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NewsPierPass controversy
The off-peak PierPass programme designed to shift Los Angeles and Long Beach port cargo operations to nights and Saturdays has commenced, but the controversy promises to rage on. Residents living near the ports are concerned about night-time noise and pollution, while smaller exporters in particular fear the scheme''s impact on ...
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GRAIN TERMINAL ON TRACK
Of the total, Santos will receive US$59.32m, which is 600% higher than money allocated in 2004. Much of this is allocated to the construction of a perimeter road to serve the 16km of quay in the port, where the aim is to reduce congestion currently afflicting the port and surrounding ...
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NewsUS government takes on waterfront mafia
The mafia''s port interests may have been immortalised in On The Waterfront, but the US government doesn''t find the real thing entertaining. With a view to reclaiming the docks from the mob, officials have filed suit against the International Longshoremen''s Association, naming both union top brass and organised crime bosses.
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BELEM PRIVATISATION TIMETABLED
Of the total, Santos will receive US$59.32m, which is 600% higher than money allocated in 2004. Much of this is allocated to the construction of a perimeter road to serve the 16km of quay in the port, where the aim is to reduce congestion currently afflicting the port and surrounding ...
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IMPITUBA GETS UPLIFT
Libra Terminais, the Brazilian container terminal operator with dockside facilities in Rio de Janeiro and Santos, has added a third concession.
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir I have just read the article " Country Report West Coast Canada" by Michael Rosenfeld in your June edition. The article states that the engineering for the development of the Fairview Terminal in Prince Rupert is being undertaken by Moffat & Nichol. This is not correct. Moffat & ...
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NewsWell - is it going to fit?
Our work includes the design of the new 400 metres long wharf structure, site services and paving of the container and rail intermodal yards, terminal buildings, lighting and power distribution and a road overpass.After 47 days on a 505-foot custom-built ship, two longanticipated Super Post-Panamax cranes finally arrived at Savannah's ...
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DECISION TIME AT PORT OF SPAIN
Bids are now being considered for a five-year management contract to operate Port of Spain''s container terminal.
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NewsThe Solution Provider
Byron Hock is director of Trade Development for the Georgia Ports Authority. In speaking with him Nick Elliott discovers what makes for a successful marketing strategy.
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Getting the basics right
You can''t have a successful marketing strategy if your core product isn''t right. As a quasistate agency, the GPA is one of the state''s largest public employers, directly employing more than 900 people. However, the GPA, together with private sector, port-related operations, account for more than 295,000 jobs state-wide, some ...
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NewsHistory gives way to progress
" The march of progress leaves little room for sentiment, " said Bruce Koch, as he watched a contractor high above at work with a cutting torch. Koch, the Port of Tacoma''s electronics technology manager, was witnessing the unceremonious dismantling of an important piece of port history. As dozens of ...
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NewsMobile to lure business with new terminal
Alabama governor Bob Riley has signed into law a Bill providing US$80m to the port of Mobile for the construction of a new container terminal. The remaining funding for the US$300m project will come from Alabama State Docks revenues and a private terminal partner yet to be identified.
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APMT scores in Brazil
APM Terminals has acquired a 50% shareholding in Terminal de Conteineres do Vale do Itajai S/A (Teconvi) in Itajai, southern Brazil.
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..while Santos runs out of money...
The decision by the Justice Department to block loans to Codesp totalling US$2.49m for a minimum of 15 days is so worrying companies involved in the dredging of the port''s access channel that they are threatening to stop work.
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Porto Alegre completes harbour move
After 81 years of activity at Maua Harbour, Porto Alegre has moved operational activities to Navegantes Harbour, some six kilometres further north, but closer to the city centre. This area, which has 4.6km of quay, has increased the port''s capacity from 2,000 to 4,500 tonnes per day. The aim is ...
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NewsEquipment spending boom in Brazil?
Seven Brazilian container terminals are investing US$82.8m in new equipment to expand capacity on average by around 30%. In part, they are taking advantage of the Reporto programme, which waives federal taxes on national and imported assets for use by ports. This tax break, which will end in 2007, is ...
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..but warns capacity running out..
The president of Santos Port Authority (Codesp), Jose Carlos Mello Rego, says that the port will have reached the limit of its effective design capacity within the next three years. He therefore insists that major infrastructure and expansion work must go ahead, given that the port will handle a combined ...
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NewsPMA
The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact, attempts by Cargill to extend its existing concession at the end of last year were vetoed by the ...
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DELAYS FOR EMBRAPORT
The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact, attempts by Cargill to extend its existing concession at the end of last year were vetoed by the ...
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NEW YORK'S CHANNEL DEEPENING COMPLETED
The newly deepened 45-foot Kill Van Kull and Newark Bay Channels into the Port of New York and New Jersey are now officially open, allowing ships carrying more than 4,500 TEUs to call on the East Coast''s largest port.
