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Porto de Suape (Port of Suape)
Ports and Terminals Jun, 21, 2019 0

Port of Suape closes agreement with Panama Canal Authority

The Port of Suape (PE) has partnered with the Panama Canal Authority to increase its level of development and attract greater business opportunities. The agreement, signed in Panama City, is valid…
Ports and Terminals Jun, 21, 2019 0

Port workers at Santos to schedule strike for Wednesday 26 June

Port workers at Santos rejected a salary increment proposal by Codesp (São Paulo State Docks Company) and scheduled an indefinite strike starting next Wednesday (26/06).  According to Every Cirino, president of…
Porto de Ilheus
Ports and Terminals Jun, 19, 2019 0

Port of Ilhéus resumes eucalyptus exports after 20 years

After 20 years, the Port of Ilhéus in Bahia will resume eucalyptus exports. The wood comes from Minas Gerais and will be shipped to destinations such as Portugal and China.  In…
porto de itajaí (port of itajaí)
Ports and Terminals Jun, 19, 2019 0

Itajaí Port back to full capacity as berth 4 reopens

On June 17 berth 4 was inaugurated at the Port of Itajaí (SC).  This allowed it to be operating at full capacity again after being affected by a flood in…
Ogmo Escala Digital
Ports and Terminals Jun, 19, 2019 0

Online shift work system to be implemented at Port of Santos

Starting in July, the 6,000 outsourced port workers registered with the Worker Management Organ ( Ogmo ) at the Port of Santos, will be able to apply for shift work via…
Tecon Salvador (Porto de Salvador)
Port Rankings Jun, 19, 2019 0

Expansion work at Salvador Port suspended again

Expansion works at the Port of Salvador, under the supervision of Salvador Container Terminal (Tecon) was suspended last Tuesday (June 18) by the Municipal Secretary for Development and Urbanisation (Sedur). According to…
Puerto de Ilo (Port of Ilo)
Ports and Terminals Jun, 19, 2019 0

Peruvian Port of Ilo to handle more than 70,000 tons of Bolivian cargo

Bolivia plans to shift more than 70,000 tons of cargo via the Peruvian port of Ilo in 2019. The cargo handled so far in the year has already increased by 280% year-on-year,…
Porto de Pecém
Ports and Terminals Jun, 18, 2019 0

Porto do Pecém hits record in May

The Port of Pecém shifted a record 1.54m tons in May, equivalent to 4% year-on-year growth. The increase was mainly due to exports, which grew 29% over the same period…
Port of Paranaguá
Ports and Terminals Jun, 18, 2019 0

Paranaguá ships 38% of Brazil’s total chicken exports

More than 38% of all frozen chicken exported by Brazil in in the first five months of 2019, left the country via the Port of Paranaguá (PR). During this period,…
Ports and Terminals Jun, 17, 2019 0

Uruguay inaugurates expanded Pier C in Port of Montevideo

Last week, newly expanded Pier C was inaugurated in the Port of Montevideo (Uruguay). The structure was enlarged by 180m, with a width of 34m and a draft of 14m,…