2010-09-07

The Paraguayan government is carrying out pre-feasibility studies to structure a project to build a railway connecting the country with Argentina and Brazil, transport minister Efrain Alegre told BNamericas.   The rail line will connect Paraguay's eastern Ciudad del Este city, Pilar town in &...

2010-09-07

Brazil's logistics infrastructure will receive 18bn reais (US$10.5bn) in public funding during 2011 under phase II of the national growth acceleration plan (PAC).   The amount is 16.1% more than the 15.5bn reais spent on logistics this year, news service Agencia Estado reported.   The ...

2010-09-07

Dutch company APM Terminals aims to participate in the tender to modernize Muelle Norte terminal at Peru's central Callao port, the firm's regional manager for Latin America, Henrik Pedersen, told BNamericas.   "We will review the tender material and if the project looks attractive we wi...

2010-09-02

Brazil's national development bank BNDES is inviting bids for a company to carry out a study on the management and efficiency of the country's port sector, the bank said in a release.   The bank is accepting bids from parties interested in obtaining non-reimbursable financial support through ...

2010-09-02

Peru's private investment promotion agency ProInversion expects to award the Tren Macho rail concession contract in November, a ProInversion official told BNamericas.   Companies interested in taking part in the process have until September 23 to submit documentation and shortlisted firms are...

2010-09-02

The US Trade & Development Agency (USTDA) will accept offers through October 11 for a definitional mission to design and carry out important upgrades at Haiti's international airport in Port-au-Prince.   The awardee will provide technical assistance to enable Haiti's national airport auth...

2010-09-02

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez has signed a contract with the Hidrovia Parana group to modernize the Parana waterway.   The project includes some 650km of the waterway and will cost nearly US$113mn, the presidential website reported.   The state will pay Hidrovia Parana US$3....

2010-09-01

Uruguay's foreign relations minister Luis Almagro and his Argentine counterpart Hector Timerman met on August 30 to discuss strategies to revamp the Paraguay-Parana waterway, an official from Uruguay's foreign relations ministry told BNamericas.   The government representatives discussed the ...