South America

Panama’s Maritime Authority (AMP) has reported a $2m cut in revenue in 2016.

Valparaíso Port Company (EPV) will shortly commence studies for a new deep water port at La Ligua.

In Mexico, the federal competition body Cofece has opened an investigation into the port of Progreso, in Yucatán, where concerns have been raised over possible barriers to entry and free competition in…

Rommel Troetsch, president of Panama’s Chamber of Commerce, has said that it is fundamental that the country builds a sixth port to satisfy market needs and that this should be implemented as…

Colombia has awarded a contract to build a new multipurpose port in the Bay of Urabá.

The 40-year concession to operate the Ecuadorian port of Manta has been awarded to Chile’s Agencias Universales S.A. (Agunsa).

Advisor to Peru’s Ministry of Transport & Communications, Mario Arbulú Miranda, has mooted the idea of private investment to build the proposed Terminal Marítimo at Eten port.

In Peru, the governor of Tacna province, Omar Jiménez, is backing a new megaport project.