The Solis administration has recognized and supported the project which was presented in 2007 for the construction of a container transshipment port with an investment of $900 million.
America's Gateway Development Corporation (AMEGA) is the company - together with major contributions from Canadian, British and American funding - which proposed the project to the government of Costa Rica.
The National Agency for Partnerships for Development in Guatemala has announced the construction of an intermodal terminal at the customs office in Tecún Umán II.
The investment is estimated to be about $40 million, with the feasibility study having already been awarded at a cost of $362 thousand. What has been called a "dry port" will be a terminal for cargo transfer between trucks and trains.
Costa Rica's government plans to put out to tender, in the second half of 2013, a concession for an additional container terminal, whose feasibility study is being carried out by America's Gateway Development Corporation.
America's Gateway Development Corporation (Amega) is the company that proposed the project to the government of Costa Rica, so it has an advantage in the bidding to award the concession to build and operate a transshipment terminal in Moin on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.
The Administration of Tocumen International Airport has put out a tender for the design and construction of a new access road to the cargo terminal.
The tender is for the study, design and construction of airport facilities at the Access Control Point and operational reorganization of existing infrastructure, and the freight terminal of the International Airport of Tocumen, SA
On the Pacific coast connectivity gaps have been identified between the load terminals and logistics centers and production.
This situation occurs in both the Port of Balboa, operated by the Panama Ports Company, as well as the Rodman port which is operated by the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA).
The former does not have a logistics area that allows value to be added to the load to be moved in the terminal and the access road to the Rodman Port needs improvements in order to land cargo moving smoothly.
Americas Gateway Development Corporation, the company that won the tender for the design, will start work on detailing the technical, environmental, commercial and financial studies.
Aubrey Young, CEO of Americas Gateway Development Corporation (Amega), noted that they estimate about twelve months for this stage.
An article in BNamericas reports that, "the transfer terminal will have capacity to mobilize 2 million TEUs a year with a 1km pier, an access channel leading to the port of Moin with a depth of 19m and berths for three container ships of about 14,000 TEUs.
The project consists of a specialized port for the transshipment of containers with an operating area of 45 hectares, and a cost of $950 million.
A press release of the Presidency of the Republic of Costa Rica reads:
Vice President Liberman stressed the importance of getting "the green light to start the tender process, which will generate more employment in the country, mainly in the port area"
Americas Gateway Development Corporation (Amega) will develop studies for a container terminal at Moin, Costa Rica.
Aubery de Young, CEO of the company, explained that the Government of Costa Rica completed the formalities required to initiate these studies, which include the selection of a government counterpart and an independent engineering firm who will serve as auditor.
American Development Gateway will begin the second phase of the studies required for the construction of a new port terminal in Moin.
The company told BNamericas that an estimated a $ 4.9 million will be spent in a detailed design covering technical, legal, financial and environmental aspects of the project and the preparation of draft bidding rules.
Americas Gateway Development Corporation (Amega) will conduct feasibility studies for a new container transfer terminal in the Costa Rican port.
Ignacio Gallegos, company representative, told BNAmericas that they will start the studies shortly, and will determine if the project is legally, technically, environmentally and financially feasible.
Once the studies are completed, the National Concessions Committee (CNC) will conduct a public bidding process to choose a concessionaire for the terminal. Amega will participate in said contest, and if it does not get the project, it will be refunded with the costs of the study, explained Gallegos.