South America

Odebrecht Engineering & Construction (OEC) has signed a contract with Petrocity Portos to build a multipurpose port in the state of Espírito Santo.

The Ibero-American Institute of Maritime Law has come out in support of the creation of a new maritime law for Chile.

In Costa Rica, the Infrastructure Division of the Comptroller Generals Office has asked for better supervision of the concession contract for the Port of Moín, which is being developed by APM Terminals.

Víctor Rossi, Uruguay’s Transport & Public Works Minister, has revealed that a new Master Plan for the countrys ports, covering 2018–2035, will be introduced by mid-year.

In Brazil, the Port of Itaqui will start an auction for the concession of its new general cargo terminal in July. This is expected to mainly handle cellulose and paper.

José Antonio Contreras, managing director of Port of Guayquil concessionaire Contencon, has said that he is not opposed to Ecuador expanding its terminals. However, he wants a level playing field across the…

In August, El Salvador’s Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma (CEPA), or Autonomous Port Executive Commission, is to issue a new tender for the Port of La Unión Centroamericana (Port of La Unión). The decision…

Turkey’s Yildirim Group has announced that its subsidiary Yilport Holding (Yilport) has started the first stage of channel dredging works at Puerto Bolívar in Ecuador — just over a year after it…

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has sought permission to withdraw a proposal it put forward to create a second container terminal in the Port of Montevideo in Uruguay.

Puerto Coronel will invest US$30m in two new ZPMC container gantry cranes and construction of associated infrastructure to boost its terminal’s container handling capacity.

From this month, all vessel refuelling and resupplying at the Port of Santos will be monitored by drones, a move that the port authority hopes will boost security and identify leaks, which…

Terminal Portuario de Manta (TPM), which is undertaking major regeneration wok at the northern Ecuadorian port, says it is working on five different projects simultaneously.

A controversial new USD3.3bn outer port at Chile’s Port of San Antonio will be financed through port tariffs.

No evidence of corruption has been found in an investigation of Brazilian President Michel Temer over port concessions.