North America

Users of the Costa Rican ports of Moín and Limón have called on the government to declare a state of national emergency for port operations.

LLX Logí stica (LLXL3),  logistics arm of Brazils  EBX group, plans to double the capacity of Sudeste port to 50m tonnes and Aç u port to 100m tonnes by 2012, LLX chief…

Valparaiso Port Company has stated that the new jetty that it is going to develop will be taken forward using a mixed capital process. It has appointed BBVA Banco de Inversiones SA…

Plans to share ownership of the Jasper Ocean Terminal site were put up for approval at the end of July.

Port equipment specialist Kalmarhas signed up for another USclean air initiative, this time on the US East Coast.

Uruguay plans to spend $160m over the next five years on reactivating tradeat the ports of Salto and Paysandú, as well as upgrading facilities at Montevideo, Fray Bentosand Colonia.

Attempts by the Chilean port of San Antonioto expand into an adjacent 88.6 hectare area are being opposed by many in thecity, as it would mean the destruction of the park that…