Latin American challenges

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With Latin America’s economic output slowing and trade flows under pressure, these are difficult times for importers/exporters and those a...

BTP officially open for business

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The new 1.2M TEU/year Brasil Terminal Portuário (BTP) at the Port of Santos was officially opened at the end of last month in the presence ...

Record volumes and result for APMT

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APM Terminals (APMT) handled 9.3M TEU (weighted by equity share) during the third quarter of 2013 - a new record for container volumes to pa...

Green light for Santos terminal

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Brasil Terminal Portuário (BTP), the new container and liquid bulk handling facility at the Brazilian Port of Santos, has finally received ...

Work suspended at BTP Santos

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Brazil’s National Transport Waterways Agency (Antaq) has directed Santos Port Authority (Codesp) to suspend all work on Brasil Terminal Po...

Brazilian ports on target for 5M TEU

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Ports in Brazil will handle 5M TEU in 2011, up 10% over 2010, according to a forecast from Sérgio Salomão, president of the Brazilian Asso...

Embraport a step closer

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Thanks to a fresh injection of cash and the urgent need to provide more container capacity in Santos, the opening of the DP Worldbacked, Rea...

IFC funds Santos terminal

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International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, is providing financing for the new container terminal being developed...

APM Terminals into Santos

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APM Terminals (APMT) has acquired a 50% stake in Brasil Terminal Portuário (BTP), the new facility being developed in Santos by Europe Term...

Santos to triple box capacity

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Annual handling capacity at Brazil’s Port of Santos, South America’s largest gateway, will increase from 3M TEU to 9M TEU by 2014, Ports...