South America

A total of 2,500 port workers at the Chilean port of San Antonio have now been on indefinite strike since September 24, having failed to persuade the government to meet their demands.

Mexicos Transport and Communications Ministry is awaiting a judicial review of its decision to grant a consortium of ICA and APM Terminals a concession to build and operate a second container terminal…

The decision by the government of Venezuela to centralise control of ports in 2009 has resulted in a worsening of operations, according to local sources.

A lack of infrastructure, aggravated by rain and strikes, has led to a queue of 126 vessels waiting to dock at the port of Paranaguá in Brazil, with each vessel losing approximately…

With a forecast annual growth rate of 6%, existing capacity at Chilean ports will be exhausted by 2025, according to reports.

Perus Constitutional Court is on the verge of making its landmark ruling on the legal protection being sought by members of the Enapu National Workers Federation (Fenenapu) in respect of the status…

The port of Manzanillo in Mexico has published a tender for a concession to build and operate a multipurpose terminal. Bids must be received by early November.

Manta port authority in Ecuador has extended by a further three months the bidding deadline for the concession to build and operate a proposed deepwater multipurpose terminal.

The Chilean government is preparing a tender for a new deepwater port in its central area.

The report into the concession process undertaken for the North Terminal at the Peruvian port of Callao and also of the port of Paita has concluded that there were irregularities in both…

Perus Transport and Communications Minister, Carlos Paredes, has conceded that the National Ports Company, Enapu, is skirting bankruptcy.

Perus Ministry of Transport is to shortly publish a new National Port Development Plan, which aims to modernise services and infrastructure to bring them up to levels necessary to allow the country…

The Brazilian Ministry of Employment has fined the Santos Brazil and Libra Terminais container terminals for using unregistered labour when working vessels in the port of Santos.

The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has put forward a canal project to rival that of the Panama Canal. A new authority has been set up for the project, which should cost…

Valparaiso Port Company (EPV) is undertaking a roadshow in the Far East to persuade investors to stump up the $300m it requires for its Terminal 2 container handling facility.