South America

Jonas Mendes Constante examines the rising interest in Brazilian ports

In Brazil, the government has announced a change of rules in respect of its second tranche of port concessions. Instead of the concessionaire being chosen on the basis of the lowest tariff…

Drewry Shipping Consultants says the new Mariel container terminal, TC Mariel, could help Cuba realise its potential as a regional transhipment hub, now that US relations are thawing, if it can overcome…

Haiti’s first Panamax Port, Port Lafito, has taken another step towards Caribbean hub status with the announcement that Evergreen Marine and King Ocean Services will be using the port as a future…

Protests by truck drivers in 10 of Brazil’s 26 states is affecting the delivery of cargo to a number of the country’s ports, and is likely to impact cargo availability, berthing schedules…

Argentinas Chamber of Private Commercial Ports (CPPC) has criticised the decision taken by the Buenos Aires provincial government to include various new port taxes in its 2015 budget, claiming that they violate…

Tecon Salvador, Intermarítima Terminals, Tecon Rio Grande and Rodrimar Transport, Industrial Equipment and General Stores, which operate at the ports of Salvador, Rio Grande and Santos, have been referred to Brazils competition…

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…