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Chilean SAAM will manage the Costa Rican port of Puerto Caldera
It will acquire 51% of the capital of the Harbour Sociedad of the Caldera and the Harbour Sociedad Granelera of the Caldera
September 29, 2016
SAAM Puertos, branch of Chilean group SAAM (South American Agencias Aéreas y Marítimas) that work in the field of the harbour services, the towing and the logistics, has undersigned an agreement in order to acquire from the Harbour Sociedad Régional de Buenaventura the concession for the management of the port of Puerto Caldera. The transaction previews that SAAM obtains the property of 51% of the vital one is of the Harbour Sociedad of Caldera (SPC) that of the Harbour Sociedad Granelera of Caldera (SPGC), societies that enliven a annual traffic of 4,9 million tons of cargos, in prevalence container (238 thousand teu in 2015) let alone cereals, fertilizers, raw materials and flours.
The Chilean group has emphasized that the port of Puerto Caldera is the main harbour terminal on the coast of the Pacific of Costa Rica and that is according to harbour port of call of the nation for traffic volume.
The quotas the share capital of the two companies will be acquired for 48,5 million dollars. SPC and SPGC record annual revenues pairs to a total of 46,6 million dollars.
To conclusion of the transaction 51% of the two societies will be stopped by Chilean group SAAM, while remaining 49% of the capital will be of property of the Costae Rican Saret (21%) and Logística de Granos (19%) and of the Columbian Grupo Empresarial of Pacífico (9%).
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SAAM Puertos, branch of Chilean group SAAM (South American Agencias Aéreas y Marítimas) that work in the field of the harbour services, the towing and the logistics, has undersigned an agreement in order to acquire from the Harbour Sociedad Régional de Buenaventura the concession for the management of the port of Puerto Caldera. The transaction previews that SAAM obtains the property of 51% of the vital one is of the Harbour Sociedad of Caldera (SPC) that of the Harbour Sociedad Granelera of Caldera (SPGC), societies that enliven a annual traffic of 4,9 million tons of cargos, in prevalence container (238 thousand teu in 2015) let alone cereals, fertilizers, raw materials and flours.
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