Costa Rica will have four private piers at Moin by 2016.

©image: Daniel Ramirez

One of these piers will be next to the current Taiwanese pier in Moin; it will be 11 meters deep and have to capacity to handle medium-sized ships that travel throughout Central America, the Caribbean and the United States.
The other three piers would be ready in 2016. For the construction of these a breakwater stretching 2.5 kilometers into the open sea from the Moin beach would be needed.

Source: Nacion.com

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