From a statement issued by the Government of Guatemala:

By order of President Otto Perez Molina, intervention in the Port of Quetzal (EPQ), a measure to help combat smuggling and fraud and to increase tax revenues, will cease after June 15th.

The decision was formalized with the publication on Monday in the Journal of Central America. Governmental Agreement No. 145-2015 establishes that as of June 15 the measure will be lifted.

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Puerto Quetzal Intervention Suspended

June 2017

One year after taking control of the Quetzal Container Terminal, the Guatemalan Public Ministry has ordered the end of the intervention process into the company.

Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "...The courts´s ruling was issued on Thursday, April 15 after a year and a few days of validity of the measure for the TCQ, a company which in the opinion of the prosecutors office was constituted in 2012 as an emerging corporation "to simulate a contract of usufruct" with the state-owned Empresa Portuaria Quetzal (EPQ)."

Employers Applaud Port Intervention

March 2012

Guatemala’s business sector is calling for processes to expedite the delivery of goods to be taken into account in order to avoid economic losses.

From Diario de Centroamérica, by José Pelicó:

Intervention over Port Santo Tomás Welcomed

The business sector sees the government of Otto Perez Molina’s intervention with the company Portuaria Nacional Santo Tomás de Castilla (Empornac), in Puerto Barrios, Izabal, as positive as this will put things in order and prevent further corruption.

Honduran Ports to Receive $250 Million

March 2009

The IDB would grant a loan through a trust to the Honduran Port Authority (ENP) for port modernization.

Representatives from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) visited the company yesterday. Among them, IDB Vice President, Steven Puig, told Laprensahn.com: "We are very interested in authorizing the loan to the ENP as soon as possible so that they can begin to work on expanding their facilities."

Nicaragua will grant concessions to invest in its ports

April 2008

Nicaragua intends to give concessions for port investments, a theme that will be addressed at the 29th Meeting of Port Companies of the Central American Isthmus, which begins today.

Virgilio Silva, head of the National Port Company (EPN), says this possibility is being contemplated in a law the National Assembly is currently analyzing.