2009-10-21

Terminal Pacífico Sur (TPS), the main terminal concessionaire at central Chilean port Valparaíso, is requesting the supreme court to review the tender conditions drawn up by the anti-trust tribunal (TDLC) for the concession of the port's terminal 2, paper El Mercurio reported.   ...

2009-10-21

A record number of 1,500 public and private entities have made observations on Brazil's high-speed train project which was open to public consultation until October 15, news service Agência Estado reported.   The national ground transport agency ANTT expects to consolidate the observati...

2009-10-21

Spanish group Ferrovial's shareholders approved on Tuesday the merger of the holding with compatriot transport infrastructure firm Cintra, Ferrovial reported in a release.   The resulting group will be called Ferrovial and highway assets will be transferred to the new Cintra Infraestructuras ...

2009-10-20

The private equity arm of Colombian holding firm Mercantil Colpatria will close a deal in the logistics area over the next few months, the unit's head José Fernando Llano told BNamericas.   "We are looking very closely at an opportunity in logistics, with operations in several cou...

2009-10-20

  Mexico's transport and communications ministry (SCT) has published revised bidding rules for the Punta Colonet port project in Baja California state.   The concession will involve constructing and operating a railway line, provid...

2009-10-20

  Argentine authorities are looking to repair rolling stock purchased in 2005 for a total of 1.5bn pesos (US$393mn), local paper La Nación reported.   The purchase, made by the country's former transport secretary Ricardo Ja...

2009-10-20

  Brazil's presidential chief-of-staff Dilma Rousseff said the federal government is considering creating growth acceleration plans (PAC) specifically for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, news service Agência Estado reported. &nb...

2009-10-19

The government of Colombia's Risaralda department capital Pereira announced the construction of a new airport terminal that will cost an estimated 100bn pesos (US$54.1mn), paper La República reported.   Authorities have not established how the project will be financed but are reviewing...