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NewsDriving growth in Georgia
Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) has revealed that the region’s ports made substantial gains in the last quarter of 2009 compared with previous year’s figures.
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Long Beach eyes $3bn expansion
The US port of Long Beach has inaugurated a $3bn capital construction programme to help it remain competitive.
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Records for Prince Rupert
Despite the global economic downturn, the Port of Prince Rupert handled 265,259 teu through the Fairview Container Terminal in 2009, a 45.9% increase over 2008.
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NewsExpanded Panama Canal at centre of 'gateway to the Americas'
Panama Canal Authority''s chief executive discusses his nation''s true potential with Felicity Landon
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LA studies hydrogen trucks
The west coast''s Port of Los Angeles has partnered with hybrid truck manufacturer Vision Industries to evaluate hydrogen fuel cell hybrid-electric trucks at its terminals.
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Second box terminal for Montevideo
A tender covering the concession of a second container terminal at the port of Montevideo will be issued on March 17, 2010. It will specify a minimum of four cranes, which will deployed in a 600 metre quay length dredged to a depth of 14.5 metres and occupy an area ...
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NewsOnwards and upwards for Brazil
The fortunes of Brazilian ports are rising. Firstly the Special Secretariat for Ports has earmarked an investment of $1.8bn from the federal government''s Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) specifically aimed at infrastructure work.
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NewsInvestment down at Brazilian ports
Port authorities in Brazil had invested about 20% of their forecast budgets by the end of October, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Planning.
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Rio to expand three terminals
Requests have been made to expand three terminals at the Port of Rio de Janeiro in projects worth $327m. These encompass activities at MultiRio, Multicar and Libra Terminais'' Terminal I.
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New box terminal for Santos
Localfrio has requested that Santos Port Authority issues a tender for the construction of a container terminal, to be known as Prainha, in the Guarujá area on the port''s left bank. It will occupy an area of 200,000 sq m and have 550 metres of quay. Annual capacity will be ...
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February launch for San Antonio privatisations
The president of San Antonio Port Authority (Epsa), Patricio Arrau, says that concession documents will be made available in February for privatisation of certain areas of the port.
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Peruvian cargo switches to Chilean ports
A tender covering the concession of a second container terminal at the port of Montevideo will be issued on March 17, 2010. It will specify a minimum of four cranes, which will deployed in a 600 metre quay length dredged to a depth of 14.5 metres and occupy an area ...
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Enapu must be strengthened
Peru''s Exporters'' Association has called for the National Ports Company (Enapu) to be modernised and strengthened to allow it to act as a counterpoint to the country''s privatised ports terminal industry.
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La Paloma development to go ahead in Uruguay
Uruguay''s Transport and Public Works Minister, Victor Rossi, has said that a tender will be issued shortly for a $1bn deep water port. A Spanish consortium is reportedly interested in taking the project forward. The port would be at La Paloma, 210 kilometres east of Montevideo.
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TPS appeals against Valparaiso bid ban
The port of San Antonio in Chile has made available documents relating to the proposed tender for Terminal Number Nine, which will be offered as a 30-year concession for the handling of dry bulk. A single operator is being sought to handle and warehouse consignments.
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Ports America seals Seagirt deal
Maryland''s Seagirt Marine Terminal has been signed over on a 50-year lease to Ports America Chesapeake in a public-private partnership valued at $1.3bn to the State of Maryland over the life of the agreement.
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NewsHaiti port pivotal to aid operations
Food, water, medical aid, humanitarian supplies - the bulk of the aid to Haiti should be arriving by sea, the most effective way of delivering the truly massive amounts of aid needed by the victims of the earthquake.
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NewsLimited growth in 2010 best US ports can hope for
Early indications on final import figures for US ports in 2009 reveal a 17% slump in traffic, despite overcoming a trough in the first half of the year.
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U.S.A. Short Sea Shipping
Is short sea shipping finally being taken seriously in the States, asks Barry Parker
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True costs of hub status
In the United States, short sea shipping - or coastal freighting services for hauling non-bulk cargoes paralleling existing truck networks - is not a new idea: a few container feeder roll on-roll off (ro-ro) services have already carved out small niches. New Bedford, Massachusetts - investment to achieve hub status ...
