South America

Logistically, reports suggest that many Brazilian ports struggled to cope with traffic levels in 2010.

Ecuador’s Puerto Bolívar has finally issued a tender to build Berth 5 after nearly 17 years of planning. Total investment of $43m will be divided between the government and the Port Authority.…

The Brazilian government has declared that it will not extend concession agreements signed by port terminals before the 1993 Modernisation of Ports Act in contradiction to a resolution passed by the National…

The number of containers either seized by the federal authorities or not picked up by importers has resulted in 5,000 unwanted boxes being abandoned at Brazilian ports, challenging the ability of the…

El Salvadors Acajutla and La Unión ports may be offered as a combined package, rather than being tendered as separate concessions.

Strategic studies funded by the United Nations suggest that the reactivation of Argentina’s port of Barranqueras is key to improving transport in South Americas central corridor. In the 1920s, the port was…

A Brazilian parliamentary representative has called for greater private sector investment in port infrastructure to support growth in the agricultural sector.

APM Terminals was the only company to bid for the construction and operation concession for the new container terminal at the Costa Rican port of Moín.

Antwerp Port Authority chief executive Eddy Bruyninckx paid a working visit to the Brazilian cities of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia recently, signing a collaboration agreement with the federal Secretaria…