After the first tender to operate and maintain the cruise terminal at Isla Perico in Panama was cancelled, bases for a new tender were announced.
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"The awarded Contractor shall be in charge of carrying out all the Services that allow the efficient and satisfactory performance of the Base Port and Transit Regime operations, from the arrival or departure of the vessels by sea, to the access or departure of the passengers and their luggage by land.
The Maritime Authority canceled the tender to operate and maintain the terminal in Isla Perico, arguing that in an "analysis of the current statement of charges, inconsistencies were found for the operation and maintenance of the terminal."
In April 2019, the terms of the public tender were published, to award the contract for "Operation and maintenance of the cruise terminal of Panama, in Perico Island", but the authorities decided to cancel the tender.
The Panama Maritime Authority tenders the operation and maintenance of the cruise terminal on Perico Island.
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"The Contractor awarded this Public Act will be in charge of carrying out all the Services that allow the efficient and satisfactory performance of the Base Port and Transit Regime operations, from the arrival or departure of the vessels by sea, to the access or departure of the passengers and their luggage by land.
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.
In Costa Rica a private consortium has proposed investing $50 million in the modernization of the port of Quepos, to transform it into a terminal with capacity to receive large cruise ships.
Authorities at the Costa Rican Institute of Ports of the Pacific (Incop) reported that the offer by the Costa Rican consortium CEPP Consultants LLC, which was put forward last Tuesday and will be analyzed starting from next week, and relates to a project be developed through the granting of a concession.
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 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 company Proyectos, Ejecución y Control de Obras S.A. won the contract for technical assistance and project management of construction of the cruise terminal in Amador, Panama.
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.
January 16 is the deadline for submitting proposals in the tender to build the port terminal in Amador, but some of the companies interested are asking for more time.
Attending the meeting to approve the specifications for the port were 43 representatives from companies such as Jan De Nul, CCA Civil Panama, Calypso, Foster + Partners, among others.The latter company made the design of the new terminal at Tocumen International Airport.
The Maritime Authority of Panama is putting out to tender the study, design and construction of a Cruise Ship Port in Amador.
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"The purpose of the project is to construct a New Cruise Ship port in Amador, conceptualized under the philosophy of a" Home Port" which will be the most modern and secure terminal in the American Pacific.
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 ...
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.