The Institutional Affairs Manager of Cosco Shipping Ports Chancay Peru, Mario Eduardo de las Casas Vizquerraassured that the Chancayano megaport “does not compete” with Port of Callaobut between the two they would generate a “very strong” logistical contribution for the region.
In this sense, the executive pointed out that the Port of Chancay It is planned to be the direct entry door for local companies to the countries of Asiawhich would be a function that the port area of the Callao could not execute due to its characteristics, according to the media Trade.
Mario de las Casas recalled that currently, for local products to reach the Asian market, they leave from Callao heading to state Joined either Mexicoand from there they would head to their final destination.
As a result of the above, the representative of the Chinese company indicated that companies “that do not need to go to Asia, will continue using the first port in Peru and all its infrastructure, which will cause all the demand that exists near said terminal continue as such.”
“The Port of Chancay does not compete with Callao. On the contrary, what it will generate is that Peru will take on a very strong logistical weight in the region, since we will have the Port of Callao, Chancay and, in addition, the new Jorge Chávez Airport,” said De las Casas.
The executive specified that if the unblocking of railway projects is added to this, the Peruvian logistical weight at the port level would be even greater, since this infrastructure is the “means of transporting products par excellence.”
Finally, he also realized that the construction of railways would allow all of Brazil’s cargo to be capitalized. “If it is not by rail it is unfeasible (to capitalize on Brazil’s grain cargo). We cannot handle it with trucks,” he emphasized.
