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Ports and Terminals Dec, 27, 2018 0

Port Authorities have the power back but will be monitored by ANTAQ

A decree was published today in Brazil returning to port authorities the power to manage their own port areas. Since 2013 this power has been in the hands of Antaq,…
Ports and Terminals Dec, 27, 2018 0

Use of private terminals rose 5.7% in the third quarter

According to Brazil’s Association of Private Terminals (ATP), the private use terminals (TUPs) increased their participation in total cargo throughput be 5.7% to 67% in the third quarter of 2018 compared…
Ports and Terminals Dec, 27, 2018 0

Port of Santos tariff revenues up 28.8%

According to data from the Santos Port Authority (Codesp), the port collected tariff revenues of R$5.32 per ton of cargo in October this year, up 28.8% compared to the same…
Ports and Terminals Dec, 27, 2018 0

Temer denies any wrongdoing as Attorney General files complaint

Brazil’s President, Michel Temer has denied any charges recently leveled against him by the Attorney General’s Office. In an event in Goiânia this week, the President called the accusations “moral framing”. The…
Ports and Terminals Dec, 24, 2018 0

Antaq to offer concessions for six areas in the state of Pará

Brazil’s National Agency for Water Transport (ANTAQ) published in the Official Union Gazette that it is to offer concessions for five areas in Belém port and one in Vila do…
Ports and Terminals Dec, 24, 2018 0

Port Workers termporarily lift blockade in Mar del Plata

Port workers have decided to temporarily lift the blockades to Terminals 2 and 3 in the fishing port of Mar del Plata. The strike began on Monday 17th December and…
Ports and Terminals Dec, 24, 2018 0

Carriers charge for delays at Puerto Madryn

Repairs to piles at the Almirante Storni berths in Puerto Madryn, in Argentina’s Patagonia, have been concluded, but incredibly, no plans have been finalized for completing the superstructure of one…
Ports and Terminals Dec, 21, 2018 0

Terport Villeta goes live with N4 TOS

Paraguayan terminal operator, Terport, which opened its second terminal in the Assuncion area, in the city of Villeta, has been operating for over a month and has been using the…
Ports and Terminals Dec, 18, 2018 0

Bolsonaro to change port management structure at Santos

According to a political source, the new Bolsonaro government plans to decentralize the Port of Santos and privatize dredging as of 2019. In order to safeguard the interests of the labor…
Ports and Terminals Dec, 13, 2018 0

Antaq to ask Pérola to vacate STS20 at Santos

Following on from failure to auction off the area known as STS20 at Pérola Terminal in Santos, the National Water Transportation Agency (Antaq) has decided to ask the terminal to…