South America

Major Brazilian shipping group, Wilson, Sons has received a boost as shipping lines are bringing additional cargo to the company’s two terminals, as Rob Ward confirms.

The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has selected a development partner to design and build a new port in Stanley Harbour.

China Merchants Port Holdings Co., Ltd. (CMPort) has sold part of its majority share in a Brazilian container terminal to two Chinese funds.

Cosco Shipping is developing its $3billion deep-water general cargo and 1million TEUcapacity container port at Chancay. Rob Ward explains further.

Container handling supremacy has been a long-term fight in Chile but, as Rob Ward discovers, there may finally be one port set to win through.

Port operations in Chile have been disrupted after dockworkers took part in protest strikes in the country.

Rob Ward gives the port of Callao, Peru a health check and discovers that volumes are growing in 2019 and that the future looks bright.

Buenos Aires may soon have a new $1.9 billion container terminal in Puerto Nuevo, but will thisoccur just as carriers stop direct calls and start feedering from Montevideo or Brazil, asks Rob…

South America’s biggest container volume port, Santos, is forging closer ties with Chinaand targeting profitability, as Rob Ward discovers.

The tender for the $1.9bn development of Puerto Nuevo has been delayed until 2 December, owing to shock results of the Primary Presidential elections in early August, as Rob Ward discovers.