North America

The president of San Antonio Port Authority (Epsa), Patricio Arrau, says that concession documents will be made available in February for privatisation of certain areas of the port.

A tender covering the concession of a second container terminal at the port of Montevideo will be issued on March 17, 2010. It will specify a minimum of four cranes, which will…

Perus Exporters Association has called for the National Ports Company (Enapu) to be modernised and strengthened to allow it to act as a counterpoint to the countrys privatised ports terminal industry.

Uruguays Transport and Public Works Minister, Victor Rossi, has said that a tender will be issued shortly for a $1bn deep water port. A Spanish consortium is reportedly interested in taking the…

The port of San Antonio in Chile has made available documents relating to the proposed tender for Terminal Number Nine, which will be offered as a 30-year concession for the handling of…

Marylands Seagirt Marine Terminal has been signed over on a 50-year lease to Ports America Chesapeake in a public-private partnership valued at $1.3bn to the State of Maryland over the life of…

The Brazilian terminal operator Libra Terminais says it will continue investing despite the downturn in the economy.

Is short sea shipping finally being taken seriously in the States, asks Barry Parker

Eleven new rubber-tyred gantry cranes at the port of Georgia aim to conserve more than 83,000 gallons of diesel per year - a 33% saving compared with the existing fleets average consumption.