South America – Page 13
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NewsDraft emergency declared in Colombia port
The Mayor of the Colombian city of Barranquilla has declared the lack of draft in the main port as a national emergency.
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NewsMexican port slashes 2019 budget
Mexican ports will receive less state investment in 2019 than was originally forecast.
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NewsSouth America’s first CO2-neutral port
Contecon Guayaquil SA (CGSA) has become the first port in South America to obtain carbon-neutral certification following its efforts to implement sustainability initiatives and incorporate technologies that reduce its operational impact.
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Expiry date set for Buenos Aires terminals
In Argentina, Transport Minister Guillermo Dietrich has signed the necessary paperwork to bring the expiry of all container terminal concessions in the Port of Buenos Aires into alignment.
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Crisis deepens at Valparaíso
The president of Empresa Portuaria Valparaíso (EPV), Raul Celis, has resigned, citing "diagnostic differences" with Chile''s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications regarding the ongoing strike at the port.
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Caldera invests with an eye on Argentina
In northern Chile, the privately owned and operated Puerto Caldera Terminal is to invest $23m in both new handling equipment and expanded facilities to cater to growth in export fruit traffic which rose from 30,000 tonnes last year to 50,000 tonnes in 2018.
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NewsMixed outlook for South American volumes
Ports in the region are battling strikes, legal battles and fluctuating throughput. Alex Hughes reports
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Chilean port reels from crippling strikes
A strike that began on November 16 has crippled the Chilean Port of Valparaíso. By the end of a 10th day of strikes, with most of the terminals effectively blockaded by striking casual workers, more than 20,000 containers had been diverted and revenue of $3.5m had been lost, with 13 ...
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NewsRobbers target ships at Venezuelan ports
Robbers are targeting vessels anchored in ports in Venezuela, marine liability insurer North P&I Club and security consultant and analyst Gray Page have said.
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Quequén to have first box terminal
In Argentina, the Port Quequén management consortium Consorcio de Gestión de Puerto Quequén (CGPQ) has started preparatory works for the construction of a new container terminal.
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NewsNew president mulls Brazil port privatisation
Brazil’s president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, is to investigate the possible privatisation of state-run ports, which would include the São Paulo state docks company Companhia Docas do Estado de São Paulo.
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NewsThree operators linked to Wilson sale
Three global stevedoring groups based in East Asia have been linked with the possible purchase of the two container terminals in Brazil currently operated by Wilson Sons in the ports of Rio Grande and Salvador.
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Shipping alliances impact La Plata box traffic
José María Dodds, president of the management consortium of the Argentinian Port of La Plata, has suggested that more powerful shipping alliances may be a factor in preventing a major shift of box traffic away from the port of Buenos Aires in favour of La Plata, where the International Container ...
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Hamburg Süd lists Argentinian ports shortcomings
Congested roads, infrastructure deficiencies, poor rail transport, legal problems and high tax pressure are all shortcomings identified by Alejandro López, the intermodal logistics manager of the Hamburg Süd shipping line, in Argentina that prevent the company from operating efficiently there.
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Santos management team under investigation
José Alex Botelho Oliva, the president of the Port of Santos, and six other port executives were recently arrested for alleged fraud linked to port tenders.
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NewsPuerto Quetzal joins YILPORT portfolio
Turkey’s YILPORT Holding has announced that Puerto Quetzal is now a member of its terminal portfolio after it was awarded the right to multipurpose quay operations in the terminal.
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Linking Brazilian strategy with performance
Jonas Constante examines the relationship between management practices and the performance of Brazilian port authorities.
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NewsSouth American coping mechanismss
Three ports on South America''s Pacific coast have had to overcome their own adversity in recent times. Alex Hughes reports.
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Latin America box growth slump
The global container trade to GDP growth ratio of four-to-one has slipped close to two-to-one for Latin America, according to figures from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL).
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Police highlight Brazilian port corruption
The Federal Police of Brazil has published the 800-page report on former President Michel Temer, which led to his indictment for passive corruption, money laundering and criminal organisation.
