South America – Page 38
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Five in the frame for Manta
The Ecuadorian government will issue a tender in December for the Port of Manta management contract.
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Santos secures terminal loan
The Inter-American Development Bank has closed a $430m syndicated loan with four international banks to build a new private mixed-use container and liquids terminal at Brazil’s Santos Port.
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Peru to invest $3bn in ports
Over the next five years, Peru is to spend $3bn on modernising its ports network.
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Coronel to invest $100m
Chile’s Puerto Coronel is to invest almost $100m in 2013-2014 in expanding existing installations.
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Puerto Lirquén pursues share issue
Chilean port operator Puerto de Lirquén is seeking permission to issue shares worth $86m.
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APM Terminals takes on Brazilian dockers
APM Terminals in Brazil has been advertising stevedoring jobs at the port of Itajaí as a means of re-commencing operations, which had been paralysed by strikes since October 27.
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In the last five years, the Paranaguá and Antonina Port Authority (APPA) has been forced to spend $113m as a result of action by its workforce. By the end of this year, a further $25m will also be used to settle grievances following court action.
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NewsAPMT Moin powers ahead with CH2MHill
APM Terminals’ Capt Paul Gallie flatly dismissed rumours that the group’s Costa Rican venture has stalled to delegates at TOC Americas taking place in Panama this week.
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Peruvian dockworkers to strike
Dockworkers in Peru have announced they will go on strike on November 30 in an attempt to pressurise the government into annulling the concession awarded for APM Terminals for the Callao North container terminal.
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Loss of rail increases congestion at Manzanillo
Legal problems that resulted in rail operator Ferromex being banned three times from calling at the Mexican port of Manzanillo have resulted in severe congestion at the container terminal.
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Itajaí strikes push boxes away
In the first week of November, an estimated 7,500 teu bound for the port of Itajaí, Brazil, was forced to divert to other terminals, because of a strike of dockworkers at the APM Terminals facility.
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Sugar vessels stack up in Brazil
The number of vessels waiting to take on consignments of export sugar in Brazil has been hovering around the 50 mark in recent weeks, although is now starting to decline.
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NewsBrazilian port infrastructure woefully inadequate
A recent study carried out by the World Economic Forum has criticised Brazil’s port infrastructure as the worst of any of the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China). Of the 142 countries surveyed, Brazil was ranked in 130th place.
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Problems remain with Brazilian ports legislation
Private investors are still having a tough time of it in Brazil, according to the country’s National Agency for Waterway Transport (Antaq).
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Unions defeated in round one of Limón battle
APM Terminals has won an initial legal battle to build and manage a container terminal at Limón in Costa Rica.
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Industry questions Brazilian cruise choices
Brazil will invest millions of dollars to build four new passenger terminals and reform two key existing ones for cruise tourism before the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but the industry is concerned over the choice of ports, and timetable for construction.
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Latin ports must tackle infrastructure
Latin American countries need to look beyond increasingly large ports and consider logistics, Ricardo Sánchez, chief of the infrastructure services unit at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, said at a recent conference in Santiago.
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Talcahuano concessionaire appointed
Empresas Navieras group has been awarded a 30-year concession to build a new quay at the Chilean port of Talcahuano, which is currently operated by the Talcahuano San Vicente port company.
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NewsBrazil's federal authorities flex their muscles
Brazil''s federal government will renegotiate contracts with ports that have administration delegated to states, municipalities and the private sector, in order to secure more influence over management and investment plans deemed key to national interest.
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New dry bulk terminal agreed at Puerto Montt
Empermontt, the Puerto Montt port operator in Chile, has been given permission to go ahead with a $50m investment in a new dry bulk terminal at Panitao. However, it is expected to take three to four years to build the terminal.
