South America

The Brazilian port of São Sebastião is to launch a tender worth $97.9m in June for the expansion of the port.

The Brazilian port of Itajaí has asked for expressions of interest for the construction of two berths and also to identify potential subsidy requirements.

The 886m tonnes of freight handled by Brazilian ports in 2011, a year-on-year increase of 6.25%, set a new record.

Altamira Port Authority has issued a tender in respect of the construction, fitting out, management and operation of Specialist Dry Bulk Terminal (TEGM).

Asaf Ashar, ports consultant at the University of New Orleans, believes that the new tender proposed for Terminal 2 at the Chilean port of Valparaiso may well fail again.

The government of Ecuador has introduced new directives that will formalise all services offered by those working within the ports industry.

Manta Port Authority in Ecuador has issued a tender for a 25-year concession to not only expand the existing port, but also to operate it.

According to terminal operator Santos Brasil, it is studying three possible new concessions in Brazil, two of which will be in the port of Suape and one at Manaus.

The Brazilian state of Pará is to issue a $546m tender for a dry bulk terminal at the port of Outeiro in May.

The Panama Canal Authority has released proposals to hike Canal toll charges, increasing the number of vessel types, and breaking the tanker segment down into three segments.

Stevedores employed by the Panama Ports Company at the Panamanian ports of Balboa and Cristobal agreed to call off a three day strike and commence negotiations with their employer, following arbitration from…

Empormontts plans to build a multi-purpose terminal at Panitao in southern Chile will have to be agreed by the competition authorities, it has been revealed.

The Association of Private Port Terminals in Ecuador (Asotep) is supporting government policy to introduce a new port regulator, believing it will strengthen the operations of all those involved in the sector…

Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos Paita, operator and concessionaire for the Peruvian port of Paita, is to issue bonds worth $110m to build a new terminal.

Peru’s National Port Authority has forecast that cargo handled by its national ports network will rise by 14%-15% on average over the next five years.

Guillermo Morán, managing director of Manta port authority in Ecuador, has publicly stated that the organisation is close to finalising terms and conditions for the international tender that will result in a…

The design and construction contract to build the third set of locks for the Panama canal is to suffer a seven-month delay.