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Description: Sponsored: At TPM 2018, Catherine Chow, public relations director for China Merchants Port Holdings, discussed the company's expansion into Brazil , strategy in South America involving local businesses, as well as 2017 record throughput. TPM 2018 Conference, Long Beach, California

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Sponsored: At TPM 2018, Catherine Chow, public relations director for China Merchants Port Holdings, discussed the company's expansion into Brazil , strategy in South America involving local businesses, as well as 2017 record throughput. TPM 2018 Conference, Long Beach, California

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Sponsored: CMPorts' Catherine Chow discussed the company's expansion into Brazil, strategy in South America involving local businesses, as well as 2017 record throughput.</p></div>

Sponsored: CMPorts' Catherine Chow discussed the company's expansion into Brazil, strategy in South America involving local businesses, as well as 2017 record throughput.

<div class="phx-topic"><p><b>Sponsored:</b> At TPM 2018, Catherine Chow, public relations director for China Merchants Port Holdings, discussed the company's <a href="https://www.joc.com/port-news/terminal-operators/china-merchants-bags-first-brazilian-port_20170904.html">expansion into Brazil</a>, strategy in South America involving local businesses, as well as 2017 record throughput.</p><p><i>TPM 2018 Conference, Long Beach, California</i></p><p></p><p></p><div class="wrapper-full"><dynamic-object type="youtube" resource-id="uxoFfJHDjuk?rel=0"></dynamic-object></div></div>

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