North America

ICTSIhas contracted Kalmar to supply 13 fork lift trucks, four emptycontainer handlers and 18 terminal tractors for its Contecon Guayaquilcontainer terminal in the Ecuardorian port of Guayaquil.

TheBrazilian port of Paranaguá has issued a dredging tender worth $61.6m.It is the first ever issued in that country allowing internationalcompetition in this sector. The contract is for five years and involveswork…

BrazilianNational Waterways regulator, Antaq, is reviewing the possibility ofallowing new private port terminals to be established.

Trinidads state-owned National Energy CorporationNEC has started construction of a $105m terminal to handle anestimated 4m tonnes of iron ore and 3m tonnes ofhot bricketted iron (HBI) and other downstream products each…

Dockworkers in Peru have asked the government to ramp up investment in the port industry by using profits generated by state port companies to finance modernisation. Callao alone requires investment of $247m,…

A project to build a brand new port terminal at La Paloma in Uruguay has been given the blessing of the National Ports Authority.

The Argentinean port of Comodoro Rivadavia is to have a new container terminal costing $2.55m. The terminal will cover an area of 11,500 sq m in the south of the port and…