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Ores Dec, 05, 2018 0

Antaq to hold auction for three liquid bulk terminals in Cabedelo

Antaq (National Waterways Transportation Agency) plans to hold an auction for three terminals in Cabedelo and one in Vitória at São Paulo Stock Exchange (B3) in the first semester of…
Ores Dec, 05, 2018 0

Santos handles record amount of cargo in first 10 months of 2018

The Port of Santos moved a record 110.6m tons of cargo in the first ten months of 2018, up 1.5% year-on-year, while container handling increased 8.8% to 3.5m TEU in…
Ores Dec, 05, 2018 0

Brazil and Chile agree deal to reduce bureaucracy at the port of Paranaguá

Brazil and Chile signed an agreement to increase the amount of volume traded between the two countries via Paranaguá port. The new agreement will remove bureaucratic barriers and pace up…
Ports and Terminals Dec, 05, 2018 0

Santos is expecting to receive the biggest fertilizer cargo in its history

Santos is expected to receive the biggest fertilizer cargo in its history later this month when it receives the Panamax Ostria, carrying 71,000 tons of ammonium sulphate in bulk, on…
Ports and Terminals Nov, 30, 2018 0

Codesp wants to extend the existing dredging contract

With the current maintenance dredging contract due to expire within two months, the Santos Port Authority (Codesp) is raising the issue with the Ministry of Transport, Ports and Civil Aviation…
Ores Nov, 28, 2018 0

Itajaí Port received seven Roro vessels this year

This year the Port of Itajaí has received seven RoRo vessels and is expected to handle more in the last two months of 2018. The port has already handled 13,000…
Ores Nov, 26, 2018 0

A further 21 arrested over Operation Tritão investigation

A further 21 people are under investigation over alleged fraud related to contracts worth in excess of R$37m (US$10m) at the Port of Santos. The Federal Police (PF) investigation, known…
Ports and Terminals Nov, 22, 2018 0

Jan De Nul and Dragabrás start dredging at Rio Grande Port

Dredging consortium Jan De Nul and Dragabrás started dredging operations on October 29 to remove 16 cubic meters of sediment at Rio Grande Port. Until now more than 590,000 cubic…
Ores Nov, 21, 2018 0

Codesp defends new port tariff

In a meeting last week, Codesp (Santos Port Authority), along with Antaq (National Agency for Waterway Transportation), presented information on the methodology used to raise port tariffs by 16.67% to…
Ores Nov, 21, 2018 0

Mar del Plata completes dredging work

The Regional Port Consortium of Mar del Plata announced that the dredging work to maintain the port had been completed, albeit within 120 days instead of the 90 days originally…