North America – Page 64
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São Sebastião turns to government
São Sebastião Port Authority is seeking government help to undertake restructuring of the port, where it is hoping to build a further four deep water berths. These will be developed and operated by the private sector.
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Imbituba 2 to go ahead
Santos Brasil is to begin second phase construction of its container terminal at Imbituba. Work, which will be completed within two years, will add one extra berth and boost overall capacity to 900,000 teu.
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Brazil undaunted by box downturn
Container terminals in Brazil are forecasting throughput decreases of up to 12% this year; in 2008, throughput rose by almost 4% to around 4.63m teu.
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Santos makes an early start in re-tendering
Santos Port Authority has begun preparing tender documents covering port terminals whose current contracts come up for renewal within the next few years. This will affect at least 10 terminals. Three of these will be affected this year, a fourth in 2010 and six more in 2011.
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Massive upgrade for Cartagena
A total of $150m is being invested in the Colombian port of Cartagena on the Caribbean coast to upgrade its container handling facilities. This will allow it to compete with Jamaica''s Kingston and Panama''s Colón.
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Bahía Blanca upgrade
The Argentinian state is to invest $450m in a new ring road and a rail connection at the Port of Bahía Blanca to increase its competitiveness.
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NewsItajai follow-up
Despite trying to deal with the continuing problems caused by tragic flooding in the port of Itajai and its environs - which killed more than 130 in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina - the new mayor of Itajai has ordered widespread changes of personnel and the opening up of ...
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APM loses interest in El Salvador
El Salvador''s Port Authority, Cepa, is to issue a tender in respect of privatisation of the La Unión-Acajutla port complex in the second quarter of this year.
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Cosco still interested in Farfán
Despite being announced four years ago, the project to build the Panamanian port of Farfán has yet to make progress.
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Mexico to modernise ports
Mexico''s Transport and Communications Secretariat has issued two tenders worth $62.7m in respect of port terminal modernisation at Mazatlán and Guaymas. The former consists of a multi-purpose facility requiring investment of $23.5m, while the latter is to invest $39.2m in a projected container terminal.
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Guaymas issues box tender
Mexico''s west coast port of Guaymas has issued a tender in respect of the construction and management of a new container terminal. Expected investment will be $40m and the facilities are expected to be operational in April 2010 with a capacity of 100,000 teu/year.
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Costa Rican unions oppose ports privatisation
Trade union leaders in Costa Rica continue to oppose Limón-Moín''s privatisation plans claiming that it would not be in the interest of workers because the port complex is currently profitable.
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Mobile box terminal opens
Mobile Container Terminal, a joint venture between APM Terminals and the Terminal Link subsidiary of the CMA CGM group, has started operations at the US port of Mobile. Its current capacity of 350,000 teu/year will rise to 800,000 teu/year as new infrastructure is added.
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NewsAnother Rubb for Maher
Maher Terminals has erected yet another fabric structure - its 14th - this time for salt and sand storage at the Port Elizabeth facility in New Jersey.
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Newsstrike Peru
Workers went on strike for a day this week at Peru''s largest shipping terminal as part of their campaign for better pay and benefits.
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NewsAPM shows its credentials
APM Terminal''s integration of the new US Transportation Workers'' Identification Credential (TWIC) with its existing security system, could have implications beyond the US borders.
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Rio Grande to deepen access channel
Brazil''s Special Secretariat of Ports (SEP) has published a tender in respect of the deepening of the access channel at the Port of Rio Grande. Investment will be $84m, of which $63m will come from the federal government and $21m from the state government.
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Currency slump hit Paranaguá
The Brazilian port of Paranaguá reported a worse performance in 2008 than in 2007, blaming a decrease in the price of maize in world markets which reduced exports, and a devaluation of the real against the dollar that made imported fertiliser too expensive. However, the rising price of soya in ...
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International interest in San Antonio
According to San Antonio Port Company (EPSA), several global stevedoring groups have expressed an interest in the 30-year concession to build and operate the new Costanera terminal at the port. With an forecast investment of $400m in new infrastructure, EPSA estimates that an award will be made in the third ...
