South America

Uruguay’s national ports administration Administración Nacional de Puertos (ANP) has said it is not viable to build a dedicated container terminal for MSC at the Port of Montevideo. This follows an analysis…

In Chile, the head of the national shipowners’ association Asociación Nacional de Armadores (ANA) has forecast a prompt re-tendering of Terminal 2 (T2) at the Port of Valparaíso following the departure of…

DP World is looking at concessions in up to seven Latin American ports in the next year, according to the company’s chief operating officer.

Brazil’s Porto Itapoá, a private-use terminal located in Santa Catarina state, has concluded a financing package worth $116m to boost capacity.

Nicaragua’s national port company Empresa Portuaria Nacional has revealed details of investment opportunities available in the ports of Corinto, Puerto San Juan del Sur and Bluefields.

Five of Chile’s publicly-owned but privately-managed ports reported losses in 2018. Arica, Iquique, Coquimbo, Valparaíso and Chacabuco all posted lower figures last year than they did in 2017.

In Peru, it will be the ports sector that receives most infrastructure investment in 2019.

Environmental objections have been raised to the DP World-backed Posorja deepwater port project in Ecuador.

Alex Hughes explains why 2018 will be one that Latin America’s largest port will not want to remember