North America

The International Port Alliance (Alinport) is promoting the creation of a new deep seaport at Posorja in Ecuador that will be able to accommodate at least panamax size container vessels. Ships of…

Georgia Ports Authoritys Board of Directors has approved a series of construction and new equipment contracts that will significantly increase container handling capacity at the Port of Savannah.  

The northern Chilean port of Arica is to invest more than $18m in the construction of a new asymmetrical berth. A tender will be issued upon completion of environmental impact study, with…

Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas (International) Ltd is to sell terminals it operates at Staten Island New York, in New Jersey and two in Vancouver, raising an estimated $1bn.These are expected to generate…

Georgia Ports Authority has splashed out more than $50m for four super post-panamax ship-to-shore container cranes and 15 all-electric RTGs from Konecranes.Deliveries will start in the spring of 2007 and continue until…

DP World is to invest $100m to expand terminal facilities at the port of Buenos Aires, where it is the managing partner of Terminales Rio de la Plata. Not only is the…

Tideworks Technology has announced the successful deployment of its container terminal management suite with P& O Ports North America in Tampa, Florida.

Globalisation and the rise of China as the worlds manufacturing centre have accelerated containerport demand in the Americas in recent years, according to a study from Ocean Shipping Consultants Ltd.

A local councillor in the Brazilian city of Santos has criticised the decision by the local port authority to award an area of 80,000 sq m on the left bank to incumbent…