South America

The Port of Santos in Brazil is considering raising port fees by 58%, following seven years of the same rate.

The government of the Argentinian state of Santa Fe is to issue a tender for the construction and operation of a new port for a period of 30 years by the end…

With just months remaining before operations at the Chilean port of Coquimbo are transferred to the Ultramar group, officials of the Public Companies Organisation (SEP) have had meetings with port workers in…

A tender for a second container terminal at the Argentinian port of La Plata attracted no bids.

Manta Port Authority in Ecuador is to issue a tender by the end of the first quarter of 2012 to both modernise and expand the port.

The Chilean company Puerto de Lirquén is to issue shares worth $86m to boost capital.

The Ecuadorian government will issue a tender in December for the Port of Manta management contract.

The Inter-American Development Bank has closed a $430m syndicated loan with four international banks to build a new private mixed-use container and liquids terminal at Brazil’s Santos Port.

Over the next five years, Peru is to spend $3bn on modernising its ports network.