South America – Page 40
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Venezuela confirms La Guaira expansion
Venezuela''s transport and communications ministry has signed an agreement with the Portuguese government for an expansion project at La Guaira port in Vargas state.
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Peru to strengthen Enapu role
Peru says it is going to strengthen the National Ports Administration, Enapu, which will continue to function as the administrator for all the public ports owned by the state.
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Maranhão pushes grain terminal
The Brazilian port of Maranhão is to construct a new grain terminal at a cost of $159m. A tender has been issued based on the facility handling 5m tonnes annually by July 2013. Subsequent expansion could double this.
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Uruguay raises fees by 20%
Uruguay''s National Ports Authority (ANP) is to hike tariffs, which are calculated in US dollars, by 20%.
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Bahia ports to get PAC2 investment
The ports of Salvador, Aratu and Ilhéus in the Brazilian state of Bahia have secured investment of $300m as part of the national Accelerated Investment Programme 2 (PAC2).
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Belfi eyes Chilean port investment
The Chilean construction company Belfi, whose annual turnover is $400m, is to compete for port tenders, reports managing director Andrés Elgueta. Currently under analysis is participation in the privatisation of both Talcahuano and Coquimbo.
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AAPA pleads for continued investment
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has sent a letter to the Joint Selection Committee on Deficit Reduction asking it to take into account the benefits derived from port activities prior to any cutting of financial resources to the ports.
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Coquimbo privatisation attracts bids
A total of six sets of tender documents relating to the privatisation of the Chilean port of Coquimbo have already been sold, although it is expected that this number will double.
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Brazil squanders port investment
A survey of port investment in Brazil over the past decade by consultants Amaral & Associates has shown that investment of only $728m out of a promised total of $263bn was actually spent. This amounts to just 37% of the stated investment.
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Manaus concession put back to 2012
The tender for second port concession at the city of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas will not now be issued until 2012. Originally, the tender was slated for 2010, but was later put back until the second half of 2011, although has now been delayed until early next ...
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New tender for Valparaiso
A new tender for the proposed Terminal 2 at the Chilean Port of Valparaiso is to be issued in the first half of 2012.
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Brazilian government to participate in ports
Brazil''s federal government has announced that it is to increase its intervention in the management and planning of 16 large ports.
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Chile's Coquimbo considers concession
The Chilean port of Coquimbo will shortly be offered as a concession as a means of expanding its working area and thereby allowing it to more easily accommodate larger vessels.
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Suape request for $625m funding
The Brazilian state of Pernambuco has asked BNDES for a loan of $625 million to finance upgrades at the north-eastern port of Suape.
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Santos racks up $6bn in investment
The port of Santos will have received combined private and public investment of $6bn by 2024 aimed at improving infrastructure and capacity.
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Uruguay revisits deep water port plan
The government of Uruguay has re-activated a project that first emerged in 2005 to build a new deepwater port at Garzón.
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Itajaí revokes non-tendered legal contract
The Superintendent at the Brazilian port of Itajaí is to cancel the contract signed with a local law firm, following a recommendation by the public prosecutor''s office of the state of Santa Catarina.
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Salary readjustment in Paranaguá
Seven hundred port workers at the Brazilian port of Paranaguá and Antonina have received a pay adjustment of approximately 27%. Their salaries have been effectively frozen since 2009.
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Cepal slams lack of Latin America investment
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) has criticised the lack of investment in Latin American ports, warning that existing infrastructure is inadequate to absorb increasing export potential from the region.
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NewsCartagena bucks the recession
Unlike Coronel, Angamos or TCBuen, the box handling terminals at the Port of Cartagena - Colombia''s leading Caribbean container handling port – are long established operations.
