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Shipping Mar, 11, 2019 0

CMA CGM omits Natal Port following drug bust

The Port of Natal is hanging on a thread after authorities seized 3.3 tons of cocaine from containers at the port last month. After the drug bust, the port has…
Ports and Terminals Mar, 08, 2019 0

Dockworkers’ strike continues at Santos

The Santos Dockworkers Union (Sindestiva) strike, which started on March 1, has now been going on for one week. Dockworkers are protesting a High Labor Court (TST) decision which permits…
Ports and Terminals Mar, 07, 2019 0

Government reinforces dates for concessions

Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, tweeted this morning (see below) the decision to call an auction for six port areas, located in the Port of Vila do Conde and in the…
Tecplata Container Terminal
Ports and Terminals Mar, 06, 2019 0

TecPlata requires significant investments to become fully operational

As reported by DatamarNews, The TecPlata Container Terminal announced it will receive its first vessel ‘Jacarandá’ on April 2. Although the terminal plans to double the stowage capacity to 900,000…
Ports and Terminals Mar, 01, 2019 0

Stevedores strike at Santos from today

The Santos Dockworkers Union (Sindestiva) started an indefinite strike at 7 am this morning. Dockworkers decided to protest a High Labor Court’s (TST) ruling which permits Santos container terminals to…
Ports and Terminals Feb, 28, 2019 0

Navy tightens security with new armored vessel at Santos

The Brazilian navy will deploy a new 888 Raptor, nicknamed “Mangangá”, to strengthen the battle against drug trafficking and pirate activity, and to patrol the Port of Santos and surrounding…
Fish Feb, 27, 2019 0

Ceará expects to export fish to the EU this year

Brazil’s Secretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture is hopeful that the country will start exporting fish to the European Union by the end of this year. If shipments to the bloc…
Montevideo Port - Vessel Calls
Ports and Terminals Feb, 27, 2019 0

Montevideo offers incentives to encourage vessel calls

Uruguay’s National Ports Administration (ANP) is offering a 5% discount on its Montevideo Port use tariff to shipping lines that maintain the same number of vessel calls at the port…
Ports and Terminals Feb, 26, 2019 0

Santos dockers decide whether to strike

The Dockworkers Union (Sindestiva) have met today to discuss the possibility of a strike, expected to commence on March 1. This is the day the container terminals at the Port…
Fish Feb, 25, 2019 0

Chinese vessels take shelter in EEZ to escape storm

China requested the Argentine authorities permission for 257 vessels to take shelter in Argentine waters from an imminent storm last Friday, according to the Argentine Navy and the Argentine Naval…