2009-11-10

Terminal Pacífico Sur Valparaíso (TPS), the main terminal concessionaire at central Chilean port Valparaíso, received a new gantry crane on Monday, the company reported in a release.   TPS now has five gantry cranes to handle post-panamax ships, increasing the terminal's ...

2009-11-10

Mexican airport operator GAP (NYSE: PAC, BMV: GAP) reported a 5.0% drop in total passenger traffic at its airports in October compared to the same period in 2008.   International passenger traffic shrank 6.7%, while domestic traffic was do...

2009-11-10

Phase one of the Salinas airport expansion project in Ecuador's Santa Elena province will be finished by end-2009, the public works and transport ministry (MTOP) said in a release.   At the beginning of this year, authorities announced an overall investment of US$14.8mn to modernize the airpo...

2009-11-09

Brazil's Minas Gerais state and national airports authority Infraero have signed a cooperation agreement to carry out basic and final studies for the construction of a second terminal and runway in Confins international airport in state capital Belo Horizonte.   A total of 221mn reais (US$128...

2009-11-09

Colombia's Santa Marta International Terminal Company (Smitco) is requesting a US$15.8mn loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the financial entity reported on its website.   The project involves the refurbishment and operation by Smitco of a container terminal inside the San...

2009-11-09

Mexican president Felipe Calderón on Thursday inaugurated the remodeled Mar de Cortés airport in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora state, local papers reported.   The new airport, which cost 450mn pesos (US$33.8mn), will increa...

2009-11-09

The Japanese government has approved a US$50mn loan for Paraguay's second municipal road program, the Paraguayan finance ministry reported in a release.   The announcement was made by Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA representative, Hidemitsu Sakurai.   The loan must now be ...

2009-11-06

Peruvian engineering and consultancy firm CPS de Ingeniería is looking to expand its presence in Bolivia and plans to continue its international expansion, the firm's transport specialist Alan Martinot told BNamericas.   The company has carried out a number of studies for infrastructur...