North America

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

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

With just one container transhipment hub on the Pacific coast of Latin America - Panamas Balboa - the Romero group has put forward a proposal for a major new regional hub at…

9th April 2009

New Peruvian transhipment hub mooted

9th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Nova Scotia has dropped a proposed joint Port of Halifax and Canadian National Railway (CN) gateway project on the back of high costs.

6th April 2009

Nova Scotia ditches Halifax gateway plan

6th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US container ports on both coasts are acutely suffering from major downturns in traffic.

1st April 2009

Traffic downturn widespread across US

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports America beat off the competition to win a 50-year concession for five container terminals at the US Port of Oakland.

1st April 2009

Oakland concession granted

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Manta port authority APM is analysing a number of alternatives to continue the development of the port, APM president Lucí a Ferná ndez has said amid press reports suggesting Chinese, Spanish and…

1st April 2009

Manta

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Year-end throughput figures for the US Port of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) make ugly, albeit expected, reading reporting flat growth in container activity for the first time since 1993.

30th March 2009

New York/New Jerseys flat figures

30th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Another heavyweight contender for a spot in the hub port ring of East Coast South America is Montevideo, where Belgian terminal operating company Katoen Natie is already making its mark with the…

26th March 2009

Montys transhipping its way forward

26th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced the central government will retake the administration of the countrys ports and airports from state governments, in a move which has generated fierce controversy in the…

25th March 2009

Chavez seizes ports

25th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports on South Americas East Coast are vying for the undivided attention of the lines,as Rob Ward finds out

24th March 2009

The big ships are coming: but where will they go?

24th March 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Liebherr has recently completed the supply of two 16-wheel rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to Cerescorps Termont Terminal in Montreal, Canada. This brings the number of Liebherr cranes at the terminal to…

17th March 2009

Liebherr grows its Montreal family

17th March 2009