South America – Page 11

  • Port of Rio
    News

    ICTSI secures Rio terminal concession

    2019-07-18T16:17:00Z

    ICTSI subsidiary ICTSI Americas BV has acquired 100% of the shares of Libra Terminal Rio S.A. (Libra Rio) to run the Terminal de Contêineres 1 (T1Rio) container terminal in the Port of Rio, Brazil.

  • News

    Buenos Aires contentious concession cocktail

    2019-06-24T20:22:00Z

    The formal launch of the Buenos Aires port tender for a single company to develop and operate one large container terminal facility is underway but not without controversy dogging its footsteps.

  • Falklands
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    Falklands government issues new port tender

    2019-06-07T15:23:00Z

    The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has issued a development partner tender for the design and construction of a new port that can handle the same type of cargo as the current port as well as facilitate forecasted economic growth including future hydrocarbon operations.

  • Two brand new ports were singled out by the Chinese firm as being especially interesting: El Sombrero and Lavalle Photo: Daderot/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
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    Chinese interest in Corrientes ports

    2019-06-06T14:05:00Z

    China State Construction Engineering Corporation is interested in port projects in the Argentinean province of Corrientes and has already had negotiations with governor Gustavo Valdés.

  • EPV hopes to issue a new tender by the end of 2019 (image is of the city of Valparaíso) Photo: Deensel/flickr/CC BY 2.0
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    EPV to push ahead with new T2 tender

    2019-06-06T14:05:00Z

    Chilean port company Empresa Portuaria Valparaíso (EPV) is determined to continue with a project to build Terminal 2 (T2) at Valparaíso to allow it to compete with San Antonio.

  • Under study are a series of renovation projects as well as improvements to existing port infrastructure Photo: J. Stephen Conn/flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0
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    Costa Rica assesses four port projects

    2019-05-29T14:15:00Z

    The government of Costa Rica is considering investment in four port projects and has committed $3.348m to pre-investment studies.

  • News

    More criticism of Posorja concession award

    2019-05-28T12:33:00Z

    Allegations continue to build about the improper manner in which DP World was awarded the concession for the Posorja Deep Water Port Project in Ecuador.

  • Port of Buenos Aires
    News

    Buenos Aires $760m tender imminent

    2019-05-09T16:28:00Z

    Argentina’s Ministry of Transport has approved the specifications of an international public tender to operate the renewed Port of Buenos Aires for the next 50 years.

  • News

    Guatemala invests to eliminate port congestion

    2019-05-07T10:13:00Z

    The government of Guatemala must invest $133m into its ports’ network in order to reduce congestion and improve operations at existing terminals, according to officials.

  • News

    Just one bid for box terminal concession

    2019-05-07T10:13:00Z

    Santa Fe-based Mundo Construcciones has been confirmed as the only bidder for the concession to operate a container and general cargo terminal at the Argentinian Port of Santa Fe.

  • News

    Three major port projects underway in Peru

    2019-05-07T10:13:00Z

    In Peru, an updated Macroeconomic Projections 2019-2022 report prepared by the Ministry of Economy and Finance has revealed that three port projects are currently absorbing significant amounts of investment.

  • News

    China to invest $450m in Peru

    2019-05-07T10:13:00Z

    In Peru, the regional governor of Ancash state, Juan Carlos Morillo Ulloa, has revealed that China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) is to invest more than $450m in an upgrade of the Port of Chimbote.

  • News

    Costa Rican port faces operational collapse

    2019-05-07T10:13:00Z

    The Costa Rican Pacific ports institute, Instituto Costarricense de Puertos del Pacifico (INCOP), has claimed that the Port of Caldera has effectively reached a point of collapse, with few options open to it under the existing operations contract.

  • News

    Uruguay backtracks on TIL terminal rejection

    2019-04-23T09:54:00Z

    Having turned down a request from MSC’s terminal arm, Terminal Investment Limited, to build a new container terminal in the Port of Montevideo, Uruguay’s National Ports Administration (ANP) has had a change of heart and has put forward an alternative plan for a different location.

  • The original proposal was objected to by technicians, who found flaws in the way that vessel docking manoeuvres would be undertaken (image is for illustrative purposes only) Photo: Col André Kritzinger/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0
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    Uruguay turns down dedicated MSC terminal

    2019-04-15T21:26:00Z

    Uruguay’s national ports administration Administración Nacional de Puertos (ANP) has said it is not viable to build a dedicated container terminal for MSC at the Port of Montevideo. This follows an analysis from a team of experts which has been ongoing since the middle of 2018.

  • The Port of Valparaíso in 2008 Photo: Peretz Partensky/flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0
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    Urgent re-tender of Valparaíso T2

    2019-04-15T21:26:00Z

    In Chile, the head of the national shipowners’ association Asociación Nacional de Armadores (ANA) has forecast a prompt re-tendering of Terminal 2 (T2) at the Port of Valparaíso following the departure of concessionaire Terminal Cerros de Valparaíso (TCVAL).

  • Puerto Central
    News

    DP World seeks bigger Latin America stake

    2019-04-12T11:33:00Z

    DP World is looking at concessions in up to seven Latin American ports in the next year, according to the company’s chief operating officer.

  • The top port zone in Latin America and the Caribbean last year (as regards the cargo volume operated in ports) was Panama’s Colón (image is of the city of Colón) Photo: Roger W/flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0
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    Box throughput up in Latin America

    2019-04-05T16:27:00Z

    Ports in Latin America and the Caribbean saw container throughput rise by 7.7% year-on-year in 2018.

  • Porto Itapoá in 2014 Photo: caetano051068/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0
    News

    Itapoá secures major IDB loan

    2019-04-04T12:08:00Z

    Brazil’s Porto Itapoá, a private-use terminal located in Santa Catarina state, has concluded a financing package worth $116m to boost capacity.

  • Bolivian import-export traffic, which mostly moves by Arica, is viewed as being under-represented at Ilo Photo: Christian Haugen/flickr/CC BY 2.0
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    Conditions still not right for Ilo investment

    2019-04-04T12:08:00Z

    Gustavo Jáuregui, managing director of the National Chamber of Commerce of Bolivia, has stated that neither Bolivia nor Peru have yet made significant-enough progress to enable them to make public-private co-investment in the Port of Ilo, which is viewed as a genuine alternative to the Chilean Puerto de Arica for ...