2010-08-06

Representatives from Peru's national tax regulator Sunat and the private operator of Callao port's Muelle Sur terminal, DP World, met on Thursday to discuss installing a temporary deposit for cargo inspections at the terminal, a Sunat official told BNamericas.   Sunat's head of customs proced...

2010-08-06

Venezuela's government has approved the allocation of 145mn bolivares (US$20.8mn) to perform maintenance work on the metro system in capital Caracas, according to transport and communications minister Francisco Garces.   The project includes repairs to tunnel infrastructure, rails, ventilatio...

2010-08-06

Fomilenio, the El Salvadorian chapter of the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), has signed contracts worth US$361mn to carry out infrastructure projects throughout the country since 2007, local paper La Prensa Grafica reported.   This amount represents 78.3% of the US$461mn donation M...

2010-08-05

Central Chile's Valparaiso port will be able to handle post-Panamax ships by 2014, following the inauguration of a second container terminal at the facility.   State port operator EPV launched a tender to build the US$350mn terminal on August 4, and plans to award the concession contract in J...

2010-08-05

Brazil's Rio de Janeiro port region urban development company (CDURP) has launched tenders for phase II of its Porto Maravilha urban renovation project, which aims to turn the city's port area into a major tourist attraction.   The overall cost of the project could reach some 8bn reais (US$4....

2010-08-05

Paraguay's public works and communications ministry (MOPC) expects to begin the tender process for paving work on the Concepcion-Vallemi highway, located in western Concepcion department, in September this year.   MOPC expects to sign contracts for the project, which has an estimated cost of ...

2010-08-05

The Colombian government has to help with the construction of railroads and public ports to support the transport of coal, the president of coal producers federation Fenalcarbon, Jaime Olivella, told BNamericas.   "Public ports would mean that all producers could mine and we would not be...

2010-08-04

ProInversion expects to release the final draft of the contract to concession the Pucallpa fluvial port in Uyacali region by month-end, an official from the agency's communications division told BNamericas.   The contract was due to be released earlier this year, but modifications to the bidd...