After investing $13.2 million in the expansion of the container yard and the commissioning of two cranes, the storage capacity of the Salvadoran maritime terminal increased by 30%.
Directors of the Executive Autonomous Port Commission (CEPA) stated that $3.2 million was invested in the expansion of the container yard and another $10 million was invested in the commissioning of the two new cranes with a lifting capacity of 150 metric tons.
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."
It has been announced that the port terminal will receive two new cranes valued at $26 million, an investment that is part of the project to expand and equip Pier 6.
The Honduran Presidency reported that the two cranes, Super Post Panamax Ship-to-Shore, will be the largest in the region and will be installed on pier 6 of Puerto Cortés, which in recent years has been undergoing an expansion and modernization process.
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."
The Executive Port Commission plans to invest $9 million this year on modernization works at the Salvadoran terminal, and $20 million in the purchase of two RTG gantry cranes.
The head of the Autonomous Executive Port Commission (CEPA), Nelson Vanegas, announced that $9 million will be allocated towards improving the terminal's infrastructure.
An announcement has been made that a new PostPanamax crane has recently arrived at Puerto Caldera in Costa Rica and will allow the loading or unloading of between 25 and 35 containers per hour.
The Port Caldera company received the new crane which will be installed in the coming days so that it can be used starting September.
The use of the new crane is expected to reduce loading and unloading times , since "...
Pending the approval of the environmental study for the megaproject, APM Terminals has announced that construction will begin in March 2014.
The first stage of construction in the first quarter of 2014 will be of the 600 meter long quay and 40 hectares of paved container yard, plus 12 entrances out of a total of 24 that were planned to be built.
Rogelio Douglas, project manager of APM Terminals said everything is ready to start construction.
On the 53 cranes operating in Panamanian ports, scanners will be added to identify each container.
Advanced Consulting, a Panamanian IT consulting firm won a contract from the Panama Maritime Authority, to automate container identification in Panamanian ports using scanners and OCR technology, which will be provided by the Israeli company HTS.
The Port Authority of Panama (AMP) is implementing an automated system to provide additional and irrefutable support for payments made by terminal operators of the Port Authority of Panama, according to requirements of the Comptroller of Panama. Currently, there is no data control system, and the introduction of an automated system allows a simplified solution for the audit process. Moreover, statistics on the movement of containers will be available in real time, whereas currently the information is provided on a monthly basis.
In Latin America the ports of Colon and Balboa occupy the first and second place in the ranking of volume of cargo moved.
In the Latin American ranking next in the list following the Panamanian ports are the ports of Santos in Brazil, Cartagena in Colombia, and Manzanillo, Mexico.
The ports of Colon and Balboa continued to grow in 2012 at a rate of 13.4% and 7.9% respectively.
The Ministry of Education in Panama is putting out to tender the procurement of surveillance systems for schools.
The tender is for the supply, installation and configuration of video surveillance and intrusion systems for thirty-eight schools of the Ministry of Education throughout the country.
The date and time of the preliminary meeting is June 20, 2012 at 01:00 pm
The National Port Authority will begin the bidding process for the purchase of machinery for Puerto Cortes.
Immediate institutional needs include the acquisition of a crane and three tugboats. The estimated investment is about $ 35 million, $ 20 million for towing and $ 15 million for the crane.
"... So far the port has received requests from Dutch businessmen who have expressed interest for the institution to negotiate the purchase of tugs made in that country," reported the article in LaPrensa.hn.
The Panamanian container terminals have received a total of eleven new Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes.
Panama Ports Company (PPC), which operates and administrates both ports, indicated that the new equipment means that Cristóbal now has 32 RTGs while Balboa has 58.
RTG cranes feature an elevated bridge and are used for stacking containers in any direction (verticle, horizontal or lateral).
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