2009-07-14

The World Bank's (WB) board has approved some US$271mn in two loans for projects aimed at improving transport conditions, and controlling environmental and water pollution in São Paulo state, according to a WB release.   The São Paulo state feeder road project will receive US$16...

2009-07-14

Colombian authorities have set the schedule for the Las Américas highway concession tender, which is likely to be launched in mid-August, transport minister Andrés Uriel Gallego said.   The project will require close to US$3.86bn, of which the government will contribute some US$...

2009-07-14

The World Bank's (WB) board has approved a US$212mn loan for the Rio de Janeiro mass transit 2 project, the bank said in a release.   The project aims to improve the level of service provided by the suburban rail transport system in the state's metropolitan region.   This initiative co...

2009-07-14

One of the next steps in the Trasandino Central rail tunnel initiative, led by Argentine firm Corporación América (CASA), will be to set up headquarters for the consortium in Chile, Eduardo Rodríguez Guarachi, Chile's former ambassador in Argentina and current legal representati...

2009-07-14

Peru's public transport regulator Ositran has approved an addendum to Ferrovías Central Andina's (FCA) concession contract to modernize the Ferrocarril Central rail line, transport and communications (MTC) minister Enrique Cornejo said.   The firm plans to modernize the track and rail ...

2009-07-14

Chilean firm OMX Operaciones Marítimas, a subsidiary of Brazil's EBX group, has submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) to national environmental authority Conama for the construction of a US$300mn port in region III, Conama reported in a release.   The terminal would be loc...

2009-07-08

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will conduct a bid opening on Wednesday (Jul 8) in Panama City to announce the best-value proposal for the contract to build the waterway's third set of locks, the entity said in a release.

2009-07-08

Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) has signed a MOU with local steelmakers CSN (NYSE: CSN) and Gerdau (NYSE: GGB) for a possible JV to develop port infrastructure in Sepetiba bay, Rio de Janeiro state.