españolCosta Rica: First Phase of the Papagayo Marina ready in JanuaryThursday, September 4, 2008 With 180 docks, the Papagayo Marina which is located at Sombrero Beach in Guanacaste is 85% completed. The first phase of construction started on January 11 2007 at a cost of $15 million, said Roberto Kopper, project director. Panama: Flamenco Marina ExpandsMonday, May 11, 2009 With an investment of $1.5 million, Fuerte Amador Flamenco Marina will go from 160 to 260 dock posts in 2010. The Marina is currently at 100% capacity because 120 of the 160 floating dock posts are permanently for the local clientele and the remaining 40 are for yachts in transit. Costa Rica aims to extend marina concessionsTuesday, May 27, 2008 Costa Rican legislators will son be presented with a bill that proposes to extend concessions for tourist marinas to 35 years from the 20 years at present. The bill proposes a 15-year minimum with extensions of 10 years at a time. Tourism: Few Marinas Functioning in Costa RicaMonday, September 2, 2013 Only three tourist marinas are operating, while several projects are stuck in bureaucratic processes, opposition from environmentalists, and consequent difficulties of financing. An article in Elfinancierocr.com reviews several stories of failed projects for the development of marinas designed to take advantage of the country's reputation as a destination for sea, beach, and fishing tourism. Panama: Marine Concession in Causeway ExpandedMonday, April 14, 2014 For 20 years the company Amador Marina will have available 11 acres of sea bottom for the construction of breakwaters, piers, and slips for yachts up to 220 feet and other amenities. The estimated investment is $22 million, and the Panama Maritime Authority in return will receive, at the end of the twenty year award, the sum of $5,086,000. Costa Rica: First Phase of Marine Operations StartsMonday, April 24, 2017 The first phase of the Golfito Marina Village & Resort project, in Puntarenas, includes 50 berths, a fuel pier and parking for 26 vehicles. Elfinancierocr.com reports that "...This first phase includes 50 berths: 14 for 40-foot boats, 8 for 40-foot yachts, 25 for yachts measuring 60 to 90 feet, 2 for 140-foot megayachts and 1 berth for a gigayacht." Extension works at Puesta del Sol MarinaMonday, April 23, 2012 With an investment of $15 million, the first tourist marina located in the Nicaraguan Pacific continues its expansion plans. Roberto Membreño, founder and director of the Marina, expects that the works will involve the construction of two buildings with 32 luxury apart-hotels each with two, three or four bedrooms. Regulations for developing marinas in Costa Rica tightenedMonday, October 6, 2008 Congress is reviewing a plan that will prohibit the installation of marinas where their are coral eco-systems and that will regulate the tourist piers in lakes and rivers. The iniciative, which will reform the Law of Marina Concessions and Tourist Piers which has been in force since 1998, will increase the authority of regulatory organizations. “Pez Vela” Marina Inaugurated in Costa RicaThursday, March 11, 2010 “Pez Vela” (Sailfish), a marina located on the country’s central Pacific area, will begin operations in April. In its initial phase, it will be capable of serving 100 ships and will have 22 permanent employees. Costa Rica Tourism Institute Evaluates Playa del Coco MarinaThursday, May 15, 2008 The Costa Rican Tourism Institute traveled to Playa del Coco in Guanacaste to evaluate plans for the construction of a marina in the area. The project has already been approved by the Interinstitutional Commission on Tourist Marinas and Docks and is waiting approval by the Carrillo Town Council to receive the necessary concession. The current plans for the marina would include 299 spaces for boats and would be located in the Punta Centinela in Playa del Coco. A dock and administration installations would also be constructed. Stagnant MarinasMonday, January 30, 2012 The marine industry is immersed in a crisis caused by uncertainty about the recovery in demand for docks and related services. In 2007, before the crisis in the United States, Costa Rica had 21 projects in the pipeline for the construction of marine tourism, of which today only three remain in operation while the development of another has been suspended due to lack of funding. Slow Sales at Marina PapagayoMonday, April 20, 2009 Papayago Marina has reached 11% occupancy since its launch in December 2008 in Costa Rica. According to what Roberto Kopper, head of the marina, told Elfinancierocr.com, of the 180 spaces available at the marina, 20 were occupied this past Easter week. It is an occupancy rate that Kopper considered good for the month of April. Spain's Marina d'Or plans US$18.6 million condo tower in PanamaWednesday, May 28, 2008 Promotora Marina d’Or, a Spain-based real-estate developer, has entered the market in Panama with a US$18.6 million residential tower project. Work on the project, in the exclusive corregimiento de San Francisco municipality, is due to begin in October. The 35-story building it to have 130 apartments. Pier Factory Opens in Costa RicaMonday, September 21, 2009 North American company Bellingham Marine installed a pier production factory in Quepos, Costa Rica. The facility manufactures floating piers, which are then transported to the construction site. Growing competition of Flag States in PanamaTuesday, February 5, 2013 A recently passed tax reform in Greece joins the other threats to the registration of ships in Panama. A tax reform recently passed by the Greek parliament could affect the registration of ships in Panama. |
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