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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As part of the agreement with the dockers' union, the government has to build a new berth and purchase 4 cranes, 40 forklifts and two tugs.
As part of the commitment to strengthen and modernize the ports of the Board of Port Administration and Economic Development of the Atlantic Coast (Japdeva), the Government must build a berth 26.2 meters wide and 350 meters long, and also provide the necessary machinery to get it going.
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.