South America

The French Institute of Independent Financial Studies and Piedrabuena have offered to take over a stalled project to build the Port of Río Grande in Argentina. The debt owed by the original…

The head of the UNs Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Ricardo Sanchez, has said that Latin American governments need to redefine their port policies as a means of integrating…

The governments of Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay are seeking finance from the South American Regional Infrastructure Integration Initiative fund to finance pre-feasibility studies for the construction of a deepwater port on Uruguays…

Brazilian Ports Minister, Pedro Brito, has made available $10.27m to the Ceará ports authority for the improvement of the Port of Fortaleza. Part of the money will be spent on upgrading paving…

The latest and largest container terminal on South America’s west coast has been officially opened, a year ahead of schedule after just over two years of construction work.

Brazils Ports Secretariat (SEP) is to tackle a lack of information, communications problems, non-registered documents and a lack of operational security at its ports.

Brazils Ports Secretariat (SEP) has extended the deadline for bids to build a new port at the city of Manaus for a second time. The port is required to service the Manaus…

The port of Santos has become the test-bed of low sulphur fuel on a containership in a trial that will yield valuable emissions data for the US’ Environmental Protection Agency.