South America
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Uruguay back-tracks on TIL terminal rejection
23/04/2019Having turned down a request from MSC’s terminal arm, TIL, to build a new container terminal in the Port of Montevideo, Uruguay’s National Ports Authority (ANP) has had a change of heart and has put forward an alternative plan for a different READ more
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Uruguay turns down dedicated MSC terminal
15/04/2019Uruguay’s national ports administration Administración Nacional de Puertos (ANP) has said it is not viable to build a dedicated container terminal for MSC at the Port of Montevideo. This follows an analysis from a team of experts which has been READ more
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Urgent re-tender of Valparaíso T2
15/04/2019In Chile, the head of the national shipowners’ association Asociación Nacional de Armadores (ANA) has forecast a prompt re-tendering of Terminal 2 (T2) at the Port of Valparaíso following the departure of concessionaire Terminal Cerros de READ more
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DP World seeks bigger Latin America stake
12/04/2019DP World is looking at concessions in up to seven Latin American ports in the next year, according to the company’s chief operating officer. READ more
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Box throughput up in Latin America
05/04/2019Ports in Latin America and the Caribbean saw container throughput rise by 7.7% year-on-year in 2018. READ more
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Itapoá secures major IDB loan
04/04/2019Brazil’s Porto Itapoá, a private-use terminal located in Santa Catarina state, has concluded a financing package worth $116m to boost capacity. READ more
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Conditions still not right for Ilo investment
04/04/2019Gustavo Jáuregui, managing director of the National Chamber of Commerce of Bolivia, has stated that neither Bolivia nor Peru have yet made significant-enough progress to enable them to make public-private co-investment in the Port of Ilo, which is READ more
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Debt and service losses force terminal closures
01/04/2019Grupo Libra will close its Libra Terminais operation at the Port of Santos after CMA CGM switched three services to other terminals and the terminal operator feels the strain of its struggle with debt. READ more
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Strikes hang over Brazil's leading port
21/03/2019Casual dockworkers supplied by OGMO at Santos, South America’s largest port for containers, have entered their third week of strike action and continue to demand a return to 25% of the shift allocation. READ more
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Future of Valparaiso Terminal 2 at risk
19/03/2019Terminal Cerros de Valparaiso’s (TCVAL) decision to quit the Port of Valparaiso’s Terminal 2 project will set the initiative back by years and slow the expansion of port capacity in Chile, according to recent analysis. READ more
