Costa Rican Ports are "Terrible"

Lack of adequate infrastructure does not allow the demand for sea cargo to be met, increasing associated costs.

Monday, September 3, 2012

The chief executive of the Costa Rican Institute for Pacific Ports (INCOP in Spanish) notes that while in the port of Caldera container movements increased by 17% in 2011 compared to 2010, delay going back years in the construction of a bulk loading pier is an obstacle to being able to satisfy cargo requirements in terms of time and fees.

On the Caribbean side, the situation is worse, as revealed by the tiny increase in the volume of containers handled, which grew by just 0.5% between 2010 and 2011.

An article in Nacion.com reports that "In 2010 the Port Authority of Caldera (SPC) handled 3.6 million metric tons and grew by 17% the following year, when it reported 4.3 million metric tons (617,000 tonnes). Instead, in the same period the docks of Limon and Moin grew by only 0.5% having maintained a cargo volume of around 9.9 million metric tons. Between one year and the next, barely 51,700 tonnes more were accounted in the berths of the Board of Port Administration and Economic Development of the Atlantic Coast (Japdeva). "

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