APMT begins next phase of Callao modernisation

Stage 3A, to be carried out during 2024 and costing US$95 million, includes the construction of 12 vertical silos for grains, increasing capacity from 25,000 to 85,000 tons, as well as adding 2.13 ha of paved area and improvements to the access gate for general cargo.

“We are happy and proud to start the next stages of the modernisation project – a total commitment of US$1,200 million in the most important public port in the country,” said Lars Vang Christensen, chief executive of APM Terminals Callao.

“For more than 12 years, APM Terminals Callao has embraced the challenge of leading the significant transformation and development of the port, lifting the standard of connectivity between Peru and global trade.”

Once the terminal reaches an annual 1.1 million teu, APMT will move on to stage 3B with an initial investment of US$328 million and plans to invest a total of US$500 million. Eventually the port hopes to move around 2.8 million teu each year.

Stage 3B will benefit both general and containerised cargo customers, through the addition of a new 440m container berth and dredging works that will accommodate container vessels up to 400 metres long with a draft of 16 metres.

This phase of the modernisation programme also includes the acquisition of four ship-to-shore Super Post Panamax gantry cranes, 12 electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes and 33 terminal trucks.

Existing piers one and two will be demolished and rebuilt with a berthing capacity of 220m. Seven hectares of paved yard will also be constructed for container and general cargo yards.