North America

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Jaxports tonnage figures for the six months to end of March show increases in containers, steel, lumber and liquid bulks, which have gone a long way to offsetting a 20% fall in…

2nd June 2009

Jaxport figures

2nd June 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The current global economic downturn has effectively put back the date for the issuing of a tender for a new vehicles terminal in the Mexican port of Lázaro Cárdenas.

1st June 2009

Car terminal stalls at Lázaro Cárdenas

1st June 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

While overall the cargo statistics make gloomy reading, ports on the US East Coast are far from defeated, as Felicity Landon discovers

1st June 2009

Positive investment

1st June 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

$55m contract has been awarded to a local company for the construction of a 113ha container terminal in North Charleston.

28th May 2009

New box terminal for Charleston

28th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A security panel at the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) conference taking place in Genoa this week cautioned against ports committing now to installations to meet so-called 100% scanning legislation…

28th May 2009

Dont rush to meet 100% scanning legislation

28th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Total tonnage at the Port of Prince Rupert has slumped by nearly a quarter year-on-year, according to official figures.

14th May 2009

Coal lets down Prince Rupert

14th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port throughput in Latin American and the Caribbean is expected to see a significant drop this year in the wake of the global financial crisis, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and…

14th May 2009

ECLAC

14th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils National Agency for Waterborne Transport (Antaq) has confirmed that demand is sufficient for the national government to expand Santos Port.

12th May 2009

Santos expansion confirmed as viable

12th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

As part of the continuing effort to build upon current environmental initiatives, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has instituted a policy for managing port operations with consideration for best environmental practices and…

6th May 2009

Georgia takes up environmental policy

6th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Panama Canal Authoritys (ACP) set of temporary measures designed to help mitigate the impact of the global downturn on the canals clients will no doubt bolster the waterways finances too.

6th May 2009

PCA help for the credit-squeezed

6th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Valparaiso is to postpone plans to expand in the face of the recession. This year is not good to go to the markets, manager Harald Jaegar said in a phone interview with…

6th May 2009

Valparaiso postponement

6th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Alianza Internacional Portuaria (Alimport) has been given permission to build a deep water port and transhipment hub for containers at Posorja, close to Guayaquil, in Ecuador. Draught of 16 metres will be…

6th May 2009

Thumbs up for Posorja

6th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Perus National Ports Authority has revealed that $2bn of investment will be made in the next few years by the private sector in port projects.

4th May 2009

Peru awash with port projects

4th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Guayaquil Port Authority is downsizing its workforce from a pool of 260-280 employees to around 145 as part of a restructuring exercise that will see Contecon take control of container handling operations…

3rd May 2009

Docker downsizing at Guayaquil

3rd May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Following the pull out of Hutchison Port Holdings, Manta Port Authority in Ecuador is seeking a new strategic partner to build and operate an international terminal in the port. If none is…

29th April 2009

Manta seeks strategic partner

29th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Venezuela has passed a law effectively transferring control of national ports from provincial to central government control. Guamache, Cabello and Maracaibo will be administered by the newly created Empresa Bolivariana de Puertos.

28th April 2009

Venezuelan port privatised

28th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils Special Secretariat for Ports has guaranteed that, despite the world financial crisis, investment to upgrade and expand both public and private ports will not suffer short-term cuts.

27th April 2009

No holding back on Brazilian port investment

27th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The El Salvador port of La Unión is now completed, but continues without an operator, effectively costing $1m a month in maintenance and energy costs. The problem lies at the heart of…

27th April 2009

La Unión port standing idle

27th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

No tender documents or bidding rules for the new Punta Colonet port in Mexico are now expected to be issued until early next year.

24th April 2009

Punta Colonet document delay

24th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Shipping line and operator K Line has been awarded the coveted Green Flag Award by the Port of Long Beach for the fourth consecutive year for its contribution to environmental conservation in…

23rd April 2009

K Line scoops green award again

23rd April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US company CenterPoint Properties, which is heavily involved in property and infrastructure investment, has put forward an offer to acquire the port activities of Virginia Port Authority, which owns Virginia International Terminals…

17th April 2009

CPP to buy Virginia port assets

17th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos, a  Peruvian-Portuguese consortium, has signed a deal valued at $227m to modernise Perus northern port of Paita, going well beyond the government-set minimum.

14th April 2009

Peru ports decision

14th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian Chamber of Containers has warned that the port of Santos may lose up to 45,000 teu this year because the ports customs authoritys has suspended customs clearance for rail-borne containers…

13th April 2009

Santos box losses feared

13th April 2009