North America

The Dockworkers Company of the State of Sã o Paulo (Codesp) has issued a tender for the bulk solids terminal formally managed by Cargill, whose own contract expired in 2005, but was…

Colombia will receive $62m over the next 30 years from private-sector companies operating seven river port concessions and 24 coastal port concessions along the Magdalena River.

The Freight Stakeholders Coalition, a group made up the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and shipper and surface transport trade associations in the US, is seeking a unified approach to Federal…

Manta Port Authority is to transfer the shares held in Tide by HPH to another private company, now that HPH has pulled out of the deal.

The Espirito Santo Port Authority (Codesa) has published a tender in respect of the lengthening and expansion of berths 101 and 102 at the port of Victoria. Together with a previous dredging…

André s Rengifo, the director of Chiles Port Company Systems, has said that the countrys public ports will all post negative figures in 2009.

Libra Terminais has presented proposals to the authorities to unify its two operational areas into a mega-terminal handling containers.

Concessioning of Puerto Ricos Las Americas port (PLA) will go ahead, law firm Mayer Brown partner Joseph Seligman has said.

The Naval Engineering Department of the University of Sã o Paulo has concluded that the CVRD-owned Tubarã o port in Vitó ria is the most efficient iron ore export facility in the…

Port Bolí var Port Authority in Ecuador is looking to acquire a new port crane for Quay 5 as part of an expansion and upgrade programme, costed at $80m. The Port Development…

A contract to upgrade the Port of Oaklands perimeter security and also install a fibre optic communications system has been awarded to GTSI under the US Communities contract. GTSI will team up…

The Chilean region centred around the Bí o Bí o River does not require a new commercial port, according to Juan Manuel Gutié rrez, the managing director of Puerto Lirqué n.

Santa Sofia Puertos, part of the Romero Group, intends to invest $270m in building a new port at Ancó n in Peru. Work is scheduled to commence in the second half of…

The government in Ecuador is considering two alternatives to receive compensation from Hutchison Port Holdings after it cancelled its agreement to build an international hub at the port of Manta. It could…

A clean air strategy in the ports of New York and New Jersey is being helped by an influx of environmental grants, worth over $30m, that will help to replace pre-1994 trucks…