Until before the dredging of the access channel to Guayaquil, in October 2019, the arrival of this type of vessel was not possible.
From January to November 2021 they entered 277 boats of different draft to the Guayaquil Port Terminal (TPG). In the same period of 2020, 271 ships entered.
However, according to the entity, of the 277 vessels, around 45% (about 124) were large vessels (Panamax, Post Panamax o Neopanamax, among others), ranging from 300 to 367 meters in length, which allow transporting between 8,000 and 14,000 containers.
TPG, the second port terminal that moves the most cargo in Guayaquil, expanded its infrastructure
Luis Enrique Navas, general manager of TPG, assured that the port activity was catapulted as a result of the culmination of the dredging of the access channel to Guayaquil (completed in October 2019), since it provides facilities for the entry of vessels with a draft of up to 12.5 meters.
“Before dredging, Guayaquil was considered a port feeder, because they could not enter ships of great draft. Currently, ships between 360 and 370 meters in length arrive at the TPG docks each week, with a cargo capacity of up to 14,000 TEUS. The top ten shipping companies in the world call in Ecuador and arrive directly at the TPG docks, ”Navas emphasized.
This greater load capacity of the ships that arrive at the TPG also means that the entity will close the year with 545,000 containers (20 and 40 feet) mobilized, 95,000 more than in 2020 (+21.11%) and 43,000 (+8.57%) more than in 2019.
Guayaquil Port Terminal will close 2021 with 545,000 containers mobilized, 21% more than in 2020
He added that the TPG, from the second half of 2020 to date, has expanded its dock, dredged its berthing front at a depth of 13.7 meters and acquired equipment. The investment is part of the $ 23 million agreement that the entity signed last May with the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works.
Finally, Navas stressed that the arrival of these large vessels has allowed Ecuadorian foreign trade to be strengthened and to position Guayaquil in third place in the region in terms of cargo volume movement, according to a report by the Economic Commission. for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
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