North America

New investment in port infrastructure in both north and south Brazil should help relieve existing bottlenecks in these regions over the next eight years. The Battistella conglomerate and the Alianca Navegacao Logistica,…

International operator Hutchison Port Holdings, already with port interests in Mexico, is one party known to be looking at new port development together with various logistics operators in order to establish "cargo…

Mitsui OSK Line (MOL) is to build a US$200m container terminal at Jacksonville, which will open within two years. The 30-year lease agreement was signed in August with the Jacksonville Port Authority.

Port of Olympia has announced a US$1.5m a year deal with timber company Weyerhaeuser which plans to move its log export business to the Washington State port from Tacoma, just up the…

The 360,000TEU facility will be built at Dames Point where projected traffic could eventually climbed to 800,000TEUs. The hope is that the new terminal will act as a major gateway for trade…

CEO Sergio Kano, says: "The new container handling equipment will boost SCT's crane capacity twofold. The fully erect delivery was an important consideration in the selection process. SCT is experiencing massive growth…

A local businessman in Honduras has revealed that the government is trying to force the national parliament to allow two groups based in El Salvador and Mexico to take over the running…

Brazils seven largest ports will receive US$263m of federal investment in infrastructure this year. The money is earmarked to finance improvements to road and rail links, deepen the draught in access channels,…

Of the total, Santos will receive US$59.32m, which is 600% higher than money allocated in 2004. Much of this is allocated to the construction of a perimeter road to serve the 16km…

You cant have a successful marketing strategy if your core product isnt right. As a quasistate agency, the GPA is one of the states largest public employers, directly employing more than 900…

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Bids are now being considered for a five-year management contract to operate Port of Spains container terminal.

The decision by the Justice Department to block loans to Codesp totalling US$2.49m for a minimum of 15 days is so worrying companies involved in the dredging of the ports access channel…

After 81 years of activity at Maua Harbour, Porto Alegre has moved operational activities to Navegantes Harbour, some six kilometres further north, but closer to the city centre. This area, which has…