North America

Port planning specialist and engineer Moffatt & Nichol has been awarded a $3.4m contract to develop a marine container terminal at the former Charleston Naval Base in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Plans have been put forward to reactivate the dredging of the access channel at the port of Buenaventura, which had to be suspended because of a fall in the dollar-peso exchange rate.…

Perus National Ports Authority has announced that it will make an award in respect of new quayside gantry cranes for the port of Callao by the end of the year.The manufacturer will…

US security firm Savi Networks has won a contract to install Radio Frequency Identification based (RFID) technology information services at Virginia Port Authority terminals to enhance the security and efficiency of cargo…

The Mexican Ministry of Transport and Communications (SCT) has ordered SSA México to stop all reconstruction work it was undertaking on the quayside at the port of Cozumel, claiming it has not…

The joint-venture TIPS container terminal operated in Laem Chabang by NYK Line and MOL is to buy two post-panamax quayside gantry cranes from ZPMC to operate vessels of up to 6,000 teu…

State funding to the tune of $28m is needed for the Argentinean port of Madryn if it is to operate without problems in the future.The majority of the money is needed to…