North America

Container traffic is climbing in Buenos Aires but short term plans to install newcapacity are still stalled. Mike Mundy reports

Brazil is to extend until 2010 its so-called Reporto tax incentive to enable ports and terminals to purchase equipment, as well as modernising and expanding infrastructure.

Brazilian steel company CSN is to invest $2.2bn in extending its installations at the port of Sepetiba. The project, which is scheduled for completion in 2013, aims to expand export facilities for…

APM Terminals has taken over Ceará Terminal Operator (CTO) the stevedoring and container terminal operating company at the Port of Pecé m, in Northern Brazil.

LLX has announced plans to build a Porto Brasil hub facility on Brazils east coast, occupying some 3km of coastline around Peruíbe with a capacity of 15m tonnes/year. Investment would be in…

CMA CGM is seeking to build a terminal in the Brazilian port of Belém, a process that it began three years ago on the back of 28% increase in business in the…

The port of Boston set a new throughput record for containers in 2007. This sector increased 10.1% to 220,341 teu.

Mexicos 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.

A proposal before the Brazilian parliament would make it possible for domestic ports to issue international tenders when undertaking major dredging programmes.

Over the next seven years, the Brazilian state of Espí rito Santo is to invest $7.25bn in logistics areas and infrastructure. Ports will be the biggest beneficiary, receiving $3.19bn.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which were anticipating growth this year of 5%-9%, are now warning that there may well be no increase at all in 2007, or even…

APM Terminals has abandoned plans to builda container terminal at the proposed PuntaColonet Portin Mexicoblaming the extremely high investment demands of the project.

APL has taken delivery of three RAM model 2640 Twinlift spreaders for retrofitting to existing MHI Cranes at its Oakland Terminal in California. The installation included an upgrade of the control and…

Guatemala has set up an interparliamentary commission to look into the modernisation of its ports. Santo Tomás de Castilla, Quetzál and San José all need to be expanded to be able to…

Uruguay' s National Ports Authority is to offer a concession to operate a dry port to serve the capital to be operational in 2008.