DatamarWeek - Issue 33
Week 200927 - 30 June 2009
Executive Summary
Container trades
Tank container exports continue to grow, mainly on the back of vegoil and glycerin exports which have tripled over the last twelve months. And yes, the main destination is China. The drop in imports was across the board, with fuel and lubeoil additives particularly hard hit.
Shippers and cargo
Mercedes Benz Argentina are negotiating the sale of 600 Sprinter-based ambulances to Venezuela.
Renault Argentina announced a US$132m investment in their Cordoba plant to build a new model, expected to be the Megane III. Production is to be 32,000 cars/yr, 20% for the domestic market and 80% for export to Mercosul and other South American countries.
Germany's autoparts manufacturer Pelzer is to invest US$7m in a plant to produce bumpers for VW's Pilar, Buenos Aires, plant.
Camil Alimentos SA, Brazil's and Uruguay's largest rice and beans processor, is moving into pre-cooked packaged products. Camil export about a third of their 1.5m tonnes/year production, much of it Uruguay to Brazil but increasing quantities to Europe and West Africa.
Non-container
Eastwind Maritime filed for liquidation in New York last week.
Ports, terminals & related infrastructure
Uruguay's lower house is expected to approve construction of a second container terminal at Montevideo this week. the project would go to tender in the first quarter of 2010.
Uruguay's ANP announced construction of a barge terminal and extension by 50m of the public berth at Nueva Palmira.
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