The battle for Montevideo
NewsUruguay’s Court of Accounts Tribunal de Cuentas - TdC) has ruled in favour of the government’s decision to create an effective monopoly ...
Dispute continues in Montevideo
NewsThe conflict between the Port of Montevideo’s two container handlers continues, threatening a recent agreement between Belgian company Kat...
TCP Montevideo sale offer withdrawn
NewsKatoen Natie has accused Mediterranean Shipping Company of wanting to "interfere" with its wish to sell the 80% stake it currently holds in ...
Katoen Natie out of Montevideo
NewsKatoen Natie has announced it is to put its entire Uruguayan operations up for sale. This includes the 80% stake it holds in Terminal Cuenca...
Montevideo box traffic up 17%
NewsAlberto Díaz, president of the Uruguay’s National Ports Authority (ANP), has reported that the Port of Montevideo boosted TEU throughput ...
La Paloma row affects Paraguayan grain
NewsThe Argentinian government recently revoked permission for Paraguayan river barges to make use of a berth on the Argentinian side of La Palo...
Rocha ruffles feathers in Brazil
NewsTwo Brazilian port associations have come out against Brasilia's plan to provide financial support for the deep water Rocha port project in ...
La Paloma on track
NewsThe government of Uruguay is progressing with a US$700M project to build a deepwater port at La Paloma in the Rocha Department. A decree has...
ECT selling "some" Amsterdam equipment
NewsAlready 12 of the park of 38 straddle carriers at Container Terminal Amsterdam (formerly Ceres Paragon) have been sold and "some of the" qua...
Montevideo box terminal under review
NewsAccording to a report by BNamericas, Uruguayan authorities are to review the project to concession a second container terminal at the Port o...
More for Montevideo
NewsUruguay's National Ports Authority (ANP) has announced that it will undertake a tender issue in March for a new Multipurpose Terminal on Mue...
S American port deals
NewsThe Chilean arm of Terranova Internacional plans to build, manage and operate a new terminal on the River Orinoco in Macapaima province, Ven...
Puerto Bolivar to be privatised
NewsPuerto Bolivar, South America's principal banana exporting port, is to be privatised before the end of the year under plans laid out by the ...
Uruguayan port project
NewsA private company, Cerro Free Port SA, has obtained approvals to develop, manage and operate a multi-purpose port at Puntas de Sayago, Urugu...
ECSA ports gearing up
NewsTwo ports at virtually opposite ends of the ECSA range are acquiring new handling equipment. The Nelsbury consortium, led by Antwerp-based K...