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...

Chilean highway concessionaires could submit a project to the public works ministry (MOP) to build an alternative "low-altitude" highway tunnel between Chile and Argentina, the president of Chilean concessionaires association Copsa, Herman Chadwick, told BNamericas. This tunnel would compete with the Trasandino Central rail tunnel project, led by Argentine firm Corporación América (CASA). 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...

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) has decided to push back for at least another year the tender process for the concession of capital Santiago's Vespucio Oriente highway, an official from MOP's concessions division told BNamericas. Join discussion...

Implementing similar legal frameworks for concessions in many Latin American countries would eventually lead to equivalent systems throughout the region, a South American integration analyst from Chile's public works ministry (MOP) told BNamericas. Join discussion...