South America

The International Transport Forum (ITF) has made a number of suggestions for policy in Buenos Aires in its Draft Discussion Paper 2017.

Chile’s ten publicly-owned ports boosted traffic by 4.3% in 2016.

Navis has announced a new N4 terminal system licensing agreement with Terminal Puerto Arica (TPA).

Container terminals in the Mexican ports of Manzanillo and Altamira are taking advantage of new rules governing expansion introduced by the Transport & Communications Ministry and have announced investment of $26.5m.

Mexico’s Secretary for Transport and Communications has announced that a tender is to be issued shortly for a $16m expansion of the Port of Mazatlán.

Chinese investors have partnered with Bahia Mineração (Bamin) to build the new Porto Sul in the Brazilian state of Bahia.

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has put back bids for the Port of Corozal concession until March 3.