South America

Despite the Coronavirus pandemic and poor economic climate, East Coast South America (ECSA)to US East and Gulf coast trades is holding up well for Brazilian exports, as Rob Ward discovers

New Santos Port Authority President, Fernando Henrique Passos Biral, has a clear picture of what needs to be done to propel the port forward, he talks exclusively to Rob Ward

Container managers in Brazil expected the CMA CGM extra-loader, APL Paris to call in Santos,but instead it went to Itajaí. Rob Ward explains.

13 port terminal tenders are due to be executed in Brazil by the end of the year.

The man who was brought in to “revolutionise” Santos, South America’s biggest port, has surprisingly resigned, after just over a year in the hot seat, as Rob Ward explains.

Among all the South American countries, Chile seems to have escaped many of the worst ravages of the coronavirus, as Rob Ward confirms.

Porto Itapoa, the container terminal partly owned by Maersk Line, has leapt into third position in the Brazilian box hierarchy, as Rob Ward discovers.

After several years of ups and downs and funding setbacks, the Brazilian portof Itajai may finally be fully back on track. Rob Ward investigates.

In the past year, Peru’s port operators adjusted to the trade war between China and the US and now face the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. Rob Ward assesses developments.

It looks like the plans for one major terminal in Buenos Aires, Argentina may now be off the table, as Rob Ward discovers.