North America

The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) is in the throes of swapping maritime land known as the Pier 98 Annex to the SYSCO Corporation, a domestic food distribution company.The Brazilian government has…

Bunge and Cargill are seeking international partners to develop the new Maranhao Grain Terminal (Tegran) in Brazil in a project costed at $46m. The facility will be able to load soya at…

Santos port authority, Codesp, is lobbying for the 50-berth Barnabe-Bagres project to go ahead, possibly in the form of a public-private partnership. The price tag is estimated at $654m of which just…

Empora, the port company which manages the Chilean port of Arica, has received expressions of interest from four operators interested in assuming management control of berths 1 to 5 at the port.

Legislation recently passed by the Colombian parliament may have the effect of boosting the importance of the Pacific coast port of Barranquilla. The new law makes it easier to put together viable…

Access Northeast Energy (ANE) of Halifax, Nova Scotia is in the initial stages of building a $376m LNG plant at the ice-free port of Bear Head, Nova Scotia. ANE is conducting a…

The Board of Directors of the port of Santos (CAP) is examining the decision of the port company, Codesp, to permit Santos Brasil S.A. to establish a temporary new vehicles terminal on…

Uruguays National Ports Authority (ANP) has extended from May 9 to August 8 the deadline for bids to be received for a 30-year BOT concession associated with the proposed multipurpose terminal at…

Chiles Public Works Ministry has given the goahead for the construction of a new dry port high in the Andes at Los Andes, a central border crossing with Argentina. The concession for…