Mexico's Cristobal Colon, a passenger carrier that began operations in Guatemala in 2018, announced that it plans to expand its routes to El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
The company currently covers local routes from the Guatemalan capital to Santa Elena, Poptún and El Chal in Petén.
Next month it will begin operating in the 10, 14 and 4 zones of the capital, an application that will allow its customers to rent electric scooters.
The application by means of which the electric scooters or scooters can be rented is called Bird, and the project that will start with 100 units will be available to the public from December 2019.
On November 20, the moving weighing system began operating in Guatemala, which will verify that the weight and dimensions of the cargo vehicles are within the permitted range, otherwise the respective sanctions will be applied.
Ministry of Communications staff reported that the system is equipped with cameras and sensors embedded in the asphalt, which captures and sends the information immediately to a computer. For now, the system is already installed in the first instance in the Belize Bridge.
In Guatemala, the entry into force of the speed measurement and control device, which must be installed in vehicles of 3.5 tons and 12 passengers or more, was extended for another year.
The regulations in Governmental Agreement 38-2019, published in April of this year, established that as of November 14 heavy transport units must carry a device that will have the function of measuring the speed at which vehicles travel, which must not exceed 80 kilometers per hour.
In Guatemala, transporters are asking to postpone the entry into force of the rule that establishes that vehicles of 3.5 tons and 12 passengers and above must install a device that will report the speed at which they circulate.
The regulation in Governmental Agreement 38-2019, published in April of this year, establishes that as of November 14 heavy transport units must carry a device that will have the function of measuring the speed at which vehicles travel, which must not exceed 80 kilometers per hour.
The Constitutional Court revoked the $260 fine that the municipality of Guatemala would charge to heavy vehicles and double trailers that travel through the city in unauthorized hours, so now the penalty will be $65.
The action of unconstitutionality was brought to the Constitutional Court by the Central American Federation of Transportation (FECATRANS) and the National Coordinating Association of Transport, against Article 4 of Agreement COM-13-2016 of the Municipal Council of Guatemala.
EY Law and Logit Engenharia are two of the seven companies that submitted bids in Guatemala to carry out the advanced engineering study for the North-South Axis passenger Interconnection and Urban Rail Transport project in the country's capital.
On October 1, financial bids were opened in the tender process to award the advanced engineering study for the Metroriel project. The National Agency of Alliances for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (ANADIE) reported that seven companies went through this phase.
From 2020 onwards, the fuel used by ships worldwide should not exceed 0.5% sulphur concentration, forcing transporters to consume higher priced fuels, which could become even more expensive because of increased demand.
From January 1, 2020, the concentration of sulphur in the fuel consumed by maritime transport vessels must not exceed 0.5%, a limit that until now was at 3.5%.
The contract for access to the railway network was signed between the Municipality of Guatemala and Ferrovías, which will serve for the construction project of a Metro Riel, an estimated investment of $772 million.
On July 29th in a ceremony held at the Museo del Ferrocarril del Centro Histórico, it was reported that in addition to the signing of the contract for access to the railway network between the Municipality of Guatemala and Ferrovias Guatemala (Fegua), also signed the bases of coordination between the Municipality, Fegua and Anadie, which will facilitate the development of the project.
In Guatemala, the Escuintla municipality issued an agreement that restricts the circulation of heavy transport in the city in specific times, which is rejected by businessmen in the sector.
Municipal Agreement 064-2018, which comes into force on May 8, 2019, consists of restricting the movement of heavy transport from 6:30 to 8:30 hours and from 17:00 to 19:30 hours in the municipality of Escuintla, which is on the route to Puerto Quetzal, one of the most important maritime terminals in the country.
The National Agency of Alliances for the Development of Economic Infrastructure tenders the pre-feasibility study of the Underground Metro of Guatemala City.
Last year, Guatemalan ports mobilized 26.9 million metric tons, 1% less than reported in 2017, mainly because of the machinery deficit in the main maritime terminals.
Data from the National Port Commission (CPN), detail that between 2017 and 2018 the cargo movement in the country's ports fell from 27.3 million to 26.9 million metric tons.
To cover the demand projected by the transport sector for the 2016-2030 period, around 2.2% of GDP should be invested in infrastructure, but Central American countries allocate, on average, 1.8% of GDP.
According to the study "Achievements and Challenges of Central American Integration: ECLAC Contributions", between 2008 and 2015 Panama was the country that reported the highest average investment during the period in transportinfrastructure with 3.68% of its GDP, followed by Honduras with 2.21% and Nicaragua with 1.99%.
After Nicaraguan authorities imposed in their customs a $50 payment to each cargo vehicle transiting through their territory, Costa Rica requested a meeting to review the issue.
On March 15 of this year, Nicaraguan authorities began to collect a customstax on the transportation of cargo in transit or with final destination in the country, which consists of the payment of $50 for each transport unit of goods that passes through land customs.
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