Chilean ports launch tenders

News
New concessions will be awarded in Chile's leading container ports, San Antonio and Valparaíso...

Chilean terminal tenders

News
The Sistema de Empresas Públicas (SEP), which oversees stateowned port companies in Chile, has given the go-ahead for the port authorities ...

Chile faces landside challenge

News
Chile’s recent economic growth, led by exports of copper, salmon, fruit and vegetables, wine and forest products has been good news for th...

San Antonio expands

News
Strong growth in exports from Chile’s number one container port, San Antonio, in the first nine months of the year have encouraged the por...

Chile blows hot and cold

News
There is no consistent message on privatisation in Chilean ports - some people want more and others less...

Support for San Antonio

News
Harry Caldwell, head of policy at the USDepartment of Transport, has stated that he would like to see additional privatisation at the Chilea...

Dredging row breaks out in San Antonio

News
A row has broken out over whether the San Antonio Port Authority (EPSA) in Chile should be allowed to dredge its Berths 4 and 5 facility (kn...

Mixed bag in South America

News
Latin American economies grew more slowly last year than in 2000, probably no more than 0.5 per cent for the region as a whole compared to 4...

Fall-out in San Antonio

News
CSAV-owned SAAM has been forced by the Chilean government to reduce its holding in San Antonio Terminal Internacional (SATI), on the grounds...

On the up in Chile

News
Traffic through the Port of San Antonio, Chile, rose 7 per cent to 4.3 mt in the first six months of this year, said port authority (EPSA) c...

Worshipping false gods?

News
Ideas that ports on the South American west coast could become transhipment hubs are �almost certainly not realistic�...

Newsletter signup

Signup for our newsletter