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Brazilian government pushes ahead with ports privatisation

News1 Feb 2024

At least 19 auctions are planned this year and as many as 35 over the next three years, according to Brazil’s Ministry of Ports and Airpor...

News6 Dec 2023

Konecranes has delivered seven clamp trucks and two RMGs to the new facility, completing an order that involved joint planning and consultin...

News19 Dec 2022

Brazil’s Federal Audit Court (TCU) is set to approve privatisation of the Port of Santos, although it is expected to do so with certain pr...

News21 Jun 2022

Does a crucial change at the top imply that an auction for the privatisation of the Port of Santos will now not take place?...

News19 Jun 2021

Last week the operator of Tecon Santos in Brazil exchanged 5,452 TEU with Maersk’s CAP SAN AUGUSTIN in 44 hours, with an average of 12...

News20 Feb 2019

By the end of February, Brazil’s Ministry of Infrastructure will consider a proposal aimed at decentralising management of the Port of San...

News1 Apr 2017

New demographics and communications technology are changing the nature of the demand for forest products....

News1 Apr 2015

There is plenty of activity in the tractor market, including a new entrant in the US....

News1 Mar 2015

Work on a new turning basin to allow the ports of Itajaí and Navegantes in Brazil, at the mouth of the Itajaí River, to handle ships up to...

News1 Nov 2014

On 9 October, Santos Brasil terminal in South America’s biggest container port, the port of Santos, received a call from the 9,600 TEU CAP...

News1 Dec 2013

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 ...

News1 Nov 2013

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...

News1 Jul 2013

Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff has released the names of the first 50 port terminals that could be constructed by the private sector us...

News1 May 2013

The situation is getting worse while arguments over port reforms continue....

News1 Dec 2012

Bucking the trend towards consolidation in recent years, two new companies have entered the market....