2009-08-13

The new concessionaire of Chilean capital Santiago's international airport will have to invest US$500mn, according to the public works ministry's (MOP) airports director, Yazmín Balboa, local paper Estrategia reported.

2009-08-13

Brazilian railway operator América Latina Logística (ALL) (Bovespa: ALLL11) reported a 60.1mn-real (US$32.5mn) consolidated net profit for Q2, down 34.4% from the 91.6mn-real profit posted in 2Q08.

2009-08-11

Mexico's transport and communications ministry (SCT) is drawing up the bidding rules for a tender to concession a second container terminal at Lázaro Cárdenas port in Michoacán state, an SCT official told BNamericas.   The initiative will require an estimated US$440mn inv...

2009-08-11

Piauí state governor Wellington Dias has authorized the start of a 1.3bn-real (US$704mn) project to construct a stretch of the Transnordestina railroad in northeastern Brazil, national cargo transport association ABTC reported in a release.   The 420km stretch will run through Piau&iac...

2009-08-11

Brazil's national transport infrastructure department (DNIT) plans to launch the tender for a 100mn-real (US$52mn) project to widen a stretch of highway BR-060 in Goiás state by year-end, the entity said in a release.   The master plan is currently being finalized and DNIT expects work...

2009-08-11

Peruvian authorities expect to concession the Tren Macho rail system during Q4, state news agency Andina reported.   The announcement was made by prime minister Javier Velásquez.   The 128km railroad will connect districts Huancayo, in Junín region, and Huancavelica, capi...

2009-08-10

US-based firm Euro Cap Corporation is looking to invest US$100mn in social works in Peru's Puno region, government news agency Andina reported.

2009-08-10

Brazil's Paranaguá and Antônina port authority Appa has launched a tender for a 109mn-real (US$59mn) project to improve Paranaguá port in Paraná state.