Latin America

IMF enhancing efforts in Latin America, Infrastructure Investor Japan Korea Week

IMF enhancing efforts in Latin America, Infrastructure Investor Japan Korea Week

Tuesday 26 March 2019 Vol.10 Ed.13.1

Commentary: IMF enhancing efforts in Latin America

By Mark Sobel in Washington

While the world focuses on the US and China, Britain’s exit from the European Union, G3 monetary policy and Europe’s doldrums, little attention is being paid to economic and financial developments in Latin America. Yet, change is afoot. The International Monetary Fund is stepping up activities in the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/26/imf-enhancing-efforts-in-latin-america-infrastructure-investor-japan-korea-week/

Evergreen opens new offices in Latin America

In view of the growth potential in Latin American trade, Evergreen Line is continuing to establish its own offices at main service locations in the region. The move will strengthen the effectiveness of the line’s operations, improve its capability to react to market opportunities, optimize the efficiency of its network routing and enhance its competitiveness in the area.

Evergreen Line has just opened its own agency in Colombia following the establishments of other offices in Peru, Chile and...

http://container-news.com/evergreen-opens-offices-latin-america/

Unlicensed operators wreak havoc in Latin American forwarding sector

“An incredible rise” in unlicensed, unregulated one-man forwarding operations is posing a threat to Latin America’s forwarding community.
Vice president of Interworld Freight Farouk Gomati told The Loadstar the surge in “effectively illegitimate” operators was chipping away at profit margins.
“In most Latin American countries the word loyalty between clients and forwarders doesn’t exist, they will drop you for $10,” he said.
Small forwarders in particular were feeling the pinch, he added,...

https://theloadstar.co.uk/unlicensed-operators-wreak-havoc-latin-american-forwarding-sector/

Evolving market could lead to ‘dangerous’ overcapacity in Caribbean box terminals

Use of outdated data and an under-appreciation of the way the container shipping market in the Latin America and Caribbean region has changed, could lead to dangerous box terminal overcapacity.
At last week’s TOC Americas Container Supply Chain event in Panama, Ricardo Sanchez, regional expert on infrastructure and ports for the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean (ECLAC), was asked about his greatest fear for the industry.
“Short-term overcapacity …

The post Evo...

https://theloadstar.co.uk/changing-market-lead-dangerous-overcapacity-caribbean-box-terminals/

Container shipping alliances now planning to set course for Latin America trades

The major deepsea alliances could begin to extend their joint service network to secondary north-south trades, such as those serving Latin America, as they look to squeeze more efficiency from their cooperation agreements.
Michael Kristiansen, owner of consultancy CK Americas, told delegates at this week’s TOC America Container Supply Chain event in Panama: “I think the global alliances are coming – whether it is little by little or very fast, I …

The post Container shipping alliances now...

https://theloadstar.co.uk/container-shipping-alliances-now-planning-set-course-latin-america-trades/

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