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Obras no Porto Central, Brasil
Ports and Terminals Sep, 23, 2026 0

Porto Central advances Phase 1 works ahead of marine construction

Porto Central is advancing Phase 1 construction at its site in Presidente Kennedy, Espírito Santo, as the project prepares to move into marine infrastructure works. Since construction began, several work…
Ports and Terminals Sep, 21, 2026 0

Wilson Sons plans to double tugboat output at Santos shipyard

Wilson Sons plans to double tugboat production at its shipyard on the left bank of the Port of Santos, in Guarujá, São Paulo state, by expanding into an adjacent area.…
Vista aérea do Porto do Rio Grande
Ports and Terminals Sep, 21, 2026 0

Storm suspends Port of Rio Grande operations, affects five vessels

Port of Rio Grande operations have been suspended since midnight Monday, September 21, after a severe storm hit the southern Brazilian city. Port authority Portos RS confirmed the suspension, saying…
Ports and Terminals Sep, 21, 2026 0

Cargo handled by Chilean ports rises 1.09% in first half of 2026

The cargo handled by Chilean ports and terminals reached 57.8 million metric tons in the first half of 2026, up 1.09% from 57.17 million tons in the same period of…
Ports and Terminals Sep, 18, 2026 0

Porto Itapoá opens new truck gate, raises daily capacity to 3,000 vehicles

Porto Itapoá, in Santa Catarina, has opened a new gate dedicated exclusively to incoming trucks, increasing its potential daily handling capacity from an average of around 2,000 truck movements to…
Ports and Terminals Sep, 18, 2026 0

Codeba awards R$38.6m contract for Port of Ilhéus rehabilitation

Bahia state dock company Codeba has approved the result of a tender to restore infrastructure at the Port of Ilhéus. AXXO Construtora won the contract with a bid of R$38.6…
Ports and Terminals Sep, 17, 2026 0

Candidates’ plans lack specific proposals for ports

Strategic for the movement of Brazilian production and for the country’s foreign trade, ports feature in all presidential candidates’ platforms but are mostly included in broader proposals for logistics and…
Ports and Terminals Sep, 17, 2026 0

Port of Santos expansion plan remains stalled in Brasília

Three months after the Santos Port Authority (APS) asked the federal government to add new areas to the official boundaries of the Port of Santos, Brazil’s Ministry of Ports and…
Ports and Terminals Sep, 17, 2026 0

Shoaling keeps Itajaí-Navegantes access channel under pressure

Conditions in the Itajaí-Navegantes access channel, in Santa Catarina, remain a concern as shoaling continues to affect navigation. Port of Itajaí Superintendent Artur Antunes Pereira said it is difficult to…
Ports and Terminals Sep, 16, 2026 0

Port of Itajaí invests R$4.5m in real-time monitoring system

The Port of Itajaí will implement a real-time monitoring system worth more than R$4 million to track navigation conditions in its access channel, as the Santa Catarina terminal prepares for…