North America

Port workers in Peru have rejected the governments recent port concession programme, threatening to go on strike should attempts been made to implement it.

White brought much needed stability to a job that had seen seven administrators in eight years. He was respected throughout Maryland's shipping industry and was considered instrumental in positioning the Port of…

The president of Brazils Paraiba Port Company has confirmed that dredging work to remove a large piece of rock from the access channel at the port of Cabedelo recommenced in February. Once…

$25m is to be invested in the Chilean port of San Antonio, of which $20m will come from the concessionaire San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) and the other $5m from Puerto Panul.…

Brazils Transport Ministry is to release US$44.8m out of a possible budget of US$74.66m to enable some emergency measures to be undertaken and also permit immediate investment in development of the quays.

Some funding will go towards landside construction and also to deepen the access channel to the port to 15 metres.Standard & Poor's Rating Services has raised the Port of Long Beach's credit…

Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners voted to contribute US$5,000 to the International Seafarers Centers Stranded Seafarers Fund to help 16 stranded Filipino seamen. Their vessel, the bulk carrier KATERINA, was seized…