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SUPEX Serviço: Suape begins new Cabotage service
Ports and Terminals Mar, 22, 2019 0

Suape approved to receive Sammax and New Panamax vessels

The Brazilian Navy has approved the Suape Industrial Port Complex to receive Sammax class vessels and New Panamax vessels which will start operating in the country from next year. According…
Sugar and Ethanol Mar, 22, 2019 0

Brazil at risk of sugar tariff as Argentina questions tariff-free wheat quota offered to the US

Brazil’s approval of a 750,000 ton tariff-free quota from the US, and possibly other non-Mercosur countries, is causing concern in the Argentine government which may retaliate with a sugar tariff.…
Other Logistics Mar, 22, 2019 0

Uruguay’s Central Railway receives green light from Directorate of the Environment

Uruguay’s National Directorate of the Environment has given authorization for works to start on the Central Railway Project. The project aims to construct and maintain 273 km of railways between…
Shipping Mar, 22, 2019 0

Maersk launches integrated service in ECSA countries

Danish business conglomerate A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S launched a new end-to-end integrated service this week to transport and provide services for containerized cargo by land and sea on the…
Ports and Terminals Mar, 22, 2019 0

Brazil’s Ministry of Infrastructure plans to auction three port terminals in April

The Ministry of Infrastructure has announced three new additions to the port areas up for auction this year. The areas include STS20 and STS13A in the Port of Santos, specialized…
Grains Mar, 21, 2019 0

Bolsonaro grants 750,000 ton wheat quota to the US

Brazil decided to follow through on a 24-year-old promise as Bolsonaro offered a 750,000 ton tariff-free wheat quota to the US this week. In 1994 Brazil agreed to set up…
Shipping Mar, 21, 2019 0

SAMWAF service will no longer call at Libra Terminal, Santos

The SAMWAF service, jointly operated by CMA CGM and Nile Dutch, will no longer call at Libra Terminal in Santos. The last call at the terminal will be on the…
Ports and Terminals Mar, 20, 2019 0

Paraguay’s Pilar Port prepares for its first shipment following modernization

Pilar Port, located on the banks of the Paraguay River in Ñeembucú and managed by Paraguay’s ANNP (National Administration of Navigation and Ports), is preparing to load its first cargo,…
Grains Mar, 20, 2019 0

Brazil’s soybean exports forecast to fall 17% in 2019

In spite of a strong start to the year, agriculture consultancy firm, Safras & Mercado, announced an estimated 17% drop in Brazil’s soybean exports this year, compared to 2018. The…
Ports and Terminals Mar, 18, 2019 0

Brazil container throughput is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 6.5% until 2023, driving ECSA growth

Growth prospects for container handling on the East Coast of South America are positive for the next five years and should be approximately three times greater than GDP growth, according…