South America – Page 32
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NewsChilean terminal concession
Iquique’s port authority, Empresa Portuaria Iquique (EPI) will put the public terminal of the Port of Iquique out to tender this year.
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Uruguay hub crane dispute
The dispute between TCP, whose major shareholder is Katoen Natie, and rival Montecon has once again made headlines following the arrival at the public quays of the OOCL Qingdao containership.
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NewsPanama Canal ups its game?
The Panama Canal Authority is said to be considering a fourth set of new locks as part of its US$5.2bn expansion project to allow for the passage of Super Post-Panamax vessels.
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NewsPanama Canal rival
The Nicaraguan government has apparently awarded a Chinese company a 100 year concession to build the alternative to the Panama Canal.
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Brazil ramps up concessioning activity
Brazil''s National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq) has scheduled four rounds of tenders covering the privatisation of terminals at Brazilian ports.
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NewsReaching tipping point
Brazil has reached an historic point in its port history, as Alex Hughes explains
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NewsMP595 sets Santos Brasil free
Before the approval of Brazil''s port reform bill MP595, national operator Santos Brasil admits that it felt uncomfortable investing in areas outside of public ports as the previous legislation did not entirely allow for the handling of third party traffic.
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NewsMP595 could stimulate massive change in Brazil's ports
The Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industries (Abdib) has estimated that the adoption of new ports legislation could stimulate investment of $24.6bn by eliminating barriers to entry for private capital.
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NewsControversy continues to court Brazilian port reform
Both houses of the Brazilian parliament have voted into law interim measure 595, which it is hoped will greatly increase the competitiveness of the Brazilian ports industry.
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Colombian ports eye major league status
The Colombian port of Cartagena is upgrading infrastructure and equipment as a means of converting it into one of the world''s 30th largest ports.
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Chile to boost port capacity by 2020
The national director of public works at the Chilean Ministry of Public Works, Ricardo Tejada, has revealed that traffic growth at domestic ports is increasing by 8%-12% annually.
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Buenos Aires losing transit cargo to Montevideo
Resolution 3433, which was adopted by Argentina''s Federal Administration of Public Revenue in March, has resulted in a hike in costs at the country’s ports.
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Santos creaks under the strain
The president of the São Paulo Customs Brokers'' Union (Sindasp), Valdir Santos, has suggested that one of the best ways of reducing congestion at the port of Santos would be to divert inbound trucks to the port of Paranaguá.
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News‘Illegal’ strike brings chaos to Chilean ports
A three-week strike resulting from demands by stevedores at the northern Chilean port of Angamos for a 30-minute lunch break and a place to set up a cafeteria ended recently.
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NewsGrup TCB invests in Guatemalan terminal
Global freight company, Grup TCB, is to invest US$250m in the new TCQ terminal at Puerto Quetzal Port, located on the Pacific coast of Guatemala, which it will operate for the next 25 years.
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NewsNorth American ports capex or capsize?
North American ports which don’t invest to upgrade their facilities ready for the upcoming Panama Canal expansion in 2015 “risk capsizing their economies”, says K C Conway, author of Colliers International’s third North American Port Analysis’ report.
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OHL wins Valparaiso Terminal 2 concession
The Spanish construction group OHL has put forward the most competitive bid in the tender to build and operate Terminal 2 at the Chilean port of Valparaiso.
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NewsBrazil needs private capital
The Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CAN) has launched a campaign to encourage private capital which it says is fundamental to modernising Brazil’s ports and improving exports.
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New laws to boost Brazilian investment
Wilen Manteli, president of the Brazilian Association of Port Terminals, has stressed his support of new port legislation making its way through the country’s congress.
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NewsBrazilian workers prepare to strike
Following failed negotiations with the Brazilian government over privatisation plans, port workers are preparing to strike at 36 Brazilian ports on 19 March 2013, according to media reports.
