Single Offer Received for Moín Container Shipping Terminal Project

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

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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.

The services requested in the tender comprise those of loading and unloading, handling, storage and container classification, as well as auxiliary services for ships docking at the so-called Atlantic Mega Transhipment Terminal (MTA in Spanish) such as bunkering, towing, piloting and mooring. This project will not carry out any loading or unloading of cargo.

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