International operator Hutchison Port Holdings, already with port interests in Mexico, is one party known to be looking at new port development together with various logistics operators in order to establish “cargo pipelines” into the US.
A tender, which is scheduled for later this year, will also include the purchase of two quayside gantry cranes acquired by the port authority at a cost of $2m, but which have effectively been abandoned since 2001. The creation of a box handling facility is seen as forming part of a trans-Isthmus project that envisages moving 370,000 TEUs.
