Liebherr "first" in Peru
NewsLiebherr has booked its first order for STS cranes and RTGs in Peru...
APMT Callao starts modernisation project
NewsAPM Terminals (APMT) Callao broke ground today on a port modernisation project that is described as vital to Peru’s economic growth....
Banana companies oppose Moín project
NewsCosta Rica's banana shippers are worried about likely increases in handling costs...
APMT wins Callao concession
NewsAPM Terminals (APMT) has beaten off the challenge of a consortium formed by Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), Port Investment Ltd and Sino Inve...
DP World up 14% in 2010
NewsGlobal marine terminal operator DP World handled 49.6M TEU across its portfolio of 50 operating terminals in 28 countries in 2010, an increa...
Pisco plans delayed
NewsPeru’s public investment entity, Proinversión, is not now expected to issue a new concession for the port of Pisco until early 2010. Unde...
Peru ports row
NewsThe contract signed between Peru’s public investment promotion body Proinversión and the Halcrow-Ikons-Chemonics consortium, which has be...
Work starts in Callao
NewsA foundation stone laying ceremony took place at the end of last month to mark the official start of construction of DP World’s new contai...
Callao for DPW…
NewsAs briefly reported in last month’s WorldCargo News (p11), a consortium of DP World and Uniport of Bilbao, Spain has been granted a 30 yea...
Chile faces landside challenge
NewsChile’s recent economic growth, led by exports of copper, salmon, fruit and vegetables, wine and forest products has been good news for th...
Romero objection
NewsDear Sir, I refer to the report on Peru’s new port law in the February 2004 issue of WorldCargo News (p11), which implied that Romero Grou...
Peru drafts new port law
NewsA new ports law in Peru could end attempts by groups to establish monopolies at national ports. This, it is claimed, is exactly what the Rom...
Mobile cranes for Callao?
NewsCallao-based stevedore Neptunia wants to install a harbour mobile crane on the Peruvian port's No 5 quay....
…shock for Arica
NewsFor the first time ever, Chile's Port of Arica handled less cargo last year than Matarani, its near neighbour and competitor in southern Per...