South America – Page 46
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NewsItajai draws on virtual experience
The port of Itajai in Brazil is once again open to large container vessels after its sudden silting two years ago by flash floods.
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Brazilian port to get Antwerp training hand
Antwerp Port Authority chief executive Eddy Bruyninckx paid a working visit to the Brazilian cities of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia recently, signing a collaboration agreement with the federal Secretaria de Portos da Presidência da República.
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Brazilian ports desperate for investment
Senator Roberto Cavalcanti has publicly stated that private investment from both home and abroad is needed to reduce the existing port infrastructure bottleneck in Brazil, especially since 80% of Brazilian exports depends on its maritime ports.
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Rio ready for five new terminals
The state of Rio de Janeiro will have five new terminals in the short to medium term. Açú, which is being built by LLX in the north of the State, is already half completed.
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NewsBrazil feeling the sugar rush
Brazilian ports such as Santos have been coming under pressure from the large number of handysize vessels arriving to pick up sugar exports, doubling waiting time at the port to around three weeks.
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New port for Chile
Chile''s Ministry of Public Works has issued a tender for the construction of a quay and harbour at San Pedro de Chañaral in the Atacama region in the north of the country. The work will be financed by the regional government.
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Complaints continue from Paita
Exporters using the Peruvian port of Paita, as well as the local chamber of commerce, have revealed that there are irregularities in the contract signed between Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos (TPE) and Proinversión, the state body which awarded its concession.
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Limon's $950m price tag
Plans to build and operate a new port complex in Costa Rica''s eastern Limón province have attracted a $950m price tag, port authority president Allan Hidalgo has said.
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La Union opens for business
El Salvador''s La Union port opened on May 31, after receiving the ship and port facility security code (ISPS code) approval required to begin operations, an official from maritime ports authority AMP has confirmed.
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Maersk eyes Bolívar
Shipping line Maersk is exploring the possibility of making use of Puerto Bolívar in Ecuador, where it already calls at both Guayquil and Esmeraldas. The port is building the new quay and warehousing area.
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Santos heads Latin American ports
Latest figures from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) detail a 6.8% drop in numbers of containers handled in the 20 leading ports in South America last year.
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Brazilian ports to get $5bn
More than $4.89bn is due to be invested in new Brazilian ports over the next four years, which is a rise of approximately 200%. Around 64% of the investment will be in expanding existing ports, which in 2009 handled 733m tonnes of cargo.
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Ambitec plans new Brazilian port
The São Paulo-based Ambitec group is to build a $462m port at Aracruz, to be known as the Terminal Multimodal Capixaba. Operations are scheduled to start in 2014 and will cover an area of one million square metres.
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Buenaventura future threatened
The Colombian port of Buenaventura has warned it will become less competitive if it is not given the go-ahead to deepen the draught in its access channel.
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Tenders come thick and fast in South America
Mexican port authority API Guaymas, which operates Sonora state''s Guaymas port, has drawn up two tenders to build specialised liquid and mineral terminals.
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New Ilhéus port in doubt
A public inquiry into a proposed new private port in the Brazilian state of Bahia has divided public opinion in Ilhéus.
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NewsWelcome boost for Argentine ports
Things are looking up for Argentina’s ports since a number of factors, from politics to rainfall, might make for a short-term boom.
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Manta Port becomes state-owned again
The Port of Manta passed back to the control of the government of Ecuador from April 1 closing the door onlast year’s failed concession attempt.
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Mexico needs better ports legislation
Legal action and an inadequate legal framework may well have been the catalyst for a $2bn loss in the Mexican port sector on the back of the cancellations of several major projects.
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Antaq to rule on third party traffic
Controversy continues in Brazil regarding privately-owned terminals handling third-party traffic.
