The attraction that awakens the port begins to materialize. Ecuador, Colombia and Chili Three maritime routes will open at the end of the month for ships to start towards the Chancay Multipurpose Port Terminal and connect with China, said the deputy general manager of Cosco Shipping Peru, Carlos Tejada Mera, to the Republic.
Maritime connections will strengthen the trade and connectivity in South America. As part of this strategy, the Chinese state shipping company Cosco Shipping Linesdivision focused on maritime containers, is establishing routes with feeding ships to attract the export load to Chancay.
“The Cosco Lines shipping Chili that will leave from the south in San Antonio and another from Antofagasta, “said the manager to this newspaper.
The ships that will operate on these routes to export and import commodity They will have a capacity of between 4,000 and 6,000 containers. In contrast, those that leave from Chancay are handled ships of up to 14,000 containers.
The Chancay megaport has mobilized more than US $ 292 million in income and exit of merchandise.
Tejada said that there is even coordinating an eventual at Brazil and then transfront it to Chancay, but will depend on the approval of health regulations and border transport regulations. “It is now under evaluation. The government is seeing the health issues,” he added.
Chancay Megapuerto: Logistic cost reduction
With the implementation of feeding ships, logistics costs will be reduced and transit times, which is attractive to the countries of the region. Carlos Tejada de Cosco Shipping states that transport from Ecuador to China, “which includes the stop in Chancay, will take approximately 28 days”, compared to the more than 40 days of the traditional system. From Colombia, traffic times will be reduced to 30 days.
Alberto Ego Aguirre, president of the Commission of Maritime, Port and Customs Affairs of the Chamber of Commerce of Lima (CCL) indicated that Ecuador currently “transports her goods through the Panama Canal, Puerto Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) or Los Angeles (USA), which increases delivery times and logistics costs, subtracting competitiveness. ”
The inauguration of the first route Guayaquil-Chancay (Peru) -Shanghai (China) It will be held with an official ceremony on February 28, says Tejada, and maximum in two weeks later the remaining two routes will be launched.
Ecuadorian companies in areas near Chancay
Ego Aguirre of the Chamber of Commerce of Lima indicated that various Ecuadorian companies have shown interest in the Chancay megaport and the Callao terminal as a route of export direct to the Asian continent.
In that scenario, three large Ecuadorian companies revealed that they have the ability to move containers through land cabotage or transport. “We are organizing a commercial mission that will bring Ecuadorian entrepreneurs to Peru in March, in order to explore business opportunities in the Megapuerto“The manager said.
He indicated that the interest of some Ecuadorian companies starts to settle in areas near Chancay and Callao for the export and import of goods as for participation in logistics activities, warehouses and other complementary services.
Recall that the Chinese president Xi Jin Ping indicated during his stay in Lima by APEC, that this work, whose initial investment was US $ 1.3 billion, reduces the maritime transport time between Peru and China by 10 days and will save 20% of the cost logistic.
Three months after its inauguration, the Chancay Megapuerto has mobilized more than US $ 292 million (approximately S/1 million 109,000) in income and exit of goods, according to data from the National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT).
Source: Larepublica
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