2009-08-19

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) will award projects totaling US$4bn between this year and end-2011, public works minister Sergio Bitar said in a meeting with foreign press.

2009-08-19

Representatives of Belo Horizonte, capital of Brazil's Minas Gerais state, and national transport infrastructure department DNIT are due to meet this week to discuss ways to speed up the process of putting out to tender the city's Viário Sul complex, national cargo transport association ABTC ...

2009-08-17

El Salvador's public works ministry (MOP) plans to present a bill to modify the country's procurement and public contracts law (Lacap) to reduce the risk of corruption within the entity, paper El Mundo reported.

2009-08-17

Brazilian port logistics company Wilson, Sons (Bovespa: WSON11) posted a Q2 net profit of US$33.1mn, equivalent to a 29.1% increase year-over-year, mainly due to positive growth in offshore shipping and logistics services.

2009-08-17

Uruguay's public works and transport ministry (MTOP) and capital Montevideo's municipal authorities (IMM) are working to improve the smart card system that was installed on the city's mass transport network, but the fact that the cards will continue to require fare collectors on every bus makes the ...

2009-08-17

The modernization of Bogotá's El Dorado airport will not be ready in 2012 as anticipated, paper La República reported.

2009-08-13

Colombian city Cali's municipal council has given the go-ahead to the Valle del Cauca department capital's US$189mn Bicentenario highway project and has given a one-year deadline to city hall to carry out any necessary expropriations, paper El Tiempo reported.

2009-08-13

Mexican cement manufacturer Cemex (NYSE: CX) reported that as of Monday (Aug 10), creditors representing 100% of the US$15.5bn in debt that it is proposing to refinance have indicated that they will support the plan.