2009-09-04

API Veracruz, the administrator of Mexican Veracruz state's ports, is to begin three major projects costing 750mn pesos (US$54.9mn), specialized website Info-Transportes reported.   The largest project is the construction of a 500mn-peso deep water port in Tuxpan, the nearest port to the high...

2009-09-04

Brazil's national development bank BNDES will need to be recapitalized in order to be able to keep up other investments and lending activities, after it joins in on new pre-salt oil production and the capital increase for federal energy company Petrobras (NYSE: PBR), news agency Agência Estado...

2009-09-04

Chilean authorities are discussing improvements to capital Santiago's mass transport system Transantiago's emergency management plan after the derailing of a metro train disrupted operations, an official from the transport and telecommunications ministry's (MTT) planning department told BNamericas. ...

2009-09-03

Argentina's Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli has announced a US$200mn private project to be constructed at Bahía Blanca port.

2009-09-03

Mexico's federal district (DF) public works ministry has published bidding rules for the construction of a new stretch of Gran Canal avenue, paper Reforma reported.

2009-09-03

The concessionaire of Bogotá's El Dorado airport, Opain, has completed renovation works to the cargo terminal and general manager Juan Alberto Pulido said the firm should not be fined for any delays, paper Portafolio reported.

2009-09-03

Peru's President Alan García has called a meeting with mining firms in the north of the country to discuss the construction of a rail line to transport minerals to the Bayóvar port in Piura region, paper Gestión reported.

2009-09-03

Germany's economy and technology minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has offered the country's support to Brazil in the development of infrastructure for the 2014 World Cup, the national union of architecture and engineering firms (Sinaenco) said in a release.