to the Pacific coast of Bolivia and lessen its dependency on the Chilean terminal of Arica which is being privatised.…

1st December 2004

Bolivia seeks alternative access to sea

1st December 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The main strategy adopted by the Brazilian transport ministry as a means of easing bottlenecks at ports in the south and southeast of the country is to shift agricultural exports from the…

1st December 2004

Brazil to shift agricultural exports to northeast

1st December 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian government has announced that it will give priority to modernising the 11 largest ports in the country which between them account for 95% of all national exports.

1st November 2004

Brazilian government to prioritise 11 national ports

1st November 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The troubled Terminal 6 at Buenos Aires is to be once again put out to tender, according the General Ports Administration (AGP), the state controlled organisation which overseas national ports.

1st November 2004

BA Terminal 6 to be re-tendered

1st November 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have required the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to severely curb their air pollution.

1st October 2004

Arnie vetoes air pollution bill?

1st October 2004