In today's digital age, competition in the port sector has led companies to constantly invest in solutions that help them increase productivity and reduce overall costs, consequently, the demand for advanced solutions, such as maritime data analytics, is growing at an impressive rate among commercial shippers and other end users.
The port industry is a complex network of people, countries, and organizations, including shipowners, authorities, classification societies, cargo traders, oil companies, and other businesses, to name just a few. The need to track economic flows in this global supply chain has driven the industry to keep extensive data records.
In Guatemala, different works are being built in Puerto Quetzal in a total area of 120 hectares distributed in land and maritime area, with a time to execute the work for 12 months.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", from CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence Unit, provides an updated list of public and private construction projects that have submitted environmental impact studies (EIA) to the respective institutions in each country.
In Guatemala, Mecatronica S.A. was awarded the contract to supply 20 front loaders type Reach Stacker, which will be used by the National Port Company Santo Tomás de Castilla for stacking containers.
For the public tender in question, the companies that presented their proposals were Mecatronica S.A., whose amount was $20.4 million, Mantenimiento e Instalaciones Mecánicas S.A., with a proposal of $14.2 million, Corporación General de Tractores S.A., for $11.1 million, and Distribuidora Agrícola for $8.9 million.
The National Port Company Santo Tomás de Castilla de Guatemala tenders the placement of containment barriers to tankers docked at the dock of the company's premises.
Guatemala Government Purchase 10264922:
"Service of placing containment barriers to tankers moored at the dock of the national port company Santo Tomás de Castilla. The service object of this tender will be provided at: the berth designated for the provision of the service of loading and unloading of liquid bulk of the Company.
To solve the congestion problem affecting Guatemala's port network, it is estimated that at least $133 million needs to be invested to improve the operations of current terminals.
The average standard for port operation is on average 50%, however, currently the country is reaching occupancy limits above 60%, which means that they are reaching congested points that make them less efficient.
A public-private partnership would be the most efficient option for modernizing Guatemala's La Aurora International Airport, which urgently requires a strong investment in infrastructure.
The consulting firm Deloitte Tetra Tech was hired to prepare feasibility studies, with the aim of establishing contract models that could be applied to modernize the Guatemalan air terminal.
From 26 to 30 August, representatives of the port industry of Central America and the Dominican Republic will meet in Antigua Guatemala to discuss innovation, trends and facilitation of international trade.
From the National Port Commission of Guatemala' s press release:
Guatemala has become the venue for one of the most important port events in Central America: the 41st Port Meeting of the Central American Isthmus, better known by its acronym REPICA.
In the first nine months of 2018, eight environmental impact studies were presented to perform dredging works and new constructions in different port terminals in the region, with a $75 million estimated investment.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects for which environmental impact studies (EIA) were submitted to the respective institutions of each country.
Two multipurpose cranes with the capacity to mobilize 600 tons will begin operating at Guatemala's maritime terminal on December 12th.
Representatives of the Ministry of Communications informed that the new cranes of Operadora Logística de Guatemala, S.A., the company that won the tender to provide the service, have a $6 million cost each.
Hector Recinos, vice minister of Communications in charge of ports and airports, said to Prensalibre.com that "... The crane service operations are going to be reactivated and with the shipping agents the itineraries to receive ships with containerized goods have already been programmed."
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.
Authorities at the Guatemalan port terminal announced that they have solved the container congestion problem reported weeks ago, and have started working on a reengineering process.
Empresa Portuaria Nacional Santo Tomás de Castilla (Empornac) reported that after implementing a series of actions of a logistical nature, they have managed to solve the problem of container saturation in that area, and their operations remain stable.
The Guatemalan port terminal is putting out to tender eight Straddle Carrier container movers, two 40-foot spreaders and a 20-foot spreader.
Guatemala Government Purchase 8093229:
"Acquisition of eight container transport machines (straddle carrier) for stacking containers, for operations at Empresa Portuaria Nacional Santo Tomas de Castilla.
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:
Only days after two shipping companies announced the partial suspension of their operations in Puerto Santo Tomás, authorities at the terminal reported that 90% of the Salvadoran cargo has been lost.
The president of Empresa Portuaria Santo Tomas de Castilla (Empornac), Bayron Monterrosa, explained that they have lost almost all of the cargo from El Salvador, which represented 20% of the port terminal's operations.
Due to lack of investment in machinery and equipment in recent years and slow loading and unloading of vessels, the shipping company Maersk Line is to partially suspend its operations in the Guatemalan port terminal.