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MeneameCosta Rica's government has launched a tender to design, build and operate a new container terminal at the Limón-Moín port complex in Limón province, national concessions board CNC project design director Eduardo Navarro told BNamericas.
The new terminal will handle cargo that previously went through the Limón port, which will stop receiving cargo in 2015 and be converted into a tourist port.
The new terminal, budgeted at US$560mn, would have a capacity to move 1mn TEUs in a first phase, while a second phase, costing US$250mn, would further expand capacity, Navarro said.
The tender process for the terminal first began in April, but was delayed while the comptroller general and CNC amended the bidding rules, according to Navarro.
Modifications to the bidding rules are scheduled to be published in the country's official gazette on November 4.
Interested parties should submit offers on January 15, Navarro said.
PRIVATIZATION
The new terminal is part of the government's master plan for port development over the next 35 years, and represents the first step in the process to concession the Limón-Moín port complex, Navarro said.
A study carried out previously by Dutch consulting firm Royal Haskoning indicated two possible options for the complex: either privatizing both ports, or building a new, competing facility next to Moín.
The government originally proposed that the Limón-Moín complex be offered in concession to a single private developer.
However, the move faced opposition from different sectors, including exporters' chamber Cadexco, which said the port should be offered to multiple operators to avoid a monopoly.
Costa Rican President Óscar Arias originally expected to complete the concession of Limón-Moín before his term ends in May 2010.
However, this is now unlikely to happen, as the contract for the new terminal will not be awarded before end-2010, according to Navarro.
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