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DP World signature the contract for the construction and management of the Ecuadorian port of Posorja
The first phase of the project will be realized in 24 months
June 7, 2016
The terminalista group DP World of Dubay has undersigned with the public work and Ministry of Transportation of Ecuador and the Harbour Authority of Guayaquil the contract of concession of the duration 50-year-old for the realization and management of the Ecuadorian port of Posorja ( on 15 February 2016). The contractual agreement previews the compartecipazione between private public and to which DP World it will participate collaborating with Ecuadorian the Grupo Vilaseca and Consorcio Nobis and is centralized on the construction of a new harbour terminal in deep waters (- 15 meters) with an investment of about 1,2 billion dollars by the Middle Eastern group. The new harbour landing place will be situated to about 65 kilometers from the port of Guayaquil that has docks with backdrops of the depth of -9,75 meters and that last year it has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to beyond 1,75 million teu, pairs almost the entire ability to containerized trade of the port of call.
According to the forecasts, the new terminal of Posorja will be realized over three years and the work will create directed 2.000 places of job in the phase of construction and thousands from when the harbour landing place becomes operating. The first phase of the project previews an investment of 500 million dollars for the acquisition of the areas, the dredging of a new channel of access, the construction of a road of access of 20 kilometers and the realization of a dock of 500 linear meters for container handling (ability to traffic 750 thousand teu per year) and other cargo types. This phase, that it will be started between 6-9 months, will be completed in about 24 months.
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The terminalista group DP World of Dubay has undersigned with the public work and Ministry of Transportation of Ecuador and the Harbour Authority of Guayaquil the contract of concession of the duration 50-year-old for the realization and management of the Ecuadorian port of Posorja 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
