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Other Logistics May, 02, 2023 0

Port of Natal shows first impacts of CMA-CGM calling off operations

The current state of the Port of Natal resembles an abandoned landscape, as shown in a video sent to the news channel AGORA RN. The footage reveals a completely empty…
Other Logistics May, 02, 2023 0

Hidrovias do Brasil to increase operational capacity in so-called ‘North System’

Hidrovias do Brasil, a logistics solutions company, was the winner of a simplified selection process held by port authority Companhia Docas do Pará (CDP) for the zoning and use of…
Other Logistics Apr, 28, 2023 0

Panama Canal: drought threatens one of world’s most important shipping routes

Insufficient rainfall has once again forced the Panama Canal to reduce the draft of ships passing through the interoceanic route – another episode of the water supply crisis that threatens…
Other Logistics Apr, 27, 2023 0

Public hearing to be held for the licensing of São Mateus Port Center

The São Mateus Port Center (CPSM in Portuguese), which includes the construction of a Private  Use Terminal (TUP) in Urussuquara and the Petrocity Thermal Power Plant, will be the subject…
Other Logistics Apr, 27, 2023 0

Brazil prepares to reoffer US$3.6bn Malha Oeste rail concession

Brazil’s government is planning to hold an auction in 1H24 to reoffer the concession for the Malha Oeste freight rail line. The timetable was unveiled at a public hearing in…
Other Logistics Apr, 24, 2023 0

Cargo flow on Brazil’s North-South Railway grows 18% in 2022

VLI, the logistics company responsible for the northern section of Brazil’s North-South Railway (FNS), has reported an 18% increase in the cargo volume transported through the rail corridor in 2022.…
Other Logistics Apr, 19, 2023 0

Chile: Entry of cargo through border crossings grows 19.6% in January 2023

According to information provided by the National Customs Service, the dynamic database of cross-border land traffic recorded the entry of 776,110,808 kilograms of cargo to Chile in January 2023, representing…
Other Logistics Apr, 19, 2023 0

VLI boosts wagons fleet to meet surging fertlizer demand in Brazil’s Arco Norte

Brazil-based logistics company VLI has acquired 78 units of Hopper HTT wagons to transport agricultural commodities and fertilizers. The purchase aims to increase the company’s cargo capacity in the Northern…
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Other Logistics Apr, 14, 2023 0

Maersk opens new service facilities in Mexico and Brazil

Maersk launches a new Global Service Centres (GSC) for the Americas Region, based in Mexico City in Mexico, with a dedicated satellite centre in Santos, Brazil. The Maersk GSC network…
Other Logistics Apr, 14, 2023 0

Brazil to improve transportation matrix via waterway expansion

The Brazilian government plans to boost the amount of cargo transported via waterways to reduce the country’s strong dependence on highways. Waterway transportation regulator Antaq has been charged with overseeing…