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Tender for the Pre-qualification of Construction Works in HondurasTuesday, January 11, 2022 The development of Islas de la Bahia department in Honduras requires the construction of infrastructure in different categories. Government of Honduras procurement PRE-001-2022: Panama Ports Company Contract ExtendedThursday, June 24, 2021 The Panama Maritime Authority extended for a 25-year term and in favor of the Panama Ports Company, the contract for the development, construction, operation, administration and management of container terminals. The Board of Directors of the Panama Maritime Authority declared itself in permanent session as of May 27, 2021, for the purpose of analyzing compliance with Contract Law No. Logistics Costs Rising: Companies Aim at BrazilThursday, June 17, 2021 As a result of the global trade imbalance that has become evident in the last year and the considerable increase in logistics costs, Guatemalan importers are beginning to look to Brazil as an option to replace purchases from Chinese companies. In early March of this year, CentralAmericaData reported that as a result of the imbalance faced by world trade flows, shipping lines have changed their routes and prefer to move empty containers to Asia, a situation that at that time already generated shortages and caused increases in transport rates. Increase in Raw Materials Costs: Which Sectors Will Be Affected?Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Salvadoran businessmen expect that at a local level the food, plastics and textile sectors will be the most affected by the increase in the prices of some raw materials and the prices of maritime freight. This phenomenon has been announced for weeks. At the beginning of March, CentralAmericaData reported that due to the imbalance faced by world trade flows, shipping lines have changed their routes and prefer to move empty containers to Asia, a situation that generates shortages and causes increases in freight rates and raw material prices. Maritime Industry: Opposition to Wage ChangesWednesday, April 14, 2021 After Panama's National Assembly approved a legislative bill that sets the minimum wage for workers in the maritime industry at $4.15 per hour, local businessmen have expressed their disagreement. The document approved in third debate, establishes in its articles that workers of concessionary companies, contractors and subcontractors of ports and maritime transport terminals will earn a minimum wage of $4.15 per hour throughout the national territory, informed the National Assembly on April 12, 2021. Maritime Terminal Improvements: Award SuspendedTuesday, March 9, 2021 Arguing that three inconsistencies were detected, the General Comptroller's Office of Guatemala ordered to temporarily suspend the bidding of the contract for the improvement of the breakwaters of Port Quetzal. This is the public tender called "Improvement of Port Infrastructure East and West Breakwaters", which on March 3 was awarded to the company Supervision, Construccion y Mantenimiento, S.A., for $62 million. Logistics Mismatch Pushing Costs UpwardFriday, March 5, 2021 Due to the imbalance in world trade flows, shipping lines have changed their routes and prefer to move empty containers to Asia, a situation that generates shortages and causes increases in freight rates and raw material prices. In this scenario of new commercial reality, the operating costs of maritime freight have been impacted, since due to the restrictions imposed in several countries around the world, containers have been stranded.
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$18 Million for Operation of Maritime FacilitiesMonday, March 1, 2021 The Panama Maritime Authority tenders the operation services of the Balboa Shipyard facilities, which includes the rehabilitation, development and administration of the site, for a 20-year term. Panama Government Purchase 2021-2-03-0-08-08-LV-008104: Puerto Quetzal Checks Containers with X-RayWednesday, December 16, 2020 As of December 15, the X-ray module began operating in the Guatemalan maritime terminal, which will serve to inspect, in a non-intrusive manner, the contents of the containers that are used to import and export goods. The regulations that will apply for these non-intrusive verifications were published in the Diario de Centro America. The implementation of this system is an indispensable requirement for the certification of ports by the Coast Guard in national security issues and by the tax collector. Study for Puerto Acajutla ExtensionFriday, September 11, 2020 Dohwa Engineering, a South Korean firm, will be in charge of the feasibility study for the expansion of the maritime terminal in El Salvador. The feasibility study for the Development Plan of the Port of Acajutla, will provide technical guidelines to execute the necessary investments, expand and upgrade its facilities, in addition to improving the operational efficiency of the port.
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International Tender: Marine Terminal ServicesThursday, August 20, 2020 In Honduras, tugging services are being tendered for the execution of docking and undocking of ships, for the maritime terminals of Cortés, Omoa, Tela and San Lorenzo. Honduras Government purchase LPI-ENP-01-2020: Foreign Trade: Delays and Rising Costs ExpectedMonday, August 17, 2020 A few days before the expiration of the crane service contract in Guatemala's Port of Santo Tomas de Castilla, local exporters expect a possible scenario of rising costs and slower operations. The crane service contract was in force for 10 years and will expire on September 6. So far, businessmen do not know clearly what is the status of the tender, which the National Port Company Santo Tomas de Castilla (Empornac), must make to award the contract.. Maritime Route Guatemala-ChiapasWednesday, April 1, 2020 After the Quetzal Port Company of Guatemala and the Port of Chiapas, Mexico, signed an agreement for strategic commercial promotion, it is expected that in May the short sea route will begin to operate. The potential offered by the Port of Chiapas as a logistic node for commercial exchange from and to Central America, as well as with other international markets, makes it a strategic place for the promotion of the Short Sea Shipping (SSS) project with Guatemala and eventually with other Mesoamerican countries, informed the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT). Exports: Negotiating to Reduce CostsMonday, February 24, 2020 In Costa Rica, exporters insist that rates be renegotiated at the Moin Container Terminal, since currently the cost of moving a container at that terminal exceeds by about $207 what was paid at the Japdeva docks. The rates charged at the Moin Container Terminal (TCM) have been a matter of discussion for several months. When the maritime terminal was operating for one year, businessmen recognized that the efficiency of the premises had improved, but insisted that the rates should be reduced. A Salvadoran Port in Guatemala?Wednesday, January 29, 2020 The president of Guatemala offered the neighboring country to explore the possibility of El Salvador having a maritime cargo terminal in the Guatemalan Atlantic, a proposal that generates doubts among exporters. The announcement was made on January 27th, during a meeting between Alejandro Giammattei and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, on the occasion of the signing of the open skies agreement. |
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