South America
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Vale set to pull out of Pecém
04/10/2018Brazilian mining and transport company Vale is on the verge of abandoning its Vale Pecém installations at São Gonçalo do Amarante in the state of Ceará after just two years, given a growing financial deficit. In 2016 and 2017, it lost a combined READ more
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Suape box terminal under investigation
04/10/2018Brazil’s competition authority, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), has sought powers to launch an official investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices implemented by the container terminal (Tecon Suape) at the READ more
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Buenos Aires must secure capacity
03/10/2018An immediate concern for the Port of Buenos Aires is to secure container handling capacity, considering the 2019 expiration of concessions of the three container terminals. READ more
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Automated handling in Santos “impracticable”
24/09/2018A research project undertaken by three civil engineering students at Universidade Santa Cecília in Brazil's Santos has suggested that introducing an automated container terminal at the Port of Santos is currently “impracticable”. READ more
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APMT loses patience in Guatemala
24/09/2018APM Terminals (APMT) is to seek international arbitration in respect of its disagreement with the government of Guatemala over its terminal APM Terminals Quetzal, or Terminal de Contenedores Quetzal. READ more
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Costa Rican government assumes port control
13/09/2018Costa Rican ports, airports and an oil refinery have been taken under government control in response to the call for a general strike by the labour unions. READ more
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Anesco lobbies Spanish government
12/09/2018A delegation of the Spanish stevedores’ owners association Anesco has met Ornella Chacón, president of the national ports authority Puertos del Estado, to stress the need to expedite the necessary regulatory environment for Spain’s new READ more
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Brazil needs billions for transport problems
12/09/2018According to Brazil’s national transport confederation Confederação Nacional do Transporte (CNT), the country needs investment of $410bn to resolve all existing transport problems as well as to modernise infrastructure. READ more
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Latest tech used by APMT in Chile
12/09/2018At APM Terminals’ (APMT) facilities in San Antonio and Santiago, located in Chile, security staff are now using drones to monitor activities. They believe that this is not only more effective, but safer too. READ more
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Rotterdam ready to work with Pecém
05/09/2018The Port of Rotterdam Authority has received the green light from the Netherlands’ Ministry of Finance and the municipality of Rotterdam for work with Brazil’s Port of Pecém. READ more