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Holy Ghost Brazilian blessing
10 Feb 2008
Over the next seven years, the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo is to invest $7.25bn in logistics areas and infrastructure. Ports will be the biggest beneficiary, receiving $3.19bn.
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IDB bankrolling Santa Catarina Tecon
13 Feb 2008
The Interamerican Development Bank has approved a loan of $144m to Itapoá Terminais Portuários SA, which is building Brazil's first entirely private port of the northern coast of Santa Catarina state.
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Brazil to open up port services
12 Feb 2008
A proposal before the Brazilian parliament would make it possible for domestic ports to issue international tenders when undertaking major dredging programmes.
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Mejillones boosts investment
23 Jan 2008
The Chilean port of Mejillones is to invest $53.5m in advance of forecast mineral and industrial development around the city of Antofagasta. It also aims to double its capacity, especially in the area of imported coal discharge operations.
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Chiapas ups storage capacity
01 Feb 2008
The Mexican port of Chiapas has almost completed construction of a $2.83m container storage facility, which is due to open by the end of January 2008. There will be 750 slots for empty containers and 84 for reefer boxes in the 2,000 sq m facility.
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Barranquilla draught deepened
07 Feb 2008
Work to deepen the draught at the entrance to the port of Baranquilla was completed at the end of December, four months behind schedule. However, changes to the original design meant that one of the major levees needed to stabilise navigation along the Magdalena River was not built.
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La Paloma gas release
16 Feb 2008
A project to build a brand new port terminal at La Paloma in Uruguay has been given the blessing of the National Ports Authority.
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New Argentinean box terminal
14 Feb 2008
The Argentinean port of Comodoro Rivadavia is to have a new container terminal costing $2.55m. The terminal will cover an area of 11,500 sq m in the south of the port and be built by Freile Construcciones.
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Peruvian dockworkers plea
21 Feb 2008
Dockworkers in Peru have asked the government to ramp up investment in the port industry by using profits generated by state port companies to finance modernisation. Callao alone requires investment of $247m, while other regional ports are seeking $64m.
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EIB finance for Montevideo
11 Feb 2008
The European Investment Bank has made available a loan of $41.6m to Terminal Cuenca de la Plata and to Nelsury SA to enable expansion of the container terminal at the port of Montevideo to go ahead.
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Colombia coal barges death
10 Feb 2008
Colombia has passed legislation making it mandatory to undertake direct loading of coal vessels to improve environmental conditions. The plan will eliminate the use of barges to load deepsea vessels. Most affected will be the port of Santa Marta.
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Punta Colonet tender on the cards
30 Jan 2008
Mexico's Transport and Communications Secretariat has confirmed it is preparing a tender for construction of a new deep seaport at Punta Colonet in Baja California.
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Manzanillo ‘fastest growth’ claim
20 Jan 2008
The Mexican port of Manzanillo handled 1.5m containers in 2007 compared with 1.25m containers in 2006, equivalent to growth of 20%. These figures have led the port to claim its place among the three fastest growing ports in the world.
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Guaymas road plan
25 Feb 2008
Mexico's Guaymas Port Authority in cooperation with its municipality is to invest $1.1m on building a new road that will divert heavy goods traffic from the port away from the city centre.
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Prince Rupert revitalised by bulk demand
11 Feb 2008
The rejuvenation of the port of Prince Rupert continued apace in 2007 with throughput climbing to 10.6m tonnes, up 237% since 2005 on the back of strong Pacific demand for Canadian coal, petcoke and agricultural products.
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Birth of American ports goliath
23 Jan 2008
AIG Highstar Capital, owner of and investor in Ports America, MTC Holdings and Amports, has restructured its business to create a single management structure for the entire enterprise.
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Trinidad's iron grip
24 Feb 2008
Trinidad’s state-owned National Energy Corporation NEC has started construction of a $105m terminal to handle an estimated 4m tonnes of iron ore and 3m tonnes of hot bricketted iron (HBI) and other downstream products each year once it opens at the end of 2009.
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HPH raises curtain on Mexican facility
03 Feb 2008
HPH has officially opened its $244m facility at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico.
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Philadelphia contentious land swap to go ahead
12 Feb 2008
Philadelphia’s Maritime Stakeholders Group was dealt a bitter blow to its campaign to stop a land swap in the port to a non-maritime business when Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini denied their request to a preliminary injunction.
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Jaxport poised for Hanjin terminal green light
11 Feb 2008
Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) expects to get the green light for its third container terminal within the next six months, according to the port’s operations director Chris Kauffmann.
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