The consortium COPRECA-CYES won the tender for the construction of the Solid Bulk Terminal at Puerto Cortes in Honduras, while the Consortium Multisur SA won operation of the Terminal.
From a press release issued by the Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnership (COALIANZA):
In an act held at the hotel Honduras Maya, COPRECA-CYES a consortium made up of companies from Guatemala and Spain respectively, was the winner of the tender for the construction of the terminal, while the Consortium Multisur SA de CV from Mexico won operation of the bulk terminal at Puerto Cortés.
With changes to the conditions, the tender process to award the construction of the bulk terminal of Puerto Cortés will be reopened.
According to Carlos Pineda, Coalianza's commissioner, they are still defining the type of process to be used in the new tender. "They have to change some conditions of the competition, but the project itself has not changed, it is the same and its basic structure is the same.
The tender for the construction of a bulk terminal in Puerto Cortes has been declared a failure, after the only two offers received were rejected.
"The decision of the Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (COALIANZA), the National Port Company (ENP by its initials in Spanish ) and Banco Atlantida, the entity in charge of the trust, came after neither participants fulfilled all the requirements", reported Laprensa.hn.
Grupo Naviero Peninsular de México and the Chilean Sudamericana Agencias Aéreas y Marítimas S.A., were the only companies who made bids for the management of the grain terminal in Puerto Cortes.
Laprensa.hn reports that "investment in this process is estimated at between $40 and $50 million and its impact will be reflected in import costs, employment generation and revenue for the National Port Authority (ENP by its initials in Spanish) and tax payments made by the winning consortium as well as the higher volume of traffic generated at Puerto Cortes due to it being more efficient. "
Representatives from the Catalan company Grupo TCB and the French group Bolloré Ports & Logistics, will visit Honduras to gather information on the tender for the bulk terminal.
Laprensa.hn reported that "Top executives of two major European firms which administer ports will come to the country this week to show firsthand interest in participating in the development project of Puerto Cortés."
Foreign and local firms, with experience in the operation of dry bulk port terminals, are invited to submit expressions of interest for the project.
Project: MODERNIZATION PROJECT FOR SOLID BULK CARGO TERMINAL AT PUERTO CORTES.
Title: CONTRACT FOR OPERATION OF SOLID BULK TERMINAL
Deadline for receipt of documents: October 2, 2012
The National Port Authority in its capacity as Settlor and the Trustee COALIANZA, in its capacity as Settlor and Banco Atlántida in its capacity as Trustee, signed on 15 May of 2012 a Trust Agreement of Directors for a period of 30 years for structuring, project Development and Promotion of the bulk terminal of Puerto Cortes.
Obsolete infrastructure at the industrial dock is causing delays which increase the cost of importing grain from $3,000 to $20,000 a day.
Delays in unloading cargo ships at berth cause additional costs to importers of between $3,000 to $20,000 per day, a situation caused by the outdated infrastructure of the port of Puerto Cortes, Honduras' main port, reported El Heraldo.hn.
Modernisation is needed in order to regain competitiveness, says the Honduran private sector.
The President of the Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnership (Coalianza), Wilfredo Cerrato said that a Spanish company will carry out the design of the bulk terminal at Puerto Cortés. Subsequently, a tender will be created for its construction and supervision.
The Cabinet has approved the creation of a special trust for the construction of a bulk cargo terminal at Puerto Cortez.
A press release from the President of Honduras reads:
The Council of Ministers approved on Tuesday (December 20, 2011) a contract for a special trust for the construction of a bulk cargo terminal at Puerto Cortes, as part of the expansion and modernization of the national port platform.