South America

APM Terminals (APMT) is playing its part in the modernisation of Costa Rica’s Limón/Moin port through the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of the new Moin Container Terminal (TCM).

The recent productivity slump on the Panama Canal over new lock costs may bring a welcome breather for some east coast ports which are rushing to get upgrades completed in time for…

Cuba is taking advantage of the upcoming Panama Canal expansion with the implementation of a free-trade zone (FTZ) and the development of a new container terminal.

Uruguay has officially protested to the Mercosurs Transport working group regarding the unilateral decision taken by Argentina to impose on embargo on its goods being transhipped at any ports in the region…

Attempts by the Brazilian government to undertake a comprehensive reform of the ports sector have run into further legal problems.

In September, the Peruvian Congress Foreign Relations Committee approved the so-called Boliviamar maritime convention, which should eventually provide land-locked Bolivia with an outlet to the Pacific Ocean via the port of Ilo.

New legislation is struggling to address capacity shortcomings at Brazilian ports, finds Alex Hughes

More than two years after winning the concession for a deepwater facility in Costa Rica, APM Terminals has signed an agreement with the Dutch consortium of Van Oord and Bam International to…