A few days before the expiration of the crane service contract in Guatemala's Port of Santo Tomas de Castilla, local exporters expect a possible scenario of rising costs and slower operations.
The crane service contract was in force for 10 years and will expire on September 6. So far, businessmen do not know clearly what is the status of the tender, which the National Port Company Santo Tomas de Castilla (Empornac), must make to award the contract..
In the first half of 2018, companies from Panama and Costa Rica invested $171 million to import port cranes, while no transactions were recorded in the other countries of the region.
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Two multipurpose cranes with the capacity to mobilize 600 tons will begin operating at Guatemala's maritime terminal on December 12th.
Representatives of the Ministry of Communications informed that the new cranes of Operadora Logística de Guatemala, S.A., the company that won the tender to provide the service, have a $6 million cost each.
Hector Recinos, vice minister of Communications in charge of ports and airports, said to Prensalibre.com that "... The crane service operations are going to be reactivated and with the shipping agents the itineraries to receive ships with containerized goods have already been programmed."
Recognized Brazilian company of backhoe loaders, telescopic, articulated and other types of cranes looking for companies interested in representing the brand and distributing their machinery in Central America and Mexico.
The company manufactures and sells telescopic, articulated, maritime, forestry, scrap, salvage, trawl, platform cranes, hydro elevators and backhoes.
The Ministry of the Interior in Guatemala is putting out to tender a supply of 3,013 motorcycles, pick ups, cars, buses and trucks, and other vehicles.
The company is preparing the documents to tender a service for mobile cranes for unloading goods at the port.
Authorities at Empresa Portuaria Quetzal expect the bidding process to take about six months.The new contractor will replace Servicios Bayside, whose contract expires in May 2018.
The president of the Board of Directors of the EPQ, Bernardo López, explained that "... the contract has been in force since 2001 and its value is $9.9 million."
Atlantic Pacific Equipment Services, is the new and only distribuitor of the complete line of TEREX CRANES for Central America. We are part of the LANCO Group and manufacturers of the MI-JACK RTG.
Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
Phone: (507) 317-6577 - (507) 6450-0673