North America

Short sea shipping, albeit of the container on barge variety, along designated Marine Highways, got a glimmer of good news. A trio of ports in Northern California has been awarded $30 million,…

The US port of Long Beach has inaugurated a $3bn capital construction programme to help it remain competitive.

Despite the global economic downturn, the Port of Prince Rupert handled 265,259 teu through the Fairview Container Terminal in 2009, a 45.9% increase over 2008.

The west coasts Port of Los Angeles has partnered with hybrid truck manufacturer Vision Industries to evaluate hydrogen fuel cell hybrid-electric trucks at its terminals.

A tender covering the concession of a second container terminal at the port of Montevideo will be issued on March 17, 2010. It will specify a minimum of four cranes, which will…

Requests have been made to expand three terminals at the Port of Rio de Janeiro in projects worth $327m. These encompass activities at MultiRio, Multicar and Libra Terminais Terminal I.

Localfrio has requested that Santos Port Authority issues a tender for the construction of a container terminal, to be known as Prainha, in the Guarujá area on the ports left bank. It…

The president of San Antonio Port Authority (Epsa), Patricio Arrau, says that concession documents will be made available in February for privatisation of certain areas of the port.

A tender covering the concession of a second container terminal at the port of Montevideo will be issued on March 17, 2010. It will specify a minimum of four cranes, which will…

Perus Exporters Association has called for the National Ports Company (Enapu) to be modernised and strengthened to allow it to act as a counterpoint to the countrys privatised ports terminal industry.

Uruguays Transport and Public Works Minister, Victor Rossi, has said that a tender will be issued shortly for a $1bn deep water port. A Spanish consortium is reportedly interested in taking the…

The port of San Antonio in Chile has made available documents relating to the proposed tender for Terminal Number Nine, which will be offered as a 30-year concession for the handling of…

Marylands Seagirt Marine Terminal has been signed over on a 50-year lease to Ports America Chesapeake in a public-private partnership valued at $1.3bn to the State of Maryland over the life of…

Is short sea shipping finally being taken seriously in the States, asks Barry Parker