South America

APM Terminals (APMT) is to seek international arbitration in respect of its disagreement with the government of Guatemala over its terminal APM Terminals Quetzal, or Terminal de Contenedores Quetzal.

A research project undertaken by three civil engineering students at Universidade Santa Cecília in Brazils Santos has suggested that introducing an automated container terminal at the Port of Santos is currently “impracticable”.

According to Brazil’s national transport confederation Confederação Nacional do Transporte (CNT), the country needs investment of $410bn to resolve all existing transport problems as well as to modernise infrastructure.

A delegation of the Spanish stevedores’ owners association Anesco has met Ornella Chacón, president of the national ports authority Puertos del Estado, to stress the need to expedite the necessary regulatory environment…

A study drawn up by the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) has warned that Brazil needs to invest $6.67bn in port infrastructure by 2040. This investment is needed if Brazil is…