South America

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq) has scheduled four rounds of tenders covering the privatisation of terminals at Brazilian ports.

17th June 2013

Brazil ramps up concessioning activity

17th June 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Resolution 3433, which was adopted by Argentinas Federal Administration of Public Revenue in March, has resulted in a hike in costs at the country’s ports.

30th April 2013

Buenos Aires losing transit cargo to Montevideo

30th April 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Global freight company, Grup TCB, is to invest US$250m in the new TCQ terminal at Puerto Quetzal Port, located on the Pacific coast of Guatemala, which it will operate for the next…

15th April 2013

Grup TCB invests in Guatemalan terminal

15th April 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CAN) has launched a campaign to encourage private capital which it says is fundamental to modernising Brazil’s ports and improving exports.

28th March 2013

Brazil needs private capital

28th March 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Following failed negotiations with the Brazilian government over privatisation plans, port workers are preparing to strike at 36 Brazilian ports on 19 March 2013, according to media reports.

15th March 2013

Brazilian workers prepare to strike

15th March 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Columbias new container terminal, Buenaventura, (TCBuen), has become the first Latin American terminal to implement new optical character recognition (OCR) systems and Differential GPS (DGPS) quay cranes, yard cranes and input processes.

7th March 2013

Buenaventura terminal invests

7th March 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The public prosecutor at the town of Campos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is threatening to take legal action against the EBX group.

20th February 2013

Açu port dredging causes pollution

20th February 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

APM Terminals has been accused of taking an ‘iron fist’ approach when dealing with port unions at the Costa Rican port of Moín – an accusation it vehemently denies.

30th January 2013

APMT refutes ‘iron fist’ claim

30th January 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Mexican Transport Minister believes that the port of Guaymas could substitute for the abandoned Punta Colonet project as the flagship port development for the current government.

26th December 2012

Guaymas could substitute for Punta Colonet

26th December 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils National Transport Confederation (CNT) has labelled Brazilian ports as among the slowest and most costly in the world.

26th December 2012

Brazilian ports expensive and slow

26th December 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The northern Chilean port of Antofagasta is to issue a tender for a concession covering four new berths.

26th December 2012

Antofagasta to concession berths

26th December 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian president announced a new ports modernisation programme this week – the ‘Logistics Investment Program for Ports’ which aims to encourage better management and infrastructure of Brazilian ports.

10th December 2012

Brazil – the tribulations of modernisation

10th December 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

At the port of Imbituba, located some 90-km south of Santa Catarinas capital of Florianópolis, Brazil’s two leading terminal operating groups – Santos Brasil and Libra Terminais - have both established a…

21st November 2012

Battle for Imbituba rages on

21st November 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

LLX Logistica, which is building Brazils new Açu deep water port in the state of Rio de Janeiro, has announced that the cost of the project has risen by 7% to $1.5bn.…

20th November 2012

Açu port cost rises 7%

20th November 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

While the Itajaí River Port Complex is the state’s largest box hub, it is the port of São Francisco do Sul that leads the rankings in overall cargo, having handled 9.87m tons…

19th November 2012

Babitonga Bays opposing beauties

19th November 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian Association of Port Terminals (ABTP) has threatened legal action if terminals granted to private operators as concessions under the previous Ports Law are not renewed.

19th September 2012

Brazilian association threatens legal action

19th September 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The president of Brazils Logistics & Planning Company, Bernardo Figueiredo has confirmed that the government is going to issue terms and conditions in respect of new port concessions by the end of…

13th September 2012

Brazilian port concessions scheduled for September

13th September 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

APM Terminals looks to have finally put to bed concession concerns at Callao with an agreement with the regional Government, the Peruvian Navy and the Artesian Fishing Community to develop a new…

31st August 2012

APMT commits to fishing deal in Callao

31st August 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils National Economic and Social Development Bank has suggested that continuing growth in the country is going to lead to an investment bottleneck.

18th July 2012

Brazil faces investment bottleneck

18th July 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian federal government is to instigate measures designed to modernise Brazils port infrastructure.

15th July 2012

Brazil to modernise infrastructure

15th July 2012