Ports in Central America are investing as a means of remaining regionally competitive, according to the Central American Commission for Maritime Transport (Cocatram).
The organisation notes that for 2012, the ports of Santo Tomás de Castilla on the Atlantic coast of Guatemala will operate with four specialist terminals, requiring $300m in investment.
On the Pacific coast, Quetzal port has plans in place to both expand operational area and deepen draft.
Preliminary studies have already been undertaken, and the work should be finished by 2012.
Expansion of the container terminal is also planned, allowing it to handle 520,000 teu annually as opposed to the 300,000 teu capacity currently in place.
Meanwhile, in El Salvador, the port of La Unión opened in June at a cost of $185m.
Cabezas port in Nicaragua is also reported to have planned investment in place, while Cortés port in Condor as his preparing to expand its installations.
