South America

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

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The outgoing Santos port administration has turned in record profits, but the new Ports Minister has signalled he does not see a future for the proposed whole port privatisation. Rob Ward explains

8th February 2023

All change at Santos

8th February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

A leading Chilean logistics association has joined in with the country’s Maritime and Port Chamber (Camport) in calling for increased “public-private co-ordination” to combat violent criminal gangs stealing from container operators.

8th February 2023

Chile call to cut violent crime

8th February 2023

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

The International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) subsidiary in Mexico, Contecon Manzanillo (CMSA), has commenced the third phase of its expansion project. 

8th February 2023

Contecon Grows

8th February 2023

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

Porto Itapoá, the rapidly growing container terminal in southern Brazil…

8th February 2023

Itapoa Upgrade

8th February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

December’s World Cup in Qatar gave a massive boost to Tecon Rio Grande (TRG), the box terminal owned and operated by Wilson, Sons in Brazil’s southernmost state.

8th February 2023

Football Crazy

8th February 2023