From January to June a total of 161,000 TEUs were mobilized from Guatemalan ports to different US destinations, registering a slight year-on-year increase of 1%.
According to the "Logistics Monitor" prepared by the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport), Port Everglades in Florida prevails as the main cargo receiving port of Guatemala, with 15% of the total sent there up to June, followed by Wilmington in Delaware, with 13.4%, Gloucester in New Jersey with 9.5%, Gulfport in Mississippi, with 7.8% and Port Hueneme in California, with 7.6%.
It has been announced that the port terminal will receive two new cranes valued at $26 million, an investment that is part of the project to expand and equip Pier 6.
The Honduran Presidency reported that the two cranes, Super Post Panamax Ship-to-Shore, will be the largest in the region and will be installed on pier 6 of Puerto Cortés, which in recent years has been undergoing an expansion and modernization process.
Guatemalan business leaders have denounced the fact that due to the crisis in Nicaragua that is now affecting the region, the cost of transporting goods by sea has increased between 30% and 40%.
Representatives from the Chamber of Industry in Guatemala (CIG) and the Guatemalan Chamber of Food and Beverages (CGAB), reported that due to the Nicaraguan crisis which started in mid-April and has deepened with every week that has passed, entrepreneurs have reported increases in their transportation costs caused by the difficulty of traveling through the territory under conflict.
In order to minimize some of the impact that the Nicaraguan crisis has had on intraregional trade, the governments of Costa Rica and El Salvador have announced that they are now in a position to start ferry operations.
After unsuccessfully trying to implement this maritime cargo transport option, in May of last year the Spanish shipping company Odiel decided to end the negotiation process to operate the ferry, due to a disagreement over the setting of tariffs that would have to be charged for the service. Since then, the project has been forgotten.
Empresa Portuaria Quetzal de Guatemala is putting out to tender a multibeam system with sound velocity sensor, rocking, pitch and global positioning system rtk tide gauge.
President Varela has vetoed the bill that repealed the concession contract to build and operate a container terminal in Rodman, which had been awarded to PSA Panama International Terminal.
The bill approved by the National Assembly in mid-April contained an article that repealed the concession contract with PSA Panama International Terminal,approved more than three years ago. At the time, the decision of the deputies was strongly criticized by the Panamanian business sector, which described it as athreat to legal security.
Following the revelation a few days ago of the inadequate conditions at the Guatemalan port terminal, its authorities have initiated several hiring processes.
Details of the main tenders to be carried out by the institution:
The Nestlé company invested $20 million in Panama in its new distribution center and $75 million in a purchasing hub.
According to representatives from Nestlé, the new distribution center is located in Parque Sur and the investment allowed them to increase their logistics capacity by 40%, and the shopping hub is located in Costa del Este. From there a group of buyers will acquire different categories of Nestlé products for all countries.
XAGRO has been appointed the authorized distributor of DeltaTrak's temperature recorders for Central America.
With new regulations for exports of refrigerated and frozen products it is critical and required that you monitor and record temperatures throughout the cold chain.
Guatemalan businessmen say that the boom in vertical housing is changing the demand for storage services in mini warehouses, which are increasingly sought out by families.
In Guatemala, Santo Tomás de Castilla Port is putting out to tender the supply of 28 forklifts, 15 terminal-type truck heads, 9 platform trailers and 3 Reach Staker containers.
A $130 million loan is being negotiated with the BCIE to begin, at the end of the year, improvement works at the port of Corinto.
Representatives from the National Port Company (EPN) explained to Elnuevodiario.com.ni that in addition to the terminal's modernization plan, which would "... double the arrival of cargo ships ... an investment of approximately $70 million will be made in modernizing the port, only in what corresponds to equipment, and that the project will take about two years."
The Dutch company Van Oord - Bam will be in charge of dredging about 220 thousand cubic meters of sand and silt in the port terminal of Moín in Limón, Costa Rica.
In order to allow the transit of ships with larger drafts, the Port Administration and Economic Development Board of the Atlantic Coast (Japdeva), signed a contract for the dredging work, which will take about three months and should be done at the same time as the operation of the port terminal.
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