South America
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Ports feel effects of Chile strikes
19/11/2019Port operations in Chile have been disrupted after dockworkers took part in protest strikes in the country. READ more
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TIME TO WEAR SHADES IN CALLAO – THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT
18/11/2019Rob Ward gives the port of Callao, Peru a health check and discovers that volumes are growing in 2019 and that the future looks bright. READ more
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Direct calls or a future of feedering for Buenos Aires?
25/10/2019Buenos Aires may soon have a new $1.9 billion container terminal in Puerto Nuevo, but will this occur just as carriers stop direct calls and start feedering from Montevideo or Brazil, asks Rob Ward READ more
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Kick starting Brazilian ports revolution
25/10/2019South America’s biggest container volume port, Santos, is forging closer ties with China and targeting profitability, as Rob Ward discovers. READ more
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Delays to new $1.9bn Buenos Aires tender
24/10/2019The tender for the $1.9bn development of Puerto Nuevo has been delayed until 2 December, owing to shock results of the Primary Presidential elections in early August, as Rob Ward discovers. READ more
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From greenfield terminal to trade hub
10/10/2019A major global port operator has evolved its operations in a South American country from a greenfield terminal to a fully integrated maritime and logistics hub. READ more
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ICTSI secures Rio terminal concession
18/07/2019ICTSI subsidiary ICTSI Americas BV has acquired 100% of the shares of Libra Terminal Rio S.A. (Libra Rio) to run the Terminal de Contêineres 1 (T1Rio) container terminal in the Port of Rio, Brazil. READ more
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Buenos Aires contentious concession cocktail
24/06/2019The formal launch of the Buenos Aires port tender for a single company to develop and operate one large container terminal facility is underway but not without controversy dogging its footsteps. READ more
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Falklands government issues new port tender
07/06/2019The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has issued a development partner tender for the design and construction of a new port that can handle the same type of cargo as the current port as well as facilitate forecasted economic growth including future READ more
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Chinese interest in Corrientes ports
06/06/2019China State Construction Engineering Corporation is interested in port projects in the Argentinean province of Corrientes and has already had negotiations with governor Gustavo Valdés. READ more
