South America

Brazils federal government has announcement that it will issue a tender for the port of Manaus by February 2012.

Tecon Salvador SA has gained financing from Cordiant Capital to refurbish and double the terminal’s container handling capacity as well as cutting the costs for Brazil’s rising exports industry.

A ruling on the concession for second container terminal at the Mexican port of Lázaro Cárdenas will be made in November.

A total of 11 groups have bought tender documents for the privatisation of the Chilean port of Talcahuano, of which six are said to be very interested. An award is expected on…

The Parliament of El Salvador has approved legislation allowing the port of La Unión to be privatised. The facility was built at a cost of $187m and aims to enable the country…

Armasur, the professional body representing maritime transport operators in Chile, is opposing the concession to build the proposed Punta Panitao port in the south of the country.

Uruguays National Ports Authority (ANP) wants to move empty containers outside the port of Montevideo to avoid operational collapse at the container terminal.

All concessionaires at the port of Santos will have to meet minimum productivity standards in future or risk having their concessions withdrawn.

Venezuelas transport and communications ministry has signed an agreement with the Portuguese government for an expansion project at La Guaira port in Vargas state.

Peru says it is going to strengthen the National Ports Administration, Enapu, which will continue to function as the administrator for all the public ports owned by the state.