North America

Construction of Embraport, which is being billed as Latin Americas first multi-purpose terminal, is due to commence later this year following clearance from Brazils environmental protection agency. Located in the port of…

Port workers in Peru have rejected the governments recent port concession programme, threatening to go on strike should attempts been made to implement it.

White brought much needed stability to a job that had seen seven administrators in eight years. He was respected throughout Maryland's shipping industry and was considered instrumental in positioning the Port of…

The president of Brazils Paraiba Port Company has confirmed that dredging work to remove a large piece of rock from the access channel at the port of Cabedelo recommenced in February. Once…

$25m is to be invested in the Chilean port of San Antonio, of which $20m will come from the concessionaire San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) and the other $5m from Puerto Panul.…

Brazils Transport Ministry is to release US$44.8m out of a possible budget of US$74.66m to enable some emergency measures to be undertaken and also permit immediate investment in development of the quays.

Some funding will go towards landside construction and also to deepen the access channel to the port to 15 metres.Standard & Poor's Rating Services has raised the Port of Long Beach's credit…

New York Port Authority Board of Commissioners has approved a US$4.5 billion 2005 budget that upgrades security at its airports, bridges, tunnels, seaports and rail system. The port has seen its costs…

The winner of the tender has until late December to complete the study.The 39,200 square metre Vopak facility mainly handles chemical products, petrochemicals and vegetable oil. A subsidiary of the Antofagasta to…

Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners voted to contribute US$5,000 to the International Seafarers Centers Stranded Seafarers Fund to help 16 stranded Filipino seamen. Their vessel, the bulk carrier KATERINA, was seized…

Puerto Rican company Vasquez y Asociados has been awarded the contract to design the initial phase of the islands Las Americas port project which has been costed at US$700m.

After having spent approximately US$1.5m over eight years on studies to justify dredging to 40 feet the access channel at the port of Barranquilla, it now seems that the Colombian government is…

The growth is expected to continue over the next ten years as the port follows through on plans designed to secure future volumes. These include the purchase of 119 acres on the…

The five-month struggle with congestion and labour shortages at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach appears to be easing.