Chile's public works ministry (MOP) expects all highway concessionaires to implement the electronic toll collection device known as TAG within the next six months, MOP's concessions director Ricardo Trincado told reporters. "We are working with concessionaires and expect them to implement the TAG system in the next 4-6 months," said Trincado. Join discussion...

Chile's private sector will invest at least US$4.5bn over the next five years in new concession projects, the president of local concessionaires association Copsa, Herman Chadwick, told BNamericas. Join discussion...

The concessions division at Chile's public works ministry (MOP) presented its 2009-10 project portfolio at a seminar in capital Santiago on Wednesday. "Between 1991 and 2009, we signed 55 contracts involving more than 140 foreign and local companies," said Leonel Vivallos, head of project development at the concessions division. Join discussion...

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) is aiming to increase the number of concessions while at the same time providing better services, concessions coordinator Ricardo Trincado said at a seminar in capital Santiago. "We have a new portfolio of projects but at the same time we are improving the current concessions," said Trincado. Join discussion...

Chile's state-owned San Antonio port administrator Empresa Portuaria San Antonio (EPSA) hopes to launch the Costanera-Espigón terminal concession by year-end, the firm's chairman Patricio Arrau told BNamericas. The concession contemplates handing over sites 4 and 7 of Costanera-Espigón to a single operator for a period of 30 years. The project will require an investment of over US$300mn in infrastructure and equipment. Join discussion...

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) is preparing two new road maintenance concession projects, a MOP official told BNamericas. On June 23, MOP gave the bidding rules for a US$200mn road maintenance concession package in region IV to seven shortlisted firms. The program is the first of its kind to be carried out in Chile, and aims to guarantee quality standards on the road network over an 18-year period. Join discussion...

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) will award a concession for a rail passenger service connecting the towns of Lomas Coloradas and Coronel, in southern region VIII, an official from MOP's concessions division told BNamericas. Join discussion...

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) will launch concession tenders totaling US$1.5bn by year-end, the new head of the ministry's concessions division, Ricardo Trincado, told paper El Mercurio. Join discussion...

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) is operating at maximum capacity, the head of the Chilean construction chamber's (CChC) concessions committee, Leonardo Daneri, told BNamericas. Join discussion...

Chile's construction chamber (CChC) has submitted a proposal to the country's public works ministry (MOP) to boost infrastructure development, with special emphasis on concessions, CChC president Lorenzo Constans told BNamericas. Join discussion...