South America

The Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, or Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), has issued a study it has undertaken into port investment in Latin America and the Caribbean up to…

Guillermo Bouroncle, managing director of Peru’s national port authority, Autoridad Portuaria Nacional (APN), recently explained that national ports needed investment totalling $2.014bn.

Nicaragua’s Empresa Portuaria Nacional (EPN, or National Port Company) executive president, Virgilio Silva, has said that the government is well aware of the negative impact that the political crisis in the country…

In Brazil, the Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviários (“National Waterway Transportation Agency”, or ANTAQ) has announced five new port terminals will be put out to tender in July and September.

The Chilean construction association Cámara Chilena de la Construcción has calculated that Chile needs to invest $5.242bn in port infrastructure from 2018 to 2027.

Odebrecht Engineering & Construction (OEC) has signed a contract with Petrocity Portos to build a multipurpose port in the state of Espírito Santo.

The Ibero-American Institute of Maritime Law has come out in support of the creation of a new maritime law for Chile.