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NewsEverglades eco plans
Balancing economic growth with ecological concerns is never easy - this is the challenge discussed by Broward County Port Everglades Department staff, approximately 60 Broward County residents and environmental experts, looking to generate ideas about how the South Florida port can further its environmental stewardship. Participants in the Environmental Workshop ...
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NewsOperator sought for Cape Fear River
North Carolina State Ports Authority is seeking one or possibly two companies interested in building a new container terminal on Cape Fear River in Brunswick County.
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No shortage of interest in P&O
Following the political outcry in Washington over P& O''s change of ownership to Dubai''s DP World, both trade and private equity buyers have already expressed interest in P& O''s US port assets that are once more up for grabs. Some industry sources put the likely value of the company at ...
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NewsThe greening of Long Beach
Long Beach is to see changes for the better in an environmental sense in the years to come.
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SMART TAGS FOR MANZANILLO
The Port of Long Beach 2006-2016 Strategic Plan has been unveiled, focusing on Environmental Stewardship as well as six other key areas.Manzanillo Port Authority in Mexico is to implement a programme that will reduce the time it takes to locate a container in any part of the terminal. The aim ...
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Suape seeks alternative investment
Suape is seeking alternative investment sources over and above those allocated to it by the government which are often difficult to access.
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SECURITY CONCERNS REJECTED
The US Coast Guard has rejected a claim by politicians that it had raised " concerns" about DP World''s potential support for terrorism.
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LA/LONG BEACH
Long Beach and Los Angeles are working together to reduce congestion. The two giants have finally settled a squabble that threatened to undermine an innovative plan to speed up cargo moving through the two gateways. The free time allowed for containers has been reduced from five to four days. The ...
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NewsBrazilian port of Imbituba
The Brazilian port of Imbituba has seen the commencement of direly-needed expansion work intended to up capacity from 150,000 to 400,000 TEUs per annum.
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LONG BEACH
Long Beach is seeking public input for an Environmental Impact Report intended to address a cleanup project at Pier A West, a 123-acre oil field.
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BARRANQUILLA
This will be located close to the mouth of the Panama Canal, adjacent to the former US Howard airbase.The Autonomous Corporation of Rio Grande de la Magdalena had approved a total of five terminal concessions at the port of Barranquilla, Colombia, by the end of 2005. The last of these, ...
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SAN ANTONIO
Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas (SAAM) has been given permission to raise its stakeholding in Chile''s San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) from 40% to 60%. SAAM acquired an initial 39.99% stake when the concession on Molo Sur was first awarded in 2000.
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Dragados-SPL negotiates with Corpus Christi
In an interesting move, Spanish stevedoring group Dragados-SPL has commenced negotiations with the port authority of the Texan port of Corpus Christi regarding a possible 96-year concession to build a brand new container terminal, which will be known as the Fifth Trade Gateway Container Terminal.
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News'Irregularities' come to light in Chile
A special investigations committee set up by the Chilean parliament has detected irregularities linked to the privatisation of national ports.
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..and Montevideo
Uruguay''s National Ports Administration (ANP) has awarded a dredging contract to Jan De Nul worth US$6.63m.
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New York seeks to dump P&O
Amidst the political storm raging in the US over DP World''s acquisition of P& O Ports, the Dubai company is to separate the US part of P& O Ports which will effectively put on indefinite hold plans take control of its US terminal interests.
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Jan De Nul dredges Tampico..
The Mexican port of Tampico is to spend US$9.56m on dredging the access channel to its previous depth of 35 feet.
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GUAYMAS
As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. At the end of February, Arizona University will present to Mexico's Integral Ports Administration (API) the results of its feasibility study in respect of the establishment of a container terminal at the port of ...
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Ten operators interested
El Salvador''s La Union port authority (Cepa) has revealed that 10 international port operators have indicated an interest in operating the port as a private concession. Bids for the 25-year concession must be entered by July and will be subjected to an analysis in September.
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ALTAMIRA
As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. The Mexican port of Altamira has scheduled projects for the next few years requiring private sector investment of US$14.82m. These encompass the relocation of the dry bulk terminal, the construction of a black smoke ...
