South America

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

A new government is in place in Argentina, responsibility for Transportation has been moved to the so-called Finance and Economy Super Ministry but as yet no sign of what lies in store…

26th February 2024

Buenos Aires: What next?

26th February 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Porto Chibatão in Brazil has strengthened ties with Liebherr with the purchase of four LBS 800 cranes.

23rd February 2024

Porto Chibatão sets milestone with four LBS 800

23rd February 2024

WORLD

WORLD

Containerships are just about managing to maintain daily transit averages through the Panama Canal, while other sectors reroute.

26th January 2024

Containerships weather Panama drought

26th January 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Two global finance institutions will provide finance to boost Uruguay’s foreign trade through an expansion of the facilities at the Port of Montevideo.

16th January 2024

Uruguay’s multi million port expansion project

16th January 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

ShibataFenderTeam (SFT) has delivered 11 SPC Cone Fenders to support the AGEO Terminals expansion in Port of Santos, Brazil.

5th January 2024

SFT supports Brazilian terminal expansion

5th January 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

APM Terminals has begun work on the next stage of modernisation at its multipurpose North Terminal at the Port of Callao in Peru.

13th December 2023

APMT begins next phase of Callao modernisation

13th December 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

A new terminal in the Port of Santos has taken delivery of seven forklifts and two gantry cranes from Konecranes.

4th December 2023

New Konecranes equipment for Brazilian port

4th December 2023

WORLD

WORLD

Supply chain disruptions caused by environmental conditions in the Panama Canal are expected to affect the entire shipping industry, potentially impacting container prices.

30th November 2023

Panama Canal disruption set to continue

30th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Yilport is on track to delivering its vision to operate the main port in Ecuador with the arrival of five new cranes.

27th November 2023

Puerto Bolívar on track to be Ecuador’s main port

27th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

It’s all change again at the Brazilian port ministry where key officials have been replaced for political reasons and where the STS 10 tender in Santos (to build a new container terminal…

24th November 2023

All change at Brazil’s port ministry and tactics as well?

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The extreme weather phenomena in northern and southern Brazil (see feature article) and its effects on ports in those regions has led to “extreme congestion” at the port of Santos, the biggest…

24th November 2023

Santos also impacted by extreme weather events

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Teconnave, a new company set up by MSC subsidiary Portonave, is all set to take over the former APM Terminal Itajai, from early next year with a contract that will last at…

24th November 2023

Itajai: The Wait Goes On

24th November 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

CMA TERMINALS Fortaleza has confirmed delivery of two new mobile harbour cranes to support its terminal operations located in northeastern Brazil.

24th November 2023

CMA terminals Fortaleza invests in Konecranes mobiles

24th November 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Nokia has been selected by Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) to deploy the first private wireless network at its container terminal in a port in the Caribbean.

19th October 2023

Private network first for Caribbean port

19th October 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

APMT Callao has recently lost breakbulk cargo, principally due to congestion factors, but with new investment implemented is confident that it is back on track. Rob Ward reports

9th October 2023

Overcoming congestion

9th October 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The construction of the new Chancay Port, a 992ha mixed use project, in which COSCO Shipping holds a 60 per cent stake and Volcan, a subsidiary of Swiss mining company Glencore, has…

9th October 2023

Chancay: setbacks, environmental concerns but progress made

9th October 2023

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

Reports in Argentina suggest that the General Administration of Ports of Argentina (AGP)…

9th October 2023

BA Changes

9th October 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A new container terminal at Puerto Antioquia, Colombia has placed an order for eight new…

9th October 2023

Clean Antioquia Order

9th October 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Peru’s Port of Paracas has installed new cameras that offer 4k UHD resolution wind resistant up to 290 km/h…

9th October 2023

Paracas AI Cameras

9th October 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

‘One man’s gain is another’s pain’ as the old adage goes and this is the case with Puerto de Paracas which has made inroads into Callao’s general cargo traffic. But will it…

9th October 2023

Paracas carves out its niche

9th October 2023

WORLD

WORLD

Chile-based SAAM has completed the sale of its port terminals and logistics operations to Hapag-Lloyd for approximately US$995 million.

4th August 2023

SAAM completes terminal and logistics sale

4th August 2023

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

DP World Callao, in Peru, has received the first LNG powered vessel to berth along the West Coast of South America and is promising the container terminal will be carbon neutral by…

26th July 2023

DP World Callao builds green credentials

26th July 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Peruvian Association of Port Operators (ASPPOR) is calling for new regulations…

26th July 2023

Truck rule change

26th July 2023