The National Port Company Santo Tomás de Castilla will seek external financing to develop the expansion works planned for the port terminal in the next five years.
According to the representatives of the Empresa Portuaria Nacional Santo Tomas de Castilla (Empornac), in the next five years a cruise terminal will be built, one for solid and liquid bulk, and another for containers.
The Port Authority at the Dominican Republic will announce a proposal to develop a cruise and passenger terminal in Puerto Plata.
The project consists of rebuilding the port of Puerto Plata, which was destroyed after Hurricanes Irma and María, and building a cruise and passenger terminal.
The consortium made up of the Belgian company Jan de Nul and the Chinese company CHEC plans to finish construction of the cruise port on the Amador causeway in Panama in two years time.
The port terminal to be built on Perico Island will be able to simultaneously receive two mega vessels carrying a total of up to 10 thousand passengers. It will include different green areas, parking lots and facilities for boarding passengers and handling their luggage.
The consortium formed by China Harbor Engineering Company Limited and Jan de Nul Panama has been awarded a contract to design, build and operate a cruise terminal in Amador.
The Panama Maritime Authority has awarded the consortium Cruceros del Pacífico a contract to design, build and operate a cruise terminal on Perico Island, in the Amador Causeway.Thetender, in which only the winning consortium participated, was postponed several times, at the request of the companies who had expressed their interest during the approval process.
The consortium formed by China Harbor Engineering Company and Jan de Nul Panama presented their proposal to build and operate a cruise port in Amador.
After having been suspended several times, the act of receiving bids wasfinally heldin thetenderto build and operate a port terminal for cruise ships in Amador.
The opening of bids in the tender for the concession of the construction and operation of the cruise port in Amador, Panama, has been postponed until January 31 this year.
At the request of most of the 43 companies interested in the project, the Panama Maritime Authority decided to change the date of opening of bids in thetender, originally scheduled for January 16.
The consortium Unidos por el Terminal de Amador and the firm Proyectos, Ejecución y Control de Obras S.A. bid $2,250,000 and $2,251,000, respectively, to oversee construction of the cruise port in Panama.
Of the 25 companies that had initially shown interest in the tender for the technical management of the construction of the port, only two presented their proposals to the Panama Maritime Authority.
The Panama Maritime Authority has published a tender to hire a company for the technical management of construction of the new cruise port in Isla Perico.
The aim of the abbreviated best value tender is to hire a company to perform the "technical assistance to the the Maritime Authority of Panama and project management of the studies, design, development and approval of plans, and construction of the cruise terminal in Amador, Isla Perico."
At the end of the year-end a $30 million tender will be published to build a cruise ship port in an area measuring 30 hectares in Perico Island, on the Amador Causeway.
In addition to construction of the port, the tender specifications include the design and construction of commercial spaces to provide services for the terminal's operation, in an area of 11 hectares.The Maritime Port Authority estimates a total investment of $30 million, which is already included in the 2017 budget, and expects the construction process to take between 12 and 18 months.
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has selected the company Nathan Associates to develop, within three months, a business model to develop the port.
The project will include analysis and identification of the potential to attract investors to the market.
According to Prensa.com, "... this development plan ... seeks to identify viable options for creating business opportunities and alternatives for intermodal transport and logistics systems ...
Ruled out by the previous government of Panama, the proposal to build a cruise terminal in Amador has once again been brought to light at the hands of a group of private investors.
Previously, former officials of the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) had shown that the cost of dredging needed to maintain the necessary draft was very high, but recently a group of businessmen have indicated that funds for the project could be provided mainly by the private sector.
An expansion will be carried out of the port of San Juan del Sur in order for it to have four cruise ships docking at the same time and add infrastructure to cater to tourists.
According to Rodrigo Castro, an official from Empresa Portuaria Nacional in San Juan del Sur, this project aims to diversify services and will favor a much faster attention to tourists and embarking and disembarking.
From the financial point of view it is unworkable because it requires $24 to $30 million just to maintain the marian needed for cruisers to dock at the port.
In 2011 , the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP ) announced that it would build the port terminal, however, the announcement was made without having carried out feasibility studies. After analyzing the situation the Government has withdrawn its plan to build the port .
Most cruise ships arriving in Central America have to operate at docks designed for cargo handling, and as such are not fit for passenger traffic.
Richard Sasso, president and CEO of MSC Cruises USA, noted that one of the main issues is having suitable docks so that cruise ships can dock directly, instead of using small boats to unload passengers in groups, as this causes many delays.
The Chamber of Tourism of Panama and the Aruba Tourism Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding in order to boost cruise tourism in both countries.
According to the Chamber of Tourism of Panama (CAMTUR), the idea is to foster Caribbean cruises, especially in the low seasons.
"Both Panama and Aruba are interested in sharing an exchange of information and statistics, as well as to encourage learning by way of exchanging the organizational structure of each country," reported Laestrella.com.pa.