South America

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Costa Rican Pacific ports institute, Instituto Costarricense de Puertos del Pacifico (INCOP), has claimed that the Port of Caldera has effectively reached a point of collapse, with few options open to…

7th May 2019

Costa Rican port faces operational collapse

7th May 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Having turned down a request from MSC’s terminal arm, Terminal Investment Limited, to build a new container terminal in the Port of Montevideo, Uruguay’s National Ports Administration (ANP) has had a change…

23rd April 2019

Uruguay backtracks on TIL terminal rejection

23rd April 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Uruguay’s national ports administration Administración Nacional de Puertos (ANP) has said it is not viable to build a dedicated container terminal for MSC at the Port of Montevideo. This follows an analysis…

15th April 2019

Uruguay turns down dedicated MSC terminal

15th April 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Chile, the head of the national shipowners’ association Asociación Nacional de Armadores (ANA) has forecast a prompt re-tendering of Terminal 2 (T2) at the Port of Valparaíso following the departure of…

15th April 2019

Urgent re-tender of Valparaíso T2

15th April 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

DP World is looking at concessions in up to seven Latin American ports in the next year, according to the company’s chief operating officer.

12th April 2019

DP World seeks bigger Latin America stake

12th April 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil’s Porto Itapoá, a private-use terminal located in Santa Catarina state, has concluded a financing package worth $116m to boost capacity.

4th April 2019

Itapoá secures major IDB loan

4th April 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Terminal Cerros de Valparaiso’s (TCVAL) decision to quit the Port of Valparaiso’s Terminal 2 project will set the initiative back by years and slow the expansion of port capacity in Chile, according…

19th March 2019

Future of Valparaiso Terminal 2 at risk

19th March 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Nicaragua’s national port company Empresa Portuaria Nacional has revealed details of investment opportunities available in the ports of Corinto, Puerto San Juan del Sur and Bluefields.

4th March 2019

Nicaragua unveils port investment strategy

4th March 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Five of Chile’s publicly-owned but privately-managed ports reported losses in 2018. Arica, Iquique, Coquimbo, Valparaíso and Chacabuco all posted lower figures last year than they did in 2017.

21st February 2019

Chilean ports post mixed-volume figures

21st February 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Peru, it will be the ports sector that receives most infrastructure investment in 2019.

21st February 2019

Major investment boon for Peru’s ports

21st February 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Environmental objections have been raised to the DP World-backed Posorja deepwater port project in Ecuador.

18th February 2019

Posorja port environmental objections

18th February 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Alex Hughes explains why 2018 will be one that Latin America’s largest port will not want to remember

31st January 2019

A year to forget for Santos

31st January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

COSCO SHIPPING Ports’ 60% acquisition of Chancay Terminal in Peru, South America is a natural move in line with China’s economic strategy, a ports expert has said.

30th January 2019

Chancay fits China investment strategy

30th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The National Ports Administration of Uruguay (ANP) has invited “expressions of interest for a project to build and operate Punta Sayago Logistics Port. Interested parties can lodge their interest from March 1,…

28th January 2019

Expressions of interest for new Uruguay port

28th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

2018 was not a good year for container traffic at the Chilean Port of Valparaíso, which registered a 15.9% drop in throughput. For the year, traffic amounted to 903,313 teu.

28th January 2019

Valparaíso reels from strike blows

28th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited will establish its first greenfield subsidiary in South America by acquiring 60% stake in Terminales Portuarios Chancay S.A. (Chancay Terminal) from Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A. for US$225m, with…

25th January 2019

COSCO moves in on South American port

25th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Union leader Hugo Moyano is attempting to scuttle a government plan to create a single container terminal concession at the Port of Buenos Aires as of 2020, replacing five existing concessions.

16th January 2019

Unions intervene in Buenos Aires dispute

16th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

José Di Bella, chief executive of the Brazilian Association of Port Terminals, has stated that centralised decision-making in the country’s ports sector is deterring investment.

16th January 2019

Legislation preventing investment in Brazilian ports

16th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The governor of São Paulo State, João Doria, is to ask Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, to privatise the Port of Santos. He has labelled the current facility as inefficient and costly.

16th January 2019

São Paulo governor wants Santos privatised

16th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

DP World is set to expand into Chile after signing an agreement for a 71.3% stake in Puertos y Logistica S.A. (“Pulogsa”) from Minera Valparaiso and other shareholders associated with the Matte…

14th January 2019

Global operator boosts Latin America portfolio

14th January 2019