South America

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Mayor of the Colombian city of Barranquilla has declared the lack of draft in the main port as a national emergency.

9th January 2019

Draft emergency declared in Colombia port

9th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Contecon Guayaquil SA (CGSA) has become the first port in South America to obtain carbon-neutral certification following its efforts to implement sustainability initiatives and incorporate technologies that reduce its operational impact.

3rd January 2019

South America’s first CO2-neutral port

3rd January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Argentina, Transport Minister Guillermo Dietrich has signed the necessary paperwork to bring the expiry of all container terminal concessions in the Port of Buenos Aires into alignment.

21st December 2018

Expiry date set for Buenos Aires terminals

21st December 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The president of Empresa Portuaria Valparaíso (EPV), Raul Celis, has resigned, citing diagnostic differences with Chiles Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications regarding the ongoing strike at the port.

21st December 2018

Crisis deepens at Valparaíso

21st December 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In northern Chile, the privately owned and operated Puerto Caldera Terminal is to invest $23m in both new handling equipment and expanded facilities to cater to growth in export fruit traffic which…

21st December 2018

Caldera invests with an eye on Argentina

21st December 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Ports in the region are battling strikes, legal battles and fluctuating throughput. Alex Hughes reports

20th December 2018

Mixed outlook for South American volumes

20th December 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A strike that began on November 16 has crippled the Chilean Port of Valparaíso. By the end of a 10th day of strikes, with most of the terminals effectively blockaded by striking…

6th December 2018

Chilean port reels from crippling strikes

6th December 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Robbers are targeting vessels anchored in ports in Venezuela, marine liability insurer North P&I Club and security consultant and analyst Gray Page have said.

29th November 2018

Robbers target ships at Venezuelan ports

29th November 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Argentina, the Port Quequén management consortium Consorcio de Gestión de Puerto Quequén (CGPQ) has started preparatory works for the construction of a new container terminal.

27th November 2018

Quequén to have first box terminal

27th November 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Three global stevedoring groups based in East Asia have been linked with the possible purchase of the two container terminals in Brazil currently operated by Wilson Sons in the ports of Rio…

15th November 2018

Three operators linked to Wilson sale

15th November 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil’s president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, is to investigate the possible privatisation of state-run ports, which would include the São Paulo state docks company Companhia Docas do Estado de São Paulo.

15th November 2018

New president mulls Brazil port privatisation

15th November 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

José Alex Botelho Oliva, the president of the Port of Santos, and six other port executives were recently arrested for alleged fraud linked to port tenders.

7th November 2018

Santos management team under investigation

7th November 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

José María Dodds, president of the management consortium of the Argentinian Port of La Plata, has suggested that more powerful shipping alliances may be a factor in preventing a major shift of…

7th November 2018

Shipping alliances impact La Plata box traffic

7th November 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Turkey’s YILPORT Holding has announced that Puerto Quetzal is now a member of its terminal portfolio after it was awarded the right to multipurpose quay operations in the terminal.

7th November 2018

Puerto Quetzal joins YILPORT portfolio

7th November 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Jonas Constante examines the relationship between management practices and the performance of Brazilian port authorities.

1st November 2018

Linking Brazilian strategy with performance

1st November 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Three ports on South Americas Pacific coast have had to overcome their own adversity in recent times. Alex Hughes reports.

1st November 2018

South American coping mechanismss

1st November 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The global container trade to GDP growth ratio of four-to-one has slipped close to two-to-one for Latin America, according to figures from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the…

31st October 2018

Latin America box growth slump

31st October 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Federal Police of Brazil has published the 800-page report on former President Michel Temer, which led to his indictment for passive corruption, money laundering and criminal organisation.

31st October 2018

Police highlight Brazilian port corruption

31st October 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Shippers in Latin America have publicly criticised inefficiencies in regional ports and the wider supply chain.

31st October 2018

Latin America ports criticism

31st October 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

APM Terminals’ Moín Container Terminal (MCT) in Costa Rica has been granted permission by the National Council of Concessions (CNC) to start commercial operations at its first deep-sea berth.

29th October 2018

Moín Container Terminal receives first vessel

29th October 2018