North America

Port rankings produced by the World Economic Forum have placed Peru at the very bottom when it comes to infrastructure.

ICTSIhas contracted Kalmar to supply 13 fork lift trucks, four emptycontainer handlers and 18 terminal tractors for its Contecon Guayaquilcontainer terminal in the Ecuardorian port of Guayaquil.

TheBrazilian port of Paranaguá has issued a dredging tender worth $61.6m.It is the first ever issued in that country allowing internationalcompetition in this sector. The contract is for five years and involveswork…

BrazilianNational Waterways regulator, Antaq, is reviewing the possibility ofallowing new private port terminals to be established.

Trinidads state-owned National Energy CorporationNEC has started construction of a $105m terminal to handle anestimated 4m tonnes of iron ore and 3m tonnes ofhot bricketted iron (HBI) and other downstream products each…

Dockworkers in Peru have asked the government to ramp up investment in the port industry by using profits generated by state port companies to finance modernisation. Callao alone requires investment of $247m,…

A project to build a brand new port terminal at La Paloma in Uruguay has been given the blessing of the National Ports Authority.

The Argentinean port of Comodoro Rivadavia is to have a new container terminal costing $2.55m. The terminal will cover an area of 11,500 sq m in the south of the port and…

Philadelphias MaritimeStakeholders Group was dealt a bitter blow to its campaign to stop aland swapin the port to a non-maritime business when Pennsylvania CommonwealthCourt Judge Dan Pellegrini denied their request to a…

Therejuvenation of the port of Prince Rupertcontinued apace in 2007 with throughput climbing to 10.6m tonnes, up 237% since2005 on the back of strong Pacific demand for Canadian coal, petcoke andagricultural products.

The Mexican port of Chiapas has almost completed construction of a $2.83m container storage facility, which is due to open by the end of January 2008. There will be 750 slots for…

AIG Highstar Capital, owner of and investor in Ports America, MTC Holdings and Amports, has restructured its business to create a single management structure for the entire enterprise.

The Mexican port of Manzanillo handled 1.5m containersin 2007 compared with 1.25m containers in 2006, equivalent to growth of 20%. Thesefigures have led the port to claim its place among the three…

Mitsui OSL Lines dedicated container terminal in the US port of Jacksonville is due to become operational in early 2009. It will be known as the TraPac Jacksonville terminal and will be…

The proposed new Brasil Terminal Portuá rio (BTP), which is to be built in the port of Santos, will move 1.2m teu/year, the equivalent of 75% of throughput reported at the port…

In 2008, the Columbian port of Buenaventura will become the countrys most important following an investment package of $70m. In all, $33m is to be invested in equipment and $30bn in infrastructure…