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With just one container transhipment hub on the Pacific coast of Latin America - Panamas Balboa - the Romero group has put forward a proposal for a major new regional hub at…

9th April 2009

New Peruvian transhipment hub mooted

9th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Nova Scotia has dropped a proposed joint Port of Halifax and Canadian National Railway (CN) gateway project on the back of high costs.

6th April 2009

Nova Scotia ditches Halifax gateway plan

6th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Manta port authority APM is analysing a number of alternatives to continue the development of the port, APM president Lucí a Ferná ndez has said amid press reports suggesting Chinese, Spanish and…

1st April 2009

Manta

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US container ports on both coasts are acutely suffering from major downturns in traffic.

1st April 2009

Traffic downturn widespread across US

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports America beat off the competition to win a 50-year concession for five container terminals at the US Port of Oakland.

1st April 2009

Oakland concession granted

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Year-end throughput figures for the US Port of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) make ugly, albeit expected, reading reporting flat growth in container activity for the first time since 1993.

30th March 2009

New York/New Jerseys flat figures

30th March 2009

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NORTH AMERICA

Another heavyweight contender for a spot in the hub port ring of East Coast South America is Montevideo, where Belgian terminal operating company Katoen Natie is already making its mark with the…

26th March 2009

Montys transhipping its way forward

26th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced the central government will retake the administration of the countrys ports and airports from state governments, in a move which has generated fierce controversy in the…

25th March 2009

Chavez seizes ports

25th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports on South Americas East Coast are vying for the undivided attention of the lines,as Rob Ward finds out

24th March 2009

The big ships are coming: but where will they go?

24th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Liebherr has recently completed the supply of two 16-wheel rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to Cerescorps Termont Terminal in Montreal, Canada. This brings the number of Liebherr cranes at the terminal to…

17th March 2009

Liebherr grows its Montreal family

17th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

While considerable buzz surrounds potential infrastructure investment by the US Federal Government, a record-sized privatisation transaction may be in the offing, perhaps part of a broader  resurgence of public-private-partnerships in the US…

16th March 2009

U.S. Port Infrastructure- Return of PPP

16th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The southern Argentinian port of Madryn has suffered significant reduction in the export of many of its core products: aluminium, fish, wool, stone and ceramics. Port workers are worried that high charges…

16th March 2009

Madryn traffic down

16th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Glencore and nine Colombian coal mining companies are planning to build a new port in the north of the country costing $1bn and capable of exporting 60m tonnes of coal annually.

14th March 2009

New Colombian coal port planned

14th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

One of Perus leading logistics companies has confirmed its interest in the concessioning of Paita, as signals emerge of accelerated port reform.

11th March 2009

Paita concessioning

11th March 2009

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NORTH AMERICA

Cargill has been given permission to continue exporting soya, millet and derivatives from its grain terminal in the port of Santos despite its concession having expired.

11th March 2009

Cargill remains at Santos

11th March 2009

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NORTH AMERICA

Rio Tinto has suspended its project to build a new iron ore port at Agraciada in Uruguay.

7th March 2009

Rio Tinto abandons Uruguay terminal

7th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A total of 11 international companies are interested in the 50-year concession being offered for the construction and management of a new container terminal on Costa Ricas Caribbean coast. The project will…

6th March 2009

Costa Rican container terminal tender issued

6th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The government of Ecuador is to make changes to the current ports legislation to set down new regulations and limits on port services undertaken by the state, with a view to allowing…

5th March 2009

Ecuador to amend ports law

5th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A new tender has been issued for a container and general cargo terminal at the Mexican Port of Tuxpan. This was initially issued in February last year but cancelled in November for…

5th March 2009

Tuxpan box terminal up for grabs

5th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The concessioning of Paita Port in Northern Peru has been thrown into disarray by an objection from the regions governor.

4th March 2009

Paita

4th March 2009

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NORTH AMERICA

In 2008, the Panama Canal Authority registered record revenue of more than $2bn, but this was based on fewer deep draught vessels using the facility and a 1% fall in cargo traffic…

2nd March 2009

PCA under pressure to halt rate increases

2nd March 2009

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NORTH AMERICA

The new superintendent of the port of Itajaí, Antonio Ayres, has revealed that the port authority is to function less as a port operator and more as a regulatory agent in the…

2nd March 2009

Itajaí PA to withdraw from operations

2nd March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A tender has been issued for a new container terminal at the Mexican Port of Manzanillo. Investment of $763m is needed, of which approximately half will be stumped up by the state…

1st March 2009

Manzanillo box tender issued

1st March 2009