North America

Authorities in the ports of Guayquil and Puerto Bolívar have until June 30, 2007 to transfer existing terminal operations to private-sector companies.

Hutchison Port Holdings has handed over the Ecuadorian Port of Manta to Terminales Internacionales del Ecuador (Tide),marking the start of a 30-year concession.The original  agreement, which had seen the transfer taking place…

Small port terminal operators in Ecuador are somewhat worried by the emergence of major port development projects, such as Manta and Posorja.

Kalmar has acquired American service company Port Equipment Service to strengthen its position in US ports.The deal, sealed at an undisclosed sum, will see the founders of PES, Dan Stevens and Tom…

Container radiation scanning specialist VeriTainer and shipping optical character recognition developer APS Technology have teamed up to offer high-tech box identification at ports.

Santos Port Authority (Codesp) has asked the Port Authority Council (CAP) to be allowed to keep offering 50% discounts for transhipment and cabotage traffic in the port for at least a further…

A US task force has recommended a number of security enhancements for the 361 US seaports.

Terminal management software provider Tideworks Technology has deployed its gate operating system, GateVision, at the Port of Portlands deep-draft container handling facility.