At kilometer 80 of the Panamericana Norte, the Chancay megaport, an infrastructure that will place Peru as the main access point for the world’s exports to South America. The first stage of this important project will be inaugurated in November of this year, within the framework of APEC. Their investment is US$1.3 billion and 70% progress has already been made, according to Carlos Tejada, deputy general manager of Cosco Shipping.
“In this first stage, the investment is US$1.3 billion, which is being carried out. We are approximately 70% complete, we expect the civil works to be completed next May and in the month of May, beginning of June, start the equipment phase of the project,” Tejada commented to The Republicafter participating in Cátedra Perú 116, organized by the University of San Martín de Porres.
Furthermore, it was specified that This first stage includes a port area of 141 hectares with three components: an entrance complex where the track center will be located, an underground car tunnel and the port operational area where four berths will be located, two of them dedicated to bulk cargo, general cargo, clean cargo, rolling cargo and the another two, dedicated to container ships.
It should be noted that, as of January of this year, the progress of the works in this first phase was 56%.
Forum: The Chancay megaport, expectations and realities was held at the University of San Martín de Porres. Photo: SNI
They propose creating a multiple executive table
For the president of the National Society of Industries (SNI)Jesús Salazar Nishi, there are a series of challenges that should be addressed in a multiple executive table that is led by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), together with other actors in the sector.
“What we have to ask ourselves is how prepared we are to be able to energize our society and our economy with a megaport like the one that is going to come. Are our roads prepared to receive, for example, one million containers annually? We would be talking about approximately 2,500 containers per day and each container is a trailer,” the union representative told this medium.
Source: Larepublica
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