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Dealing with growing pains

News1 Mar 2010

Santos needs to “treble up” by 2024, says the Brazilian government, but existing operators fear lest expansion is too quick....

News13 Aug 2009

Following a visit to China by Brazil’s President Lula, the South American country is being targeted to receive billions of dollars of inve...

News13 Aug 2009

The Brazilian Army looks likely to be called in to complete the reconstruction works at the flood-damaged port of Itajaí...

News1 Aug 2009

Although Brazil has seen a 20% decline in container traffic during the first few months of 2009, port operators have been urged to continue ...

News1 May 2009

The Brazilian state of Rio Grande is to invest US$360M in the port of Rio Grande do Sul, according to the Minister of the Special Port Secre...

News1 Mar 2009

There is still plenty of drive behind major investment projects, which are restrained more by legal battles than the market....

News21 Feb 2009

The Brazilian government has inaugurated construction of the new r iver terminal (Terminal Hidroviário Metropolitano) in the city of Belém...

News18 Dec 2008

A consortium led by Chinese dredging company Shanghai Dredging Company has won the Reais17.5M (US$7.228M) contract to carry out the emergenc...

News29 Nov 2008

The Brazilian port has been devastated by flash floods. Ironically, the controversial PortoNave container terminal, on the other side of the...

News23 Nov 2008

The Investment Fund of the Length of Service Guarantee Fund (O Fundo de Investimentos do Fundo de Garantia do Tempo de Serviço) has acquire...

News15 Nov 2008

Owners of the controversial Portonave box facility in Navegantes, Brazil breathed half a sigh of relief and half a sigh of resignation as Pr...

News1 Nov 2008

Brazilian President, Luiz Lula, state governor Jaques Wagner and the Ports Special Secretariat, Pedro Britto, have signed a memorandum of in...

News1 Jun 2008

Brazil’s Senate has unanimously rejected an amendment by Democratic Senator Katia Abreu to modify a key clause of the Constitution (Resolu...

News1 May 2008

Plans to change the law and open up ports in Brazil to more private investment, including at new greenfield sites, have split the business c...

News1 Mar 2008

The dispute over Brazil’s latest container terminal start-up underscores the point that this sector is worth fighting over, but the outcom...