The automated bulk terminal will have a capacity of 65 thousand metric tons and will allow sugar to be transferred directly to the boats conveyor belts.
This was announced by Cossimo Lisandrelli, chief of the port plant operated by SER San Antonio, who added that the terminal to be built in the cellar of the west pier of Corinto "... will expedite loading and lower costs because of reduced length of stays".
The consortium COPRECA-CYES won the tender for the construction of the Solid Bulk Terminal at Puerto Cortes in Honduras, while the Consortium Multisur SA won operation of the Terminal.
From a press release issued by the Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnership (COALIANZA):
In an act held at the hotel Honduras Maya, COPRECA-CYES a consortium made up of companies from Guatemala and Spain respectively, was the winner of the tender for the construction of the terminal, while the Consortium Multisur SA de CV from Mexico won operation of the bulk terminal at Puerto Cortés.
With changes to the conditions, the tender process to award the construction of the bulk terminal of Puerto Cortés will be reopened.
According to Carlos Pineda, Coalianza's commissioner, they are still defining the type of process to be used in the new tender. "They have to change some conditions of the competition, but the project itself has not changed, it is the same and its basic structure is the same.
The tender for the construction of a bulk terminal in Puerto Cortes has been declared a failure, after the only two offers received were rejected.
"The decision of the Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (COALIANZA), the National Port Company (ENP by its initials in Spanish ) and Banco Atlantida, the entity in charge of the trust, came after neither participants fulfilled all the requirements", reported Laprensa.hn.
Grupo Naviero Peninsular de México and the Chilean Sudamericana Agencias Aéreas y Marítimas S.A., were the only companies who made bids for the management of the grain terminal in Puerto Cortes.
Laprensa.hn reports that "investment in this process is estimated at between $40 and $50 million and its impact will be reflected in import costs, employment generation and revenue for the National Port Authority (ENP by its initials in Spanish) and tax payments made by the winning consortium as well as the higher volume of traffic generated at Puerto Cortes due to it being more efficient. "
The Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships in Honduras has created a tender for a Construction Contract for the Solid Bulk Terminal of Puerto Cortes.
The National Port Authority in its capacity as Settlor and Trustee, COALIANZA, in its capacity as Settlor and Banco Atlántida in its capacity as Trustee, have signed an indenture for the Structuring, Development and Promotion of the project for a Bulk Terminal in Puerto Cortés.
The long overdue works consist of a wharf which is 180 meters long and 14 meters deep, which will optimize the arrival of grain, flour, and building materials to the Pacific port of Costa Rica.
The announcement was made by the CEO of Costa Rica Pacific Ports (Incop), Uriah Ugalde, at an official ceremony in which the government gave the order to begin construction of the new pier at the port in Caldera.
Representatives from the Catalan company Grupo TCB and the French group Bolloré Ports & Logistics, will visit Honduras to gather information on the tender for the bulk terminal.
Laprensa.hn reported that "Top executives of two major European firms which administer ports will come to the country this week to show firsthand interest in participating in the development project of Puerto Cortés."
An international call for expressions of interest is being made to companies with experience in port works, for the construction of a Solid Bulk Terminal at Puerto Cortés.
Country: HONDURAS
Project: MODERNIZATION PROJECT bulk solids terminal at Puerto Cortes.
Title: CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOLID BULK TERMINAL
Foreign and local firms, with experience in the operation of dry bulk port terminals, are invited to submit expressions of interest for the project.
Project: MODERNIZATION PROJECT FOR SOLID BULK CARGO TERMINAL AT PUERTO CORTES.
Title: CONTRACT FOR OPERATION OF SOLID BULK TERMINAL
Deadline for receipt of documents: October 2, 2012
The National Port Authority in its capacity as Settlor and the Trustee COALIANZA, in its capacity as Settlor and Banco Atlántida in its capacity as Trustee, signed on 15 May of 2012 a Trust Agreement of Directors for a period of 30 years for structuring, project Development and Promotion of the bulk terminal of Puerto Cortes.
The company Terminal de Graneles Moín (TGM), with an investment of about $5 million, is to build a terminal that will operate as a logistics center for receiving, storing and dispensing liquids.
The objectives of the company are to provide storage tanks and reception services in the port and shipping the product.
The project, to be developed by the businessmen Germán Moreno and Rodolfo Blasio, TGM advisers, and with investment by the PASQUI Group will be built on a property measuring 20,000 square meters located between the Químicos Holanda facilities and terminals belonging to Transmerquim and the former Exxon in Moin, Limon, Costa Rica.
In 2013 the construction of bulk carriers and cruise ship docks will begin along with the expansion of the beaches for containers.
Currently the port measures 914 meters, and the works will extend the area by approximately 600 meters.
Luis Alberto Gomez, controller of the port terminal told the press, "We want to improve the infrastructure and machinery to keep the port at the forefront in Central America."
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.
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).
Modernisation is needed in order to regain competitiveness, says the Honduran private sector.
The President of the Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnership (Coalianza), Wilfredo Cerrato said that a Spanish company will carry out the design of the bulk terminal at Puerto Cortés. Subsequently, a tender will be created for its construction and supervision.