North America – Page 85

  • LNG ship safety measures in port run from controlled access procedures to crew competence reviews.
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    Market overcomes safety fears

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    A few years ago public unease about new LNG terminals looked set to limit the aspirations of the US, the biggest potential market for LNG imports. But things are changing as Mike Corkhill, editor of LNG World Shipping, reports.

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    RAMALLO

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    International operator Hutchison Port Holdings, already with port interests in Mexico, is one party known to be looking at new port development together with various logistics operators in order to establish "cargo pipelines" into the US.US-based multinational Bunge has officially inaugurated a further stage of its new Argentinian terminal at ...

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    PARANAGUA

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    International operator Hutchison Port Holdings, already with port interests in Mexico, is one party known to be looking at new port development together with various logistics operators in order to establish "cargo pipelines" into the US.Paranagua Port Authority in Brazil has announced that it has new construction projects on hand ...

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    VANCOUVER

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The Canadian government has pledged US$497m for infrastructure to improve traffic flow through its west coast ports.

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    CHIAPAS

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    International operator Hutchison Port Holdings, already with port interests in Mexico, is one party known to be looking at new port development together with various logistics operators in order to establish "cargo pipelines" into the US.Minera Caracol is to invest US$7m in a bulk minerals terminal at Chiapas in Mexico. ...

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    Lessons to be learned from China

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Congestion at US ports together with shortages of rail and road capacity are causing delays to containers and threatening import-export growth, China''s Cosco group has warned. The executive vicepresident of Cosco told the Propeller Club that Americans needed to pay attention to the problem. He explained that not all ports ...

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    Panama's megaport plans take shape

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The Panamanian government has invited the top ten container terminal operators to finalise the US$600m first phase of its megaport project. Only operators handling more than 6m TEUs annually will participate.

  • PRPAs expansion plans and (top) the existing terminal looking southwest
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    New terminal for Philadelphia

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The project that will have an annual capacity of 2.4m TEUs in its first phase.The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA), has revealed plans for a major extension of their terminal facilities on the Delaware River. The 'SouthPort' project represents the largest new port expansion in nearly 40 years. Philadelphia is ...

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    Ports emerge in Brazil

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    New investment in port infrastructure in both north and south Brazil should help relieve existing bottlenecks in these regions over the next eight years. The Battistella conglomerate and the Alianca Navegacao Logistica, for example, are investing US$100m over the next eight years on the construction of the port of Itapoa ...

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    MOL builds Jacksonville terminal

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Mitsui OSK Line (MOL) is to build a US$200m container terminal at Jacksonville, which will open within two years. The 30-year lease agreement was signed in August with the Jacksonville Port Authority.

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    OLYMPIA

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Port of Olympia has announced a US$1.5m a year deal with timber company Weyerhaeuser which plans to move its log export business to the Washington State port from Tacoma, just up the Puget Sound, next spring.

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    So far so good with US war on congestion

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Having learned last year''s hard lessons, America''s ports are successfully avoiding gridlock after investing in both equipment and personnel. More contingency time has been built into schedules, and while ships are still arriving full, they are not having to wait around for a berth. This is in sharp contrast to ...

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    CONCESSIONS

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The 360,000TEU facility will be built at Dames Point where projected traffic could eventually climbed to 800,000TEUs. The hope is that the new terminal will act as a major gateway for trade between the Southern US and Asia and also between the US and fast-growing Latin American markets.Only a quarter ...

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    CALLAO, ICA, PAITA

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The 360,000TEU facility will be built at Dames Point where projected traffic could eventually climbed to 800,000TEUs. The hope is that the new terminal will act as a major gateway for trade between the Southern US and Asia and also between the US and fast-growing Latin American markets.The Peruvian Ministry ...

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    CSN to expand Sepetiba facility

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Brazil''s National steel company, Companhia Siderugica Nacional (CSN), is to spend US$150m on transforming part of its coal terminal at the port of Sepetiba, in Rio de Janeiro, into an export bulk and iron ore terminal.

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    Katrina's ill wind

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    At time of press US Gulf ports were showing signs of getting back to something vaguely resembling normality. New Orleans'' port was just reopening, Gulfport had reopened, Biloxi remained closed as did several others whilst along the coast yet more were operating on restricted draughts. The Mississippi itself had re-opened ...

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    Libra in crisis negotiations with Codesp

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    CEO Sergio Kano, says: "The new container handling equipment will boost SCT's crane capacity twofold. The fully erect delivery was an important consideration in the selection process. SCT is experiencing massive growth and every portion of our terminal is utilized for container operation with little space for erecting cranes."Santos multipurpose ...

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    What went wrong?

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    CEO Sergio Kano, says: "The new container handling equipment will boost SCT's crane capacity twofold. The fully erect delivery was an important consideration in the selection process. SCT is experiencing massive growth and every portion of our terminal is utilized for container operation with little space for erecting cranes."A taskforce ...

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    THE HONDURAN WHISTLE-BLOWER

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A local businessman in Honduras has revealed that the government is trying to force the national parliament to allow two groups based in El Salvador and Mexico to take over the running of the country''s ports.

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    Santos the winner in federal handout

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Brazil''s seven largest ports will receive US$263m of federal investment in infrastructure this year. The money is earmarked to finance improvements to road and rail links, deepen the draught in access channels, build new access roads and acquire new equipment. Those ports benefiting will be Rio Grande, Itajai, Sao Francisco ...