South America

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Administracion Nacional de Puertos de Uruguay (ANP, or National Uruguayan Ports Authority)…

26th July 2023

News…94 so far…Uruguay

26th July 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has launched a tender to build a new floating dock system to replace the moribund FIPASS dock…

26th July 2023

FIG floating dock

26th July 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Government of Costa Rica in partnership with APM Terminals (APMT) Moin has confirmed the inauguration of two new container scanners.

26th July 2023

Reputation matters in Costa Rica

26th July 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The direction of thinking on new container terminal concessions in Santos appears to be changing again. Rob Ward reports

26th July 2023

Santos: Rethink underway

26th July 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The prospects for DP World Santos have improved with the potential demise of the Superterminal plan opening the way for new investment

26th July 2023

A new lease of life

26th July 2023

WORLD

WORLD

Cosco Shipping has launched a new weekly service connecting north Europe and the Mediterranean with the east coast of South America.

19th July 2023

Cosco launches Europe/South America service

19th July 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

MSC is reportedly keen to buy a majority shareholding in Wilson, Sons, the Brazilian based diversified shipping, terminal operating and logistics company.

17th July 2023

MSC and Wilson, Sons link

17th July 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Contecon Guayaquil S.A. (CGSA), in Ecuador, has handled its largest ever vessel. The ICTSI operated termina…

1st June 2023

Success for CGSA

1st June 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The first round of a new US$400 million grant programme targeting port electrification and efficiency improvements for trucking has opened. The scheme falls…

1st June 2023

Polluting Truck Grant

1st June 2023

WORLD

WORLD

The boss of APM Terminals has pledged almost €1 billion to support operations in Brazil up to 2026.

17th May 2023

APM Terminals invests in Brazil

17th May 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

A multimodal maritime terminal in Colombia has installed an industrial-grade private 4.9G wireless network and edge computing solution.

10th May 2023

Colombian terminal installs 4.9G network

10th May 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Santos Port Authority (SPA) achieved the best monthly performance in its history in March 2023, when it handled 15.3 million tons of cargo. 

9th May 2023

Strong Santos

9th May 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Itapoá Port in Brazil has introduced an HCVM XT cargo inspection system from Smiths Detection, a UK-based specialist in threat…

9th May 2023

Itapoá Inspections

9th May 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

One issue that was high on the agenda of attendees at the Intermodal show was future ownership of container terminals at the Port of Santos, South America’s biggest port with 4.99 million…

21st April 2023

Santos Brasil: speculation rife

21st April 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

DP World (DPW) has confirmed it is investing US$35 million to expand and modernise its operation…

18th April 2023

DPW Santos Spend

18th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The APMT Itajai terminal lives on but the clock is ticking. Is revival a realistic prospect in the face of tough competition? Rob Ward investigates

11th April 2023

Down but not out?

11th April 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian Port of Itapoá has invested US$25 million in 10 remote-controlled Rubber-Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs), claiming it is the first port in South America to utilise this type of equipment.

6th April 2023

Porto Itapoa invests in new hardware

6th April 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Through the imposition of unequal tolls on the River Parana Argentina has sparked a storm of protest from other user countries while the new dredging concession is still pending. Rob Ward reports

3rd April 2023

Right rumpus on the Parana

3rd April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Wilson Sons has opted for ABB’s Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system to improve the efficiciency of its ship-to-shore cranes at its Rio Grande container terminal.

28th February 2023

Brazilian terminal goes digital with container stowage

28th February 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Changes are underway in the international dredging market – there is a growing emphasis on new generation project funding arrangements and exploiting new areas of business opportunity. AJ Keyes investigates

27th February 2023

New strategies and markets

27th February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Guyana is to take receipt of its first mobile harbour cranes in Q2 this year when two Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes arrive.

24th February 2023

First mobile harbour cranes for Guyana

24th February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Porto Itapoá will be the first port in South America to use remote-controlled rubber-tyred gantry cranes.

23rd February 2023

First South American port to use autonomous RTGs

23rd February 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

With the change of port administration in Santos there are concerns about a return to political interference but there is universal agreement on the need for new investment. Rob Ward details the…

8th February 2023

Santos: politics & priorities

8th February 2023