North America

Globalisation and the rise of China as the worlds manufacturing centre have accelerated containerport demand in the Americas in recent years, according to a study from Ocean Shipping Consultants Ltd.

A local councillor in the Brazilian city of Santos has criticised the decision by the local port authority to award an area of 80,000 sq m on the left bank to incumbent…

The Port of Savannah handled 173,415TEU in the month of April 2006, a 12.7 per cent increase over the same period last year.

The main container terminals at the port of Santos intend to increase their productivity this year through the purchase of new cranes financed through tax breaks made available by the government.

Following the political outcry in Washington over P& Os change of ownership to Dubais DP World, both trade and private equity buyers have already expressed interest in P& Os US port assets…

The Port of Long Beach 2006-2016 Strategic Plan has been unveiled, focusing on Environmental Stewardship as well as six other key areas.Manzanillo Port Authority in Mexico is to implement a programme that…

The US Coast Guard has rejected a claim by politicians that it had raised " concerns" about DP Worlds potential support for terrorism.

Long Beach and Los Angeles are working together to reduce congestion. The two giants have finally settled a squabble that threatened to undermine an innovative plan to speed up cargo moving through…

In an interesting move, Spanish stevedoring group Dragados-SPL has commenced negotiations with the port authority of the Texan port of Corpus Christi regarding a possible 96-year concession to build a brand new…

Uruguays National Ports Administration (ANP) has awarded a dredging contract to Jan De Nul worth US$6.63m.

Amidst the political storm raging in the US over DP Worlds acquisition of P& O Ports, the Dubai company is to separate the US part of P& O Ports which will effectively…

The Mexican port of Tampico is to spend US$9.56m on dredging the access channel to its previous depth of 35 feet.

As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. The Mexican port of Altamira has scheduled projects for the next few years requiring private sector…