South America

In Angola, Soportos has taken over management of the minerals terminal, while Sogester (a consortium consisting of APM Terminals and local partners) has won the concession for the container terminal and dry…

Omar Marrero, director of Puerto Rico Ports Authority, has said that things are slowly getting back to normal following recent hurricane damage.

At the Port of Montevideo, in Uruguay, talks are reported to be under way between MSC and Katoen Natie with a view to the acquisition by the former of a majority stake…

In Brazil, the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) is reportedly investigating irregularities in the concession of the box terminal operated by Santos Brasil at Guarujá, on the left bank of the Port of…

Camco Technologies has been awarded the design, installation and commissioning of a gate automation system at DP World Callao.

Ecuador is putting its ports front and centre. Alex Hughes reports

Daniel Fernández, president of Chile’s Port and Maritime Chamber (Camport), has rejected the idea of creating an Under-secretariat of Ports to oversee issues impacting on the sector.

The mayor of Santos has partially blamed the centralisation of port management for the excessive number of bottlenecks at the Port of Santos. Paulo Alexandre Barbosa has therefore again asked for decision-making…

The Under Secretary of Port and Inland Waterways of Argentina’s Ministry of Transport has stressed the need to consolidate ports in the country to both boost tourism and regional economies.

Argentina’s Minister of Transport, Guillermo Dietrich, has welcomed favourable government tax policies that have been responsible for a raft of new investment in ports in the Rosario Metropolitan area, which currently handles…