Dry Canal Revival in Nicaragua?

The Port of Monkey Point could be the first stage in a project that includes an oil pipeline, a coast-to-coast train and the expansion of the Port of Corinto in the Pacific.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Two South Korean companies signed a memorandum of understanding in July with the country's National Ports Company (EPN) regarding the expansion of the Caribbean Port of Monkey Point. The companies Dongyeong Engineering Consultants & Architecture Co., Ltd and Ox Invstment Finance Co., Ltd. are expected next month in Nicaragua when they will progress financial and technical details.

Luis Núñez Salmerón in his article for Elnuevodiario.com.ni writes that EPN's president, Virgilio Silva, has stated that the project not only includes the the construction of a deep water facility at Monkey Point, but also, "the conversion of the region into an economic hub with administrative offices, shipping companies, a marina and, in what Silva calls a second stage, a Caribbean-Pacific rail link".

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