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New Argentinean box terminal
The Argentinean port of Comodoro Rivadavia is to have a new container terminal costing $2.55m. The terminal will cover an area of 11,500 sq m in the south of the port and be built by Freile Construcciones.
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IDB bankrolling Santa Catarina Tecon
The Interamerican Development Bank has approved a loan of $144m to Itapoá Terminais Portuá rios SA, which is building Brazil''s first entirely private port of the northern coast of Santa Catarina state.
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Brazil to open up port services
A proposal before the Brazilian parliament would make it possible for domestic ports to issue international tenders when undertaking major dredging programmes.
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Philadelphia contentious land swap to go ahead
Philadelphia''s Maritime Stakeholders Group was dealt a bitter blow to its campaign to stop a land swap in the port to a non-maritime business when Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini denied their request to a preliminary injunction.
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NewsJaxport set for Hanjin terminal green light
Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) expects to get the green light for its third container terminal within the next six months, according to the port''s operations director Chris Kauffmann.
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NewsEIB to finance Montevideo terminal expansion
The European Investment Bank has made available a loan of $41.6m to Terminal Cuenca de la Plata and to Nelsury SA to enable expansion of the container terminal at the port of Montevideo to go ahead.
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Holy Ghost Brazilian blessing
Over the next seven years, the Brazilian state of Espí rito Santo is to invest $7.25bn in logistics areas and infrastructure. Ports will be the biggest beneficiary, receiving $3.19bn.
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Colombia coal barges death
Colombia has passed legislation making it mandatory to undertake direct loading of coal vessels to improve environmental conditions. The plan will eliminate the use of barges to load deepsea vessels. Most affected will be the port of Santa Marta.
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NewsDraught deepened at Barranquilla
Work to deepen the draught at the entrance to the port of Baranquilla was completed at the end of December, four months behind schedule. However, changes to the original design meant that one of the major levees needed to stabilise navigation along the Magdalena River was not built.
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NewsHPH raises curtain on Mexican facility
HPH has officially opened its $244m facility at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico.
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Chiapas ups storage capacity
The Mexican port of Chiapas has almost completed construction of a $2.83m container storage facility, which is due to open by the end of January 2008. There will be 750 slots for empty containers and 84 for reefer boxes in the 2,000 sq m facility.
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NewsPunta Colonet tender to be issued
Mexico's Transport and Communications Secretariat has confirmed it is preparing a tender for construction of a new deep seaport at Punta Colonet in Baja California.
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Mejillones boosts investment
The Chilean port of Mejillones is to invest $53.5m in advance of forecast mineral and industrial development around the city of Antofagasta. It also aims to double its capacity, especially in the area of imported coal discharge operations.
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America witness birth of ports goliath
AIG Highstar Capital, owner of and investor in Ports America, MTC Holdings and Amports, has restructured its business to create a single management structure for the entire enterprise.
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Manzanillo 'fastest growth' claim
The Mexican port of Manzanillo handled 1.5m containers in 2007 compared with 1.25m containers in 2006, equivalent to growth of 20%. These figures have led the port to claim its place among the three fastest growing ports in the world.
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New box terminal in Jacksonville
Mitsui OSL Lines'' dedicated container terminal in the US port of Jacksonville is due to become operational in early 2009. It will be known as the TraPac Jacksonville terminal and will be operated by MOL via its TraPac Inc subsidiary as part of a concession granted in 2005.
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Extra 1.2 million TEU capacity for Santos
The proposed new Brasil Terminal Portuá rio (BTP), which is to be built in the port of Santos, will move 1.2m teu/year, the equivalent of 75% of throughput reported at the port in 2006. Europe Terminal, the biggest shareholder in the project, says the facilities will be built on the ...
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Tampa cement deal set
Tampa Port Authority has signed a 40-year lease with Dominican Republic-based construction materials company Andino Cements. As part of the agreement, Andino will develop approximately 28 acres of Port Redwing''s 130 acres to import, store and distribute aggregate, cement and related products.
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$70 million earmarked for Buenaventura
In 2008, the Columbian port of Buenaventura will become the country''s most important following an investment package of $70m. In all, $33m is to be invested in equipment and $30bn in infrastructure upgrades, among other things.
