Puerto Corío will consolidate Peru's port hub in South America

Published Dec 12, 2024

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The Corío Port in southern Peru, promoted by the Regional Government of Arequipa, is emerging as a major project with the potential to become a leading port in South America and a rival to the Chancay Megaport. According to Mario Zúñiga, the technical secretary of the Regional Development Agency, Corío will consolidate Peru as the national port hub. Its location and depth make it a crucial connection to Asia and neighboring food exporting countries like Brazil. Zúñiga stresses the importance of national authorities overseeing the project's execution, highlighting its strategic potential for logistics and economic, political, and security interests.

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The Corío Port, in the province of Islay and promoted by the Regional Government of Arequipa, is emerging as one of the most important projects for southern Peru. Through a press release, the Regional Government indicated that this terminal has the technical characteristics to become a reference port in South America and a potential rival to the Chancay Megaport, inaugurated by the Chinese government and the president of Peru, Dina Boluarte. However, for the technical secretary of the Regional Development Agency, Mario Zúñiga, the Arequipa port comes to consolidate the national port Hub, beyond being considered as competition in the country. “The country of the South (Chile), like those of the north, rightly aspire to be the logistics Hub and pivot on the South American coast. However, its geography and geomorphology are not as favorable to them as in Peru, where fortunately we already have a foot ahead with the ports of Callao, Chancay, Ilo, Matarani, Paita; and Corío will ...

Source: MXfruit