North America

September was arecord month for the port of Portland, with 1.28m tonnes of cargomoving in and out of its terminals. Much of this was dry bulks -960,000 tonnes, divided between grain, potash…

Ports across the US are rolling out the TransportationWorkers Identification Credential (TWIC) for all individuals requiringunescorted access to secure or restricted areas.

A $3bn project to build a mega-port between the coastal cities of Peruí be and Itanhaé m in Brazils Sã o Paulo State has been put forward by entrepreneur Eike Batista, who…

A new National Ports Law that will allow private sector operators to undertake management of domestic maritime terminals is planned to be introduced in Nicaragua by the end of the first quarter…

Ecuadors General Directorate of the Merchant Marine (Digmer) has been renamed the National Aquatic Spaces Organisation (Dirnea). 

Libra Terminal Rio, which operates two container terminals in the Port of Rio de Janeiro, has added coffee handling to its skills. The cargo is loaded in containers at the companys off-dock…

A change in the law means that Colombian coal terminals will have to undertake direct transfers to vessels rather than using barges as from 2010. 

The only bid to operate the Chilean Port of Montt, which was entered by construction company Luis Navarro, was judged to be non-compliant and the tender has been declared void.

Port terminal operators in Mexico are campaigning for a reform of the national Ports Law to enable them to widen investment and growth possibilities. 

Uruguay is to play host to the first Latin American containerterminals meeting in November to promote information sharing andtransparency in the region.

The Colombian government has refused permission to build a new coal port at Barú , a decision partly influenced by lobbying from the tourist sector, which believes that additional coal loading facilities…

There has been strong opposition in Chile to the granting of a concession to operate the port of Talcahuano, with dock workers fearing they will lose their jobs.

The Peruvian ports network will have handled 1m teu by the end of this year, which will be a new annual record. Traffic is expected to double by 2017.