The lack of agility in customs procedures and the absence of a law to standardize practices in ports are the reasons why Puerto Quetzal is losing competitiveness against its Mexican neighbor Manzanillo.

Elieser Castellanos, President of the Union of Logistics in Guatemala said: "We must do something in order to help once again the direct arrival or transfer factors that allow us to redistribute cargo and which will convert us into a center of maritime transfer for the region, because we do have the geographical and technical ability to do so. "

"Fernando Lopez, President of the Chamber of Industry, said that in order to solve the logistics problem there is an urgent need to see how external costs for road transport can be reduced, and in maritime transport lower waiting times. In short, optimize everything using a public-private partnership. "

Source: prensalibre.com

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