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45% of the ships that entered the Guayaquil Port Terminal, from January to November, were Panamax, Post Panamax or Neopanamax

  • December 22, 2021
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Until before the dredging of the access channel to Guayaquil, in October 2019, the arrival of this type of vessels was not possible

From January to November 2021 they entered277 vesselsof a different nature to the Guayaquil Port Terminal (TPG). In the same period of 2020, 271 vessels 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.

Luisenrique Navas, general manager of TPG, assured that port activity was catapulted as a result of the completion 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 portfeeder,because deep draft ships could not enter. Currently, ships between 360 and 370 meters in length arrive at TPG docks every week, with a capacity of up to 14,000 TEUS of cargo. The ten main shipping companies in the world call in Ecuador and arrive directly at the TPG docks,” Navas emphasized.

This greater loading capacity of the ships that arrive at the TPG also means that the entity will close the year with545,000 containers(20 and 40 feet) mobilized, 95,000 more than in 2020 (+21.11%) and 43,000 (+8.57%) more than in 2019.

He added that the TPG, from the second half of 2020 to date, expanded its dock, dredged its docking front to 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 highlighted that the arrival of these large vessels has allowed Ecuadorian foreign trade to be strengthened and positioned, in terms of cargo volume movement, Guayaquil in third place in the region, according to a report from the Economic Commission. for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).