Logistics
in Central America
Thursday, May 24, 2012
The company Terminal de Granos del Pacífico has increased the capacity of its warehouses to store 14,000 more tons of flour and grains.
The company Pacific Grain Terminal (Terpac) now has larger warehouses in Puerto Quetzal, Escuintla, Guatemala, which provides a greater capacity for receiving and handling imported flours and grains.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
ICS member companies fear a further negative impact from the effects of the global economic crisis, if Panama applies a toll hike from July 1.
The International Chamber of Shipping companies (ICS), the largest international shipping association, has asked the Panama Canal Authority (ACP in Spanish) to postpone the increase in tolls of 15%, whose first phase has been announced for 1 July.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Galores Cold Storage has inaugurated the first logistic service for storage of refrigerated and frozen perishable foods, under the In Bond regime.
‘In bond’ is a term applied to the status of merchandise admitted provisionally to a country without payment of duties -- either for storage in a bonded warehouse or for trans-shipment to another point, where duties will eventually by imposed.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Costa Rican Oil Refinery has given the order for the start of consortium works to the consortium ICA-MECO ( ICA Ingenieros Civiles Asociados de C.V-Constructora Meco S.A)
A statement from the Costa Rican Oil Refinery (RECOPE) reads:
On May 15 the order was given for the proposed expansion of the Atlantic port terminal, awarded to the consortium ICA-MECO (ICA Ingenieros Civiles Asociados de C.V-Constructora Meco S.A).
Friday, May 18, 2012
Costa Rica has fallen in the ranking of world logistics, and the main reason is the low efficiency of the processes in their customs clearance.
Costa Rica dropped to position 92 of 155 economies and obtained a score of 2.75 points, the ranking goes from 0 to 5, with 5 being the highest rating-on the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2012 by the World Bank which evaluates 6 areas reported Elfinancierocr.com.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Port operators are protesting over the expected collection of $5 to $10 for the examination of each container using a scanner, which takes away competitiveness.
Payments to cover the costs of maintaining two scanners have created differences between port operators and the National Customs Authority (ANA in Spanish). One is in the port of Balboa and the other in Manzanillo International Terminal in Colon.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The main objective of the project being run by the distributer Dipo is to centralize operations in the greater metropolitan area and streamline the delivery of more than 1,300 products.
The distributor Dipo is raising a new operations center in La Ribera de Belen in a 50,000 m2 area near the free zones in Heredia, said Fernando Oller, manager of the company, in Elfinancierocr.com.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Leading Latin America, the ports of Colon and Balboa have the largest volume of containers moved, with Santos of Brazil in third place.
Of the 20 major ports in Latin America, Colon (MIT, Evergreen and Cristóbal) was placed first with 3.3 million TEUs or 20 foot long containers mobilized in 2011, followed by Balboa with 3.2 million and Santos (Brazil) 2.9 million, reported Prensa.com.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The Autonomous Executive Port Commission will update the project from its conceptual phase, estimating that it will become concrete under the next government.
The expansion of the El Salvador International Airport in Comalapa will not take place during the period of this government, which has two years left in office, admitted the President of the Autonomous Executive Port Commission (CEPA), Alberto Arene.
Monday, May 7, 2012
The Panama Maritime Authority has reopened the $19.8 million tender, a concession for the development, management and operation of a shipyard on the Pacific coast at the Port of Balboa.
The new date for submission of bids is June 8th, 2012.
The contract is to grant a concession for the development, management and operation of a shipyard in the Pacific Sector, the Balboa port complex in the Province of Panama.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
International experts say that Panama needs more logistics parks on the Pacific coast in order to fully exploit all the country's advantages.
Given its excellent maritime infrastructure, Panama could get more growth in the logistics industry if it had logistics parks near ports in the Pacific, said Casey Chroust, senior vice president of operations for the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), an association of the major U.S. retailers.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The Ministry of Transport of El Salvador has begun a project to integrate the policies of airways and ports sectors.
The Ministry of Transport has launched a consultation with maritime transport companies and airlines in order to find out their priorities and requirements so as to develop a national policy for the sectors.
"One of the problems that our country faces is that transport policies have never been intergrated," said Nelson Garcia, Deputy Transport Minister in Laprensagrafica.com review.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The state-owned National Port Authority, Honduras, will be buying equipment in order to start the renovation of bulk dock at Puerto Cortes.
Dario Gamez, manager of the state National Port Company (ENP in Spanish), said the company will soon be inviting bids for the purchase of equipment for modernization of the dock 5 or the bulk dock at Puerto Cortes.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The infrastructure work and renovation of radar and communications equipment brings the investment to $66 million.
The renovation of the El Salvador International Airport (AIES by its Spanish abbreviations) has entered its first phase, which includes the installation of an elevator, construction of new bleachers, replacement of half the air conditioning systems and changing of 50 % of all toilets.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Guatemalan authorities are assessing the technical feasibility of three projects submitted for the construction of a cruise terminal in the Bay of Puerto Barrios.
Peter Duchez, director of the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (Inguat) estimates that the analysis process will take approximately three months.
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