South America – Page 18
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NewsPeru government argues for 30-year concession extensions
The Peruvian government has put before parliament a proposal to increase port concessions from a maximum of 30 years to an upper level of 60 years.
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Embraport now wholly DP World owned
Empresa Brasileira de Terminais Portuários (Embraport) in Brazil will now be known as DP World Santos after the terminal operating giant acquired an additional stake of nearly 67% from Odebrecht Transport.
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NewsMexican ports switch to civilian control
A rejig of port management is taking place in Mexico. According to the Ministry of Transport (SCT), overall responsibility for ports is being transferred from the Naval Secretariat (Semar), which has been in charge for the past three years, to civilian control. This has prompted the replacement of many senior ...
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NewsChinese investors eye up Peruvian potential
Chinese investors are looking to build a US$1bn port on Peru’s central coast.
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$624m Port of Puerto Cortés investment
Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana, which operates the Honduran Port of Puerto Cortés, is to invest $624m over the next 14 years to enable it to handle neo-panamax vessels transiting the Panama Canal.
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News‘No conflict of interest’ at Montevideo
Uruguay’s Minister of Transport, Víctor Rossi, has dismissed accusations of any conflict of interest, given that the National Ports Authority (ANP) continues to hold a 20% stake in Terminal Cuenca del Plata (TCP).
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NewsEPSA issues tenders for new port
San Antonio Port Company (EPSA) has issued a public tender for the project management consultancy linked to the development of a large-scale port at the Port of San Antonio.
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NewsChina Merchants given go-ahead to buy TCP Participações
In Brazil, the competition authority Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE) - the Administrative Council for Economic Defense - has given its unrestricted approval to the purchase by China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPH) of port operator TCP Participações. The announcement was made in the Official State News Publication.
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NewsBrazil’s largest operator is reconsidering Imbituba assets
Brazil''s largest terminal operator is reconsidering its assets at the Port of Imbituba with a possibility they could be sold off.
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NewsEuroamerica to open third terminal
Argentinian terminal operator Euroamerica SA, which has two port and logistics terminals in Campana, is to open a third: Terminal III Tajiber. The 280ha facility will require investment of $500m, of which $110m has already been allocated.
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NewsColombia studying 17 port projects
The government in Colombia is undertaking a study for the development of terminals across 17 ports, distributed between the country’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts. These are seen as medium-term projects and their establishment would help upgrade existing logistics provision in the country.
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NewsLobito port privatises terminal operations
In Angola, Soportos has taken over management of the minerals terminal, while Sogester (a consortium consisting of APM Terminals and local partners) has won the concession for the container terminal and dry dock at the Port of Lobito. In all cases, concessions have been awarded for 25 years, the length ...
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NewsPuerto Rico begins recovery after hurricane
Omar Marrero, director of Puerto Rico Ports Authority, has said that things are slowly getting back to normal following recent hurricane damage.
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NewsMSC negotiates Montevideo stake
At the Port of Montevideo, in Uruguay, talks are reported to be under way between MSC and Katoen Natie with a view to the acquisition by the former of a majority stake in the latter’s box handling facility, Terminal Cuenca del Plata (TCP).
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NewsSantos box contract under investigation
In Brazil, the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) is reportedly investigating irregularities in the concession of the box terminal operated by Santos Brasil at Guarujá, on the left bank of the Port of Santos.
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NewsCamco awarded DP World Callao gate automation project
Camco Technologies has been awarded the design, installation and commissioning of a gate automation system at DP World Callao.
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NewsSSA investment boosts traffic in Mexico
SSA Mexico has confirmed that it has ongoing investment of $562m in its container, cruise, general cargo and automotive terminals in Mexico.
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NewsNo further port bureaucracy needed in Chile
Daniel Fernández, president of Chile’s Port and Maritime Chamber (Camport), has rejected the idea of creating an Under-secretariat of Ports to oversee issues impacting on the sector.
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NewsCentralisation cannot solve Santos bottlenecks
The mayor of Santos has partially blamed the centralisation of port management for the excessive number of bottlenecks at the Port of Santos. Paulo Alexandre Barbosa has therefore again asked for decision-making at the port to be decentralised.
