Puerto Barrios' operator and its terminal capacity
- Infrastructure and logistics
- Ports, cargo and corridors
- not audited
The main operation at Puerto Barrios is run by COBIGUA (Compañía Bananera Guatemalteca Independiente, linked to Chiquita), specialized in agricultural exports: bananas, melon and pineapple. According to a commercial profile (UNIS Co., not verified against the CPN): 1 container terminal, 4 berths, maximum draft 9.5 m, annual capacity of ~525,000 TEU with an expansion plan to 630,000 TEU, mobile cranes and 1,100 reefer plugs. Chiquita inaugurated a US$30 million expansion at the Puerto Barrios Rail Terminal (year not confirmed) and COBIGUA announced an investment of Q300 million (a historic Prensa Libre item, year not confirmed). The terminal's first concession, a usufruct with Ferrovías, reached expiry according to Prensa Libre; the current contractual position must be verified. The 20% share of vessels berthed in 2024 does not appear in the source to which it was attributed.
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Figures
- Berths / maximum draft
- 4 / 9.5 m
- Annual capacity / expansion plan
- ~525,000 TEU / 630,000 TEU
- Reefer plugs
- 1,100
- Chiquita expansion at the Rail Terminal
- US$30 M
- Investment announced by COBIGUA
- Q300 M
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