2009-06-25

Rio de Janeiro government officials presented a 359mn-real (US$181mn) project to upgrade the city's port area, government news agency Radiobrás reported.

2009-06-25

A decision by the Bolivian government to nationalize railways would affect regional integration projects financially supported by Chile, according to a Chilean foreign relations ministry official.

2009-06-24

Mexico's federal government has spent 4.5bn pesos (US$338mn) on infrastructure projects in Sinaloa state during the 2007-09 period, the transport and communications ministry (SCT) head Juan Molinar Horcasitas said in a release.

2009-06-24

Uruguay's national port authority (ANP) plans to launch a tender by year-end to concession a new terminal in Montevideo port, ANP president Fernando Puntigliano told BNamericas.

2009-06-24

Brazilian logistics firms Ajofer, Fantinati, Trans-Postes, Transvec and Mestralog are joining forces to form Trafti, which is set to start up with annual revenues of 250mn reais (US$123mn), local press reported.

2009-06-24

Brazil's national transport infrastructure department (DNIT) plans to spend 2.8bn reais (US$1.4bn) this year on maintenance and repair works on 50,734km of federal roads throughout the country, the entity said in a release.

2009-06-23

Panamanian transport union Movimiento de Bases Transportistas y Usuarios de Panamá has approached national transit authority ATTT to present a project aimed at implementing a smart card system on Panama City's public bus fleet, paper La Prensa reported.

2009-06-23

Brazilian tollroad operator CCR (Bovespa: CCRO3) is negotiating the purchase of two companies, according to company president Renato Vale, news service Agência Estado reported.