08.12.2022
Artikel Nummer: 43305
More volumes in sweet waters
Puerto Aguadulce (Colombia) passed a threshold by handling the largest-capacity vessel so far to call the port and in the country at all. The ‘CMA CGM Argentina’, a 1,572 teu vessel, was built in 2019 and sails under the Maltese flag.
The milestone highlights Buenaventura’s position as a major port for the country’s foreign trade, with the Asia-Pacific region in particular. The Puerto Aguadulce container terminal began operations in November 2016. Its two major shareholders are International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) of the Philippines and PSA of Singapore. (sh)