North America

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…

The northern Chilean port of Iquique is struggling to cope with an increasing amount of new vehicles traffic imported by the users of the adjacent Free Zone. As a result, the port…

CVRD is considering construction of a new port at Ubu, in the state of Espí rito Santo, some 65 km from the port of Tubarã o, which serves the state capital Vitó…

Ecorodovias, which manages the Sistema Anchieta-Imigrantes and Ecopá tio facilities in Cubatã o, has announced plans to build a cargo terminal in the port of Santos. This will handle containers and ethanol.…

US company Zebra Technologies Corporation is to buy Navis Holdings in its entirety for $145m. The transaction is due to take place later this year.