Puerto Bolivar to be privatised

Uruguay’s Court of Accounts Tribunal de Cuentas – TdC) has ruled in favour of the government’s decision to create an effective monopoly in the Port of Montevideo in terms of dedicated container handling activities. Four judges ruled for and three against.

In Ecuador, the Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) has made available a series of documents to the national Supervisory Commission, which is looking into the concession granted to Chile’s Agunsa (Agencias Universales SA), in respect of the operation of the Port of Manta. The Commission is currently investigating a series of irregularities across a number of such issues countrywide.

The conflict between the Port of Montevideo’s two container handlers continues, threatening a recent agreement between Belgian company Katoen Natie (KN) and the government.

Two G HMK 8410 cranes will go to the Turkish-based operator’s concession in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, and the other two to its concession in Puerto Bolivar, Ecuador

Chinese LED lighting specialist BiNY has announced a contract to provide its Industrial Internet of Lights (IIoL) for DP World’s new Posorja deepwater terminal in Ecuador. The project will be the first time that BiNY has supplied its ‘one-stop-shop’ LED lighting solution to DP World.

ICTSI has reported that its largest concession in the Americas, Contecon Guayaquil SA (CGSA) in Ecuador, has obtained government approval to handle ships up to 305m long at its Berths 2 and 3.