North America

On 15 July Puerto Nuevo Milenium SA, a Colombian/ Ecuadorian consortium, took over management of Ecuadors Esmeraldas port for the next 25 years.

The Chilean and Brazilian governments are in discussion regarding the promotion of a rail link between the ports of Antofagasta and Santos.

October 2004 has been set as the deadline for bids to operate the container and multi-purpose terminal at Argentinas Santa Fe port.

The port of Savannah has completed an expansion to accommodate double-digit growth. Phase one of the pavement upgrade to Container Berth 3 is also complete thus improving capacity by continuing the ports…

Perus national ports authority (Enapu) is seeking international technical cooperation for studies linked to the development of the national ports plan.

La Plata may well be offered as a single 30-year concession to a prospective management company. The facility, located 75km south east of Buenos Aires, currently has annual traffic of 6m tons…

Peter Bingham, who has been in Iraqi as special advisor for the CPA explained that on his arrival last year his initial views were that the ports had deep water and were…

Peter Bingham, who has been in Iraqi as special advisor for the CPA explained that on his arrival last year his initial views were that the ports had deep water and were…