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Green light of the Board of Directors of the Authority of the Channel of Panama hat to the new port of transhipment of Corozal
the terminal will have a annual ability to traffic pairs to beyond five million teu
December 31, 2014
The board of directors of the Authority of the Channel of Panama hat has formally approved of the planning and construction of a new port of transhipment in the region of Corozal, situated to the entrance of the Panamanian channel on the coast of the Pacific. The new port of call will occupy an area of 120 hectares and will have a annual ability to traffic pairs to beyond five million container teu.
The preliminary project previews two phases of construction in order to realize a terminal with a line of dock of 2.081 meters, of which 1,350 linear meters in the first phase in a position to making to land three container vessels at the same time post-Panamax and in a position to enlivening three million teu per year. The new port will have a channel of access with depth of the -16,3 backdrop meters that dock will go up to -18 meters to thread.
In the next few days the Panamanian Parliament will examine the bill for the construction of the new port that, if approved of, will be followed by the start of the contest procedure in order to characterize the society in charge of the realization of the entire project.
The Harbour Authority has preannounced that probably the concession contract will have a renewable duration 20-year-old for others 20.
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