Although it is not yet operating, the port terminal in salaries alone has an outlay of $100 thousand per month.
Since the start of operations in June 2010, only five boats have been received and about 90 employees have been hired in the areas of maintenance, miscellaneous services and administration among others.
"This payment is being maintained, even though the terminal is not in operation, but the employees affiliated to the Association of Workers of CEPA (AST-CEPA) and are now pressing for the licensee to include this in its payroll from the start of operations in El Salvador", noted an article in Elsalvador.com