North America

Francisco Lopez Barredo has been awarded the concession to operate the Terminal Especializada de Contenedores box handling facility at the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas. His bid included investment of US$7m compared…

According to Juan Carlos Alferez, manager of Dole Ecuadors new private port, near Guayaquil, throughput of mainly export bananas has pushed the facility up to 60% of capacity. However, Dole is not…

The Panama Canal Authority has initiated trials of simultaneous, two-way transits (Atlantic and Pacific bound) of large commercial vessels through the Canal.

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, which saw its Asian cargo volumes increase by 23% in 2002, has signed an agreement with the Panama Canal Authority to jointly promote…

The Port of Long Beach, USA has cleared the way for the development of a US$400m liquefied natural gas terminal (LNG) on Terminal Island, the first facility of its kind to be…