North America – Page 61
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Buenaventura competition threat
Colombia''s Buenaventura port company expects to face difficult competition over the next two years from other Atlantic coast of ports in the same region. Santa Marta and Barranquilla pose stiff competition in terms of dry bulk, while Cartagena is the main container handling rival following major investment in equipment.
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NewsPaita concessioning
One of Peru''s leading logistics companies has confirmed its interest in the concessioning of Paita, as signals emerge of accelerated port reform.
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Cargill remains at Santos
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.
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Rio Tinto abandons Uruguay terminal
Rio Tinto has suspended its project to build a new iron ore port at Agraciada in Uruguay.
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Costa Rican container terminal tender issued
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 Rica''s Caribbean coast. The project will cost $900m, of which $600m will be for infrastructure work.
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Ecuador to amend ports law
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 more concessions in the future.
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Tuxpan box terminal up for grabs
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 lack of conforming bids. Investment will be in the order of $180m.
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Ten new Brazilian terminals
Brazil''s National Port Authority (Antaq) gave permission for 10 new privately-managed port terminals to be built in 2008.
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APM abandons Kingston
APM Terminals has withdrawn from the contract which allowed it to manage Kingston Container Terminal. The company took over the reins in 2001, but has decided not to renew the contract to make it easier for the government to privatise the port.
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PCA under pressure to halt rate increases
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 over 2007.
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Itajaí PA to withdraw from operations
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 future.
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Manzanillo box tender issued
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 and the rest by private investors. At present, the port handles traffic of 1.4m teu, equivalent to 43.7% ...
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Guaymas box terminal tender issued
An American and a Mexican company have entered separate bids for the new container terminal at the Mexican port of Guaymas.
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CEPA desperate for private sector cash
El Salvador''s port authority (CEPA) urgently needs to privatise its ports to stop its finances passing into the red, according to local sources.
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Santos box terminals hiring
The four container terminals in the Brazilian port of Santos are to take on 300 additional employees this year. Santos-Brazil will contract 72 labourers and Tecondi 70, the rest will be divided between Libra and Rodrimar.
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Puget Sound ports go cleaner
The Puget Sound''s air quality has just got another boost. The Ports of Seattle, Tacoma and PSCAA put in match funding to complement an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grant of over $300,000.
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Virginia PA retrofits exhausts
Virginia Port Authority''s (VPA) "Green Operators" (GO) programme have got the Evans Network on board its initiative by offering to retrofit the independent contractors'' trucks serving the ports.
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NewsDP World Callao
DP World officials have unveiled the company''s $1.3bn investment plan for the Muelle Norte Terminal at Callao port in Peru''s capital Lima to the country''s authorities and port unions.
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NewsBaltimore buys space
The Port of Baltimore has snapped up 14.6 acres of adjacent land for $5.25m in an acquisition designed to relieve pressure on the port''s terminals.
