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Authorities and Experts Stress the Relevance of Improving Transport Infrastructure to Energize Economies and Promote Productive and Sustainable Development

2 Apr 2024 | News

The Third High-Level Regional Dialogue on Transport in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated this Tuesday, April 2 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) with the participation of authorities and experts who stressed the importance of improving regional transport infrastructure to energize economies and promote productive and sustainable development. The two-day event – organized by the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile, with collaboration from ECLAC – brings together T…

Haiti Makes Progress on Modernizing its Port Sector

1 Mar 2016 | News

On the occasion of a course on sustainable logistics, mobility and energy efficiency carried out by ECLAC’s Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure in late January 2016, officials from that division visited the rebuilding works of the container terminal at Port-au- Prince’s International Port, in Haiti, which suffered severe damage during the earthquake of 2010. Accompanied by representatives of that country’s National Port Authority (NPA), the experts viewed the first 150 linear meters (of 410 meters total) of the terminal’s Northern Wharf, inaugurated on January 22, 2016. This is th…

Preliminary data for 2014: world container trade and throughput; continuing decline in the dynamism of Latin America and the Caribbean

20 Feb 2015 | News

The latest Maritime & Logistics Bulletin from the Infrastructure and Services Unit delivers preliminary data for 2014 on the evolution of world container trade and port throughput in the region. According to preliminary data from a sample of 70% of total port movements in the region, Latin America and the Caribbean experienced a 3% growth in container movements during 2014 in comparison with the previous year. In 2013, the increase was 3.6% for the same sample, which points to a further decrease in the regional dynamism, already on a steady decline since 2010.…

Energy Efficiency Strategies Are Urgently Needed to Improve Competitiveness of Region's Ports

2 Jun 2014 | News

More than 95% of South America's exports is moved through ports. Therefore, the energy consumption of the port infrastructure is increasingly relevant to the competitiveness and sustainability of infrastructure services and the activities of the transport and logistics sector. This point is emphasized in a report by ECLAC's Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division that was published recently in the latest edition of the FAL Bulletin on Facilitation of Transport and Trade in Latin America. According to the study, the traffic of refrigerated containers with perishable goods in Sou…

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