North America

Santa Catarina, with investment of € 491m ($664.3m), is Brazil' s leading port this year in terms of private capital.Part of the money is being spent on constructing two new complexes, various…

Halifax Port Authority has awarded a wide-area surveillance contract to PureTech Systems.The technology will be installed under a C$8m (US$7.2m) contract.

The governor of the Panamanian province of Chiriquí has asked Panama Maritime Authority to have another look at the concession awarded to a company in Pedregal port, which he believes has not…

Panama Maritime Authority is to invest more than $700,000 across 10 minor ports.Work will involve minor repairs and upgrades to buildings and infrastructure. 

The Mexican Minero Lobos group has made public its decision to support the Punta Colonet port tender, which is being put together by the Transport Ministry.

The Port of Tacoma, in cooperation with the Puget Sound Maritime Air Forum, has released a scientific study measuring maritime-related air emissions in Puget Sound.The inventory will form a baseline for future…

Santos Port Authority is to put out to concession nine terminals by 2010. 

An environmental license granted to Palermo Port has been ruled illegal and may be revoked,putting port development in doubt.