South America

A new tunnel is the “best solution” for Port of Santos cross-port connectivity. In an exclusive interview, Rob Ward talks to Casemiro Tercio Carvalho, a leading proponent of the tunnel option, to…

MultiRio container terminal in Rio de Janeiro has a new terminal operating deal and is gearing up to handle the largest box ships in the East Coast of South America (ECSA) trades,…

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic causing economic havoc globally, container terminals in Panamaare posting healthy throughput increases in transshipment. Rob Ward looks at the pattern of events.

San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) will invest US$46m to extend its concession at the Port of San Antonio in Chile.

Port terminals will be hit by cost-cutting measures that will likely impact modernisation and technology investments.

A battle is brewing in Santos. Should there be a tunnel or a bridge to link the two disparatesides of the port area? Or neither? Rob Ward investigates.

Rob Ward investigates the impact of the strike by truckers in Chile that ended in September 2020.

Ecuador’s Port of Guayaquil is set to receive US£18m investment to boost its capacity to handle neopanamax vessels.

Despite the Coronavirus pandemic and poor economic climate, East Coast South America (ECSA)to US East and Gulf coast trades is holding up well for Brazilian exports, as Rob Ward discovers

New Santos Port Authority President, Fernando Henrique Passos Biral, has a clear picture of what needs to be done to propel the port forward, he talks exclusively to Rob Ward

Container managers in Brazil expected the CMA CGM extra-loader, APL Paris to call in Santos,but instead it went to Itajaí. Rob Ward explains.

13 port terminal tenders are due to be executed in Brazil by the end of the year.

The man who was brought in to “revolutionise” Santos, South America’s biggest port, has surprisingly resigned, after just over a year in the hot seat, as Rob Ward explains.

Among all the South American countries, Chile seems to have escaped many of the worst ravages of the coronavirus, as Rob Ward confirms.

Porto Itapoa, the container terminal partly owned by Maersk Line, has leapt into third position in the Brazilian box hierarchy, as Rob Ward discovers.

After several years of ups and downs and funding setbacks, the Brazilian portof Itajai may finally be fully back on track. Rob Ward investigates.

In the past year, Peru’s port operators adjusted to the trade war between China and the US and now face the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. Rob Ward assesses developments.

It looks like the plans for one major terminal in Buenos Aires, Argentina may now be off the table, as Rob Ward discovers.

Major Brazilian shipping group, Wilson, Sons has received a boost as shipping lines are bringing additional cargo to the company’s two terminals, as Rob Ward confirms.

The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has selected a development partner to design and build a new port in Stanley Harbour.

China Merchants Port Holdings Co., Ltd. (CMPort) has sold part of its majority share in a Brazilian container terminal to two Chinese funds.

Cosco Shipping is developing its $3billion deep-water general cargo and 1million TEUcapacity container port at Chancay. Rob Ward explains further.

Container handling supremacy has been a long-term fight in Chile but, as Rob Ward discovers, there may finally be one port set to win through.