South America

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The International Transport Forum (ITF)’s latest report has highlighted policy recommendations to improve the performance and impacts of Chile’s ports.

9th December 2016

Policy recommendations for Chile’s ports

9th December 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Panama’s Supreme Court has thrown out a motion put forward by Panama Ports Company (PPC) that the tender for the Port of Corozal infringes guarantees set out in the country’s constitution.

5th December 2016

Judges give green light to Corozal

5th December 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Advisor to Peru’s Ministry of Transport & Communications, Mario Arbulú Miranda, has mooted the idea of private investment to build the proposed Terminal Marítimo at Eten port.

5th December 2016

Eten port to be privately funded

5th December 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

There is no need for Panama to increase its existing port capacity, director of Panama Ports, Paul Wallace has said.

23rd November 2016

Panama needs better logistics, not new ports

23rd November 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Peru, the governor of Tacna province, Omar Jiménez, is backing a new megaport project.

23rd November 2016

Peru governor supports new deep water port

23rd November 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Latin American Development Bank, known previously as the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), and BNP Paribas Asset Management Brasil have agreed to constitute an infrastructure investment fund.

23rd November 2016

New Brazilian infrastructure fund emerges

23rd November 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

DP World has officially requested permission to renew the terminal concessions the company operates in the Port of Buenos Aires. Currently, it operates in terminals 1, 2 and 3, which have a…

16th November 2016

DP World seeks BA terminal renewals

16th November 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina’s Posadas and Santa Ana Port Authority (EAPPSA) has asked for expressions of interest from companies willing to operate installations at the ports of Posadas and Santa Ana. A future contract will…

7th November 2016

Posadas and Santa Ana seek operators

7th November 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

No bids were received for a possible concession to operate the Port of La Unión in El Salvador, meaning a public-private partnership contract for the port is now extremely unlikely.

7th November 2016

No bids for El Salvador’s La Unión

7th November 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), Latin America’s Development Bank, says that existing port infrastructure in the region is inadequate and the lack of new investment will become a real problem as…

7th November 2016

Latin America needs $50bn in port investment

7th November 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Opportunities for the port of Mariel to capture US transhipment volumes have significantly improved since the US government lifted a ban restricting foreign vessels from calling at US ports within six months…

25th October 2016

Port of Mariel’s US transhipment potential

25th October 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Against all expectations, the Chilean company Agunsa has entered a bid, involving $175m of investment, for the concession to operate Ecuador’s port of Manta.

12th October 2016

Finally, a bid for Manta port concession

12th October 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Panama Canal Authority has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to four pre-qualified port operators selected to compete for the concession to design, develop, finance, construct, operate and maintain Corozal Container…

11th October 2016

Panama Canal issues request for proposals

11th October 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Walter Solís has been forced to quit his job as Ecuador’s Minister of Transport and Public Works following his strategic error in extending the bidding process for the Port of Manta by…

11th October 2016

Manta concession loses only bidder

11th October 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Bigger ships are now a reality for West Coast South America ports. Alex Hughes reports

3rd October 2016

Reality check

3rd October 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Kevin Lazo has been relieved of his post as head of Manta Port Authority (APM), in Ecuador, and replaced by Mr José Miguel García Auz.

16th September 2016

Disquiet over Manta concession emerges

16th September 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Central American ports looking to cash in on the Panama Canals expansion. Alex Hughes reports

5th September 2016

Open season

5th September 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Maurício Quintella Lessa, the Brazilian Minister for Transport, Ports and Civil Aviation, has confirmed that funds are not available for the second phase development of the basin at Itajaí Port Complex, which…

25th August 2016

Funds dry up for Itajaí

25th August 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Thiago Norões, secretary of state for Economic Development in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, has revealed that projects valued at $650m will be put out to tender at the Port of Suape…

25th August 2016

Five new port projects for Suape

25th August 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Yildirim Group’s subsidiary Yilport Holding has secured the rights to Puerto Bolívar Port in Ecuador.

10th August 2016

Yilport seals Puerto Bolívar deal

10th August 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Phase 2 development of Iquique port in northern Chile should start by October at the latest, according to Iquique Port Company (EPI), when the bidding process is expected to be launched.

28th July 2016

Iquique Phase 2 work to start early next year

28th July 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In the first half of 2017, the government of Argentina is to launch a tender linked to land reclamation in the port of Buenos Aires, which aims to create new quays able…

20th July 2016

All change for Buenos Aires

20th July 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The government of Ecuador has calculated that foreign investment in its ports will have reached $2.1bn by the end of the current year, according to vice president Jorge Glas.

14th July 2016

Ecuador showcases port potential

14th July 2016