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At present, container terminals at these ports are divided into completely separate berth operations, often managed by totally distinct stevedoring outfits employing a bewildering variety of loading and handling systems. As part…

1st January 2004

Montreal beats New York

1st January 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian port of Itaqui is to receive investment totalling $68m over the next four year to fund upgrading and expansion work. $61m will come from the Federal Government and $6.82m from…

1st January 2004

Itaqui upgrades

1st January 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Two new post-Panamax container cranes have arrived at Philadelphia' s Packer Avenue Marine Terminal (PAMT), operated by Greenwich Terminals LLC. The cranes, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, have an outreach of 45.7m…

1st November 2003

New post-Panamax cranes for PAMT

1st November 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Permission to seek tenders has been granted for Santos to improve its land access with a $278m project to segregate rail and highway traffic into the port, as well as divert heavy…

1st November 2003

Santos inland access improvement

1st November 2003

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Veracruz twice as expensive as Barcelona

1st October 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

" I think this is a case in point which established the soft underbelly of national security and homeland defence in the United States, " Californian democratic senator, Dianne Feinstein stated recently.

1st October 2003

Feinstein concerned over uranium shipment

1st October 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The percentage of petroleum coke dust found in samples collected around the port in the first quarter of this year shows a 7% concentration, only slightly higher than the 6% found in…

1st October 2003

Long Beach cuts coke dust

1st October 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Consultants Parsons Brinkerhoff International and Montgomery Watson-Harza are due to present a prefeasibility study for the Panama Canal expansion project this month with final studies then to be undertaken in 2004. The…

1st October 2003

Pre-feasibility study for new Panama Canal in October

1st October 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has announced a $110m project at Savannah that will expand the capacity of the Garden City Terminal by 20% increasing what is already claimed to be the largest…

1st October 2003

GPA reports growth at both ports

1st October 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian Copersucar Co-operative has revealed plans to continue adding to its capacity at the port of Santos where it operates the Copersucar Sugar Terminal (TAC). A new 110,000-tonne dual-cell silo is…

1st October 2003

Copersucar expands capacity at Santos

1st October 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port Authority of Jamaica has committed over $1bn to upgrade port security in Kingston and Montego Bay.

1st September 2003

Jamaica spends a billion on upgrade

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Chuck Raymond, ceo of Horizon Lines, has said that container security cannot become a reality unless there is " a coordination of all parties participating in cargo movement."

1st September 2003

Transhipment hubs warned

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The UN-hosted Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries has come up with a plan to reinforce the right of all countries to enjoy secure access to the sea. The plan incorporates…

1st September 2003

Landlocked countries get relief

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The battle for transhipment volumes in the Caribbean is stronger than ever, reports Rainbow Nelson .

1st September 2003

Caribbean WHIRLWIND

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Buffalo Bayou Partnership with the Port of Houston and the local flood control agency, have commissioned a new trash skimmer vessel named " Mighty Tidy" , designed to remove floating rubbish…

1st September 2003

Mighty Tidy beats out Stinky Pinky

1st September 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Francisco Lopez Barredo has been awarded the concession to operate the Terminal Especializada de Contenedores box handling facility at the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas. His bid included investment of US$7m compared…

1st July 2003

Lazaro Cardenas box terminal out to concession

1st July 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

According to Juan Carlos Alferez, manager of Dole Ecuadors new private port, near Guayaquil, throughput of mainly export bananas has pushed the facility up to 60% of capacity. However, Dole is not…

1st July 2003

Doles Ecuador banana port up to 60% of capacity

1st July 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Panama Canal Authority has initiated trials of simultaneous, two-way transits (Atlantic and Pacific bound) of large commercial vessels through the Canal.

1st July 2003

Canal Trials

1st July 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, which saw its Asian cargo volumes increase by 23% in 2002, has signed an agreement with the Panama Canal Authority to jointly promote…

1st July 2003

Panama teams up to boost Asia business

1st July 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Panamas three container terminals, Manzanillo, Colon and Balboa which account for 97% of total traffic, registered a 14.3% first quarter growth in containers handled.

1st July 2003

Panama posts big first quarter numbers

1st July 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The first quarter results reported by Halterm, one of the two Halifax container terminal operators, show a goodwill write down of C$56m and tell the story of dark days ahead for the…

1st June 2003

Clock ticking at Halterm

1st June 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Long Beach, USA has cleared the way for the development of a US$400m liquefied natural gas terminal (LNG) on Terminal Island, the first facility of its kind to be…

1st June 2003

First USWC LNG Terminal

1st June 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Vancouver Port Authority has announced that it expects to begin construction of a new $800m container terminal at Roberts Bank by 2007.

1st June 2003

New Box Terminal for Vancouver

1st June 2003