North America

Venezuela has passed a law effectively transferring control of national ports from provincial to central government control. Guamache, Cabello and Maracaibo will be administered by the newly created Empresa Bolivariana de Puertos.

The El Salvador port of La Unión is now completed, but continues without an operator, effectively costing $1m a month in maintenance and energy costs. The problem lies at the heart of…

Brazils Special Secretariat for Ports has guaranteed that, despite the world financial crisis, investment to upgrade and expand both public and private ports will not suffer short-term cuts.

Shipping line and operator K Line has been awarded the coveted Green Flag Award by the Port of Long Beach for the fourth consecutive year for its contribution to environmental conservation in…

US company CenterPoint Properties, which is heavily involved in property and infrastructure investment, has put forward an offer to acquire the port activities of Virginia Port Authority, which owns Virginia International Terminals…

The Brazilian Chamber of Containers has warned that the port of Santos may lose up to 45,000 teu this year because the ports customs authoritys has suspended customs clearance for rail-borne containers…

With just one container transhipment hub on the Pacific coast of Latin America - Panamas Balboa - the Romero group has put forward a proposal for a major new regional hub at…