North America

The New York-New Jersey port authority has asked DP World for a  transaction or transfer fee, amounting to as much as $84m, as part of the $450m sale of former P& O…

The opening of long-awaited Brazilian box terminal Navegantes ahead of schedule could be a breath of fresh air for the countrys congested ports.Rob Ward reports

The government of Ecuador has not ruled out launching a new tender forthe concession to run the port of Guayaquil, while in the meantime ithas commenced restructuring of the port authority both…

Doubts have been cast on the effectiveness of using Chilean ports to export goods from South Americas Atlantic coast to destinations in Asia. In part, this is because export cargo from Uruguay…

The government of the state of São Paulo has requested that the central government cedes control of the port of Santos to it. However, any transfer must be free of the ¢…

The government of Venezuela has recognised that there is a developing problem with stranded containers clogging the stacking yards of its box terminals, because of the difficulty some companies have in acquiring…

South Carolina State Ports Authority has extended an agreement with Savi Networks to introduce the companys information service to three further container terminals at the Port of Charleston.The radio frequency identification (RFID)…

US states Georgia and South Carolina have inked a landmark agreement to jointly develop a port in Jasper County, South Carolina. 

Panamas Ministry of Commerce has indicated that planned investment of $1.5bn over the next eight years will effectively double national port capacity. In all, $200m will be used to expand the port…

Terminal Marítima Infraestructura Portuaria Mexicana, situated in the port of Altamira, is to invest $12m in new equipment to include a Liebherr post-panamax mobile harbour crane that can service 18 rows of…

Authorities in the ports of Guayquil and Puerto Bolívar have until June 30, 2007 to transfer existing terminal operations to private-sector companies.

Hutchison Port Holdings has handed over the Ecuadorian Port of Manta to Terminales Internacionales del Ecuador (Tide),marking the start of a 30-year concession.The original  agreement, which had seen the transfer taking place…

Small port terminal operators in Ecuador are somewhat worried by the emergence of major port development projects, such as Manta and Posorja.

Kalmar has acquired American service company Port Equipment Service to strengthen its position in US ports.The deal, sealed at an undisclosed sum, will see the founders of PES, Dan Stevens and Tom…

Container radiation scanning specialist VeriTainer and shipping optical character recognition developer APS Technology have teamed up to offer high-tech box identification at ports.

Santos Port Authority (Codesp) has asked the Port Authority Council (CAP) to be allowed to keep offering 50% discounts for transhipment and cabotage traffic in the port for at least a further…

Long Beach Container Terminal has awarded Vycon with an order for green energy storage systems for six of its rubber-tyred gantries.

A US task force has recommended a number of security enhancements for the 361 US seaports.

Terminal management software provider Tideworks Technology has deployed its gate operating system, GateVision, at the Port of Portlands deep-draft container handling facility.

Financial investment in the port sector from the Americas continues unabated.

The government of Costa Rica is to offer as a concession the construction of a major container hub at Moín, 10km from Limón. With an estimated cost of $500m, the new facility…