Trust Approved for Puerto Cortes

The Honduran Council of Ministers has approved a draft decree relating to a trust agreement for the structuring, development and financing of the operation of the bulk cargo terminal at Puerto Cortes.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

From a press release by the Presidency of Honduras:

The Council of Ministers, of the government of President Porfirio Lobo Sosa , approved the draft decree on Tuesday relating to a trust agreement for the structuring, development and financing of the operation of a bulk cargo terminal at Puerto Cortes, at the request of the National Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (COALIANZA).

The COALIANZA initiative seeks to streamline the operating system at the level of collecting imports and exports safely and quickly, and to change the physical structure and logistics of this important port.

It also approved a decree on the trust agreement for the structuring, development and financing of the operation of container terminal at the request of COALIANZA.

In this regard, the commissioner president and legal representative of COALIANZA, Carlos Pineda said that Puerto Cortes is very attractive, with great potential, since it has a large number of traffic of goods, allowing it to generate in the future exports with sufficient scale of economies.

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