North America

Local members of Parliament in Peru have called on the government to invest urgently in the port of Paita, which has a key export function. Local authorities have also put together a…

Perus Transport and Communications Minister, Veró nica Zavala, has announced that the ports of Pisco, Pucallpa, Iquitos and Paita will be offered for concessions between July and September this year. The government…

Georgia Ports Authority has announced that an upgrade to one of its container berths at the Port of Savannah is now complete, with installation of electrified refrigerated cargo racks, and transfer of…

PSA, which is building the new Panamanian port of Rodman, has written to the government to advise that it will not be bidding in the tender for a second port to be…

Thedirector of Terminales del Ecuador Paul Gallie has asked the governmentto eradicate some of the obstacles that could deter shipping lines fromcalling at the port of Manta.

Despite the fact that the Mexican government announced in mid-2007 that it would issue a tender in the first quarter of 2008 in respect of the concession for the port of Colonet,…

ThePeruvian Transport Ministry has announced that the regional ports ofPisco, Paita and Ilo, as well as the river ports at Pucallpa andIquitos, will be put out of concession in 2008. Investment of…

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,…