2010-01-07

The slight increase in passenger traffic reported by Mexican airport operator GAP (NYSE: PAC, BMV: GAP) for December represents the beginning of a slow recovery for Mexico's airports, sector analyst with local financial group Vector, Karla Peña, told BNamericas.   "There has been ...

2010-01-07

A contract to carry out a technical feasibility study for an US$850mn rail line between Iquitos and Yurimaguas in Peru's Loreto region is scheduled to be awarded on January 25, according to regional governor Yván Vásquez.   Eight companies purchased bidding rules to participate ...

2010-01-07

Panama's government will hold a series of meetings to discuss the bidding rules for Panama City's Metrobus system with firms interested in participating in the tender that was launched last November, the government reported on its website.   The meetings will be held between January 7 and 14 ...

2010-01-06

Mexico's Guaymas port in Sonora state is expected to experience sustained growth in volumes during 2010, port authority API Guaymas said in a press release.   Cargo movement at the port rose 5-6% during 2009, and further growth is expected in 2010, according to port authority officials. &nbs...

2010-01-06

Mexican port authority API Manzanillo is planning to invest 7.3bn pesos (US$569mn) in port infrastructure and equipment during 2010.   Works include the construction of a second, 10bn-peso container terminal (TEC), which is expected to handle 2mn TEUs per year.   Philippine firm Intern...

2010-01-06

Australia-based industrial services provider WorleyParsons (ASX: WOR) has agreed to buy Brazilian construction group Camargo Corrêa's engineering projects subsidiary CNEC for 170mn reais ($99mn), WorleyParsons reported in a release.   Of the purchase price, 40mn reais will be initially ...

2010-01-06

Chile's public works (MOP) minister Sergio Bitar expects 1.6tn pesos (US$3.19bn) to be invested in infrastructure during 2010 to celebrate the country's bicentenary, local paper El Mercurio reported.   The investment amount includes resources from both the private and public sectors and inclu...

2010-01-05

Argentina's comptroller general has detected a series of irregularities and a lack of controls in Buenos Aires port which favor certain private operators, local paper Clarín reported.   The irregularities were found following an audit carried out to measure the general ports authority'...