According to sources from the National Concessions Council, the bidding rules for Port Moín concession should be published today in the Official Gazette, with modifications by the General Comptroller of the Republic. The government was finally unable to tender Port Limón and Port Moín simultaneously, as was the initial idea. This is due to the ongoing dispute between the government and the worker's union of Port Limón.

The main changes introduced by the Comptroller would be in the financial structuring of the project, an aspect criticized in the first bidding rules, published April 2009.

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Puerto La Union: Never Ending Story

April 2015

Although it seems hard to believe, the Autonomous Port Executive Committee of El Salvador has, for a fifth time, postponed the date for submitting bids in the tender for the concession of the port.

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The fifth postponement of the date for submission of bids in the tender for the concession of Puerto La Union, El Salvador, raises doubts about the actual feasibility of this ambitious project by the Executive Port Commission (CEPA).

Union Twists Government’s Arm

May 2011

The government of Costa Rica has put on hold "indefinitely" the process for the concession of the ports of Limon and Moin.

Caught between the demands of port efficiency by the productive sectors and the real power of the union, the Chinchilla administration has back tracked on its intention to grant concessions to private companies for the modernization and operation of the ports of Limon and Moin, and now intends to invest about $70 million to make sure that this essential modernization takes place, while keeping both terminals under the management of the Port Management Board of the Atlantic (JAPDEVA).

Port Concession in Limon and Moin Complicates Even More

January 2011

The labor union of the Caribbean ports of Costa Rica re-elected directors which are radically opposed to concession the ports to private investors.

At the same time in which dredging has started in order to increase capacity of tankers docking at Moin -with an expansion of the oil terminal which will be tendered in March 2011 - the workers voted overwhelmingly to re-elect union leaders who oppose granting management of the ports to the private sector.

Single Offer Received for Moín Container Shipping Terminal Project

August 2010

Only one company, APM Terminals, has submitted a tender to build an operate the container port in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica's National Concessions Council has 45 days to evaluate the technical offer and if it meets the bid criteria required the next step is the economic offer evaluation with the contract due to be awarded by the end of the year.