South America – Page 11
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NewsTOC: mixed recovery with digital drive
Port terminals will be hit by cost-cutting measures that will likely impact modernisation and technology investments.
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NewsSANTOS: BATTLE LINES FORMING
A battle is brewing in Santos. Should there be a tunnel or a bridge to link the two disparate sides of the port area? Or neither? Rob Ward investigates.
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NewsHPC aids Brazil’s first multi PCS
Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) has been selected to support the implementation of the first multi-port community system (PCS) in Brazil.
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NewsTRYING TRUCK TIMES IN CHILE
Rob Ward investigates the impact of the strike by truckers in Chile that ended in September 2020.
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NewsUS$18m neopanamax investment at Guayaquil
Ecuador’s Port of Guayaquil is set to receive US£18m investment to boost its capacity to handle neopanamax vessels.
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NewsA FLIPPING TRADE
Despite the Coronavirus pandemic and poor economic climate, East Coast South America (ECSA) to US East and Gulf coast trades is holding up well for Brazilian exports, as Rob Ward discovers
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NewsMODERNISE & REVOLUTIONISE
New Santos Port Authority President, Fernando Henrique Passos Biral, has a clear picture of what needs to be done to propel the port forward, he talks exclusively to Rob Ward
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NewsMexican concession under scrutiny
Mexico’s president aims to revoke a “100-year” concession for the Port of Veracruz.
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NewsLARGER THAN THE EIFFEL TOWER
Container managers in Brazil expected the CMA CGM extra-loader, ''APL Paris'' to call in Santos, but instead it went to Itajaí. Rob Ward explains.
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News13 port tenders planned in Brazil
13 port terminal tenders are due to be executed in Brazil by the end of the year.
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NewsMexican military cracks down on corruption
The Mexican military is stepping into a new port management role to crack down on illegal substances and corruption.
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NewsBA CONCESSIONS EXTENDED
Armageddon, or the end of the current concession road at least, almost came for the three container terminals that operate out of Puerto Nuevo, in Buenos Aires. Rob Ward investigates.
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NewsSHOCK RESIGNATION AT SANTOS
The man who was brought in to “revolutionise” Santos, South America’s biggest port, has surprisingly resigned, after just over a year in the hot seat, as Rob Ward explains.
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NewsCHILE HOT ON COVID-19
Among all the South American countries, Chile seems to have escaped many of the worst ravages of the coronavirus, as Rob Ward confirms.
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NewsRIDING CREST OF REEFER WAVE
Porto Itapoa, the container terminal partly owned by Maersk Line, has leapt into third position in the Brazilian box hierarchy, as Rob Ward discovers.
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NewsITAJAI BACK ON TRACK
After several years of ups and downs and funding setbacks, the Brazilian port of Itajai may finally be fully back on track. Rob Ward investigates.
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NewsROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES
In the past year, Peru’s port operators adjusted to the trade war between China and the US and now face the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. Rob Ward assesses developments.
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NewsBEING ON A WAR FOOTING
Port operators in Brazil have reacted positively, if at first tentatively, to combat the effects of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on the supply chain, as Rob Ward confirms.
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NewsMUSICAL CHAIRS IN BUENOS AIRES
It looks like the plans for one major terminal in Buenos Aires, Argentina may now be off the table, as Rob Ward discovers.
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NewsTimely Terminal Boost for Wilson, Sons
Major Brazilian shipping group, Wilson, Sons has received a boost as shipping lines are bringing additional cargo to the company’s two terminals, as Rob Ward confirms.
