Port of Callao
Port of Callao | |
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Country | Peru |
Location | Callao |
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Operated by | DP World Callao, APM Terminals, Transportadora Callao |
The Port of Callao (Spanish: Puerto del Callao), officially the Callao Port Terminal (Spanish: Terminal Portuario del Callao), is a maritime port on the central coast of Peru, in the south-eastern Pacific, located in Callao. It is also the de facto port of the city of Lima.
It is the country's main port in terms of traffic and storage capacity. Likewise, it is one of the most important in
It has a depth of up to 16
The port also hosts the Naval Museum (Spanish: Museo Naval), which opened in 1958.[7]
Infrastructure
The port infrastructure has improved in recent years due to different investments that have been made as a result of the concessions. In Callao there are five piers (1, 2, 3, 4 and North), which are direct mooring, breakwater type. The first four piers have exactly the same characteristics: 182.80 metres per side. Two piers are 30 metres wide and the other two are 86. There are two berths per pier, between 31 and 34 feet deep and 182.8 metres long. In addition, the North pier has four berths, with a depth of between 34 and 36 feet. Each berth is between 20 and 30 metres long. The docks are specialized for containers, bulk and multipurpose.[8]
There are eleven storage facilities from different areas. There are four container zones, and five container yards. Additionally, there is a closed warehouse specialized in grains. There are two ZPMC gantry cranes and six post-panamax, as well as two dock cranes. There are about 4 movers, 22 terminal trucks, and 10 elevators, with different load capacities (2.3, 3.2, 5.5, and 30 tons).[9]
Concessions
The North Dock is under concession to APM Terminals,
Statistics
As
The port of Callao has been increasing its container traffic. In this sense, this growing trend was only stopped, momentarily, by the economic crisis of 2008. Most of this growth has been the product of new exports from the country and the consequent demand for inputs from abroad. In this sense, although El Callao remains an importing port, it maintains a significant portion of container exports.
Regarding cargo statistics, exports far exceed imports. This is mainly due to the mining and agricultural drive. During 2010 cargo traffic was 17.4 million metric tons, of which about 10.3 million were for export.[14]
Museum
Established | 13 November 1958 |
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Location | Avenida Jorge Chávez 123 |
Owner | Peruvian Navy |
The Naval Museum of Peru (
It was created on November 13, 1958, by Supreme Resolution and began activities on July 18, 1962.
It has 10 exhibition halls, highlighting the Viceroyalty Hall, the Republican Navy Hall and the Guano and Saltpeter War. Among the objects in the collection is the figurehead of the ship Nuestra Señora del Triunfo and the cannon of the Chilean schooner Covadonga.
Sister ports
- Chile: the Port of Valparaíso is twinned since November 29, 2002.[15]
- Uruguay: the Port of Montevideo is twinned since January 25, 2011.[16]
See also
- DP World
- Constitutional Province of Callao
- Ferrocarril Central Andino
- San Lorenzo Megaport Project
- Callao Naval Base
References
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- CEPAL.
- ^ "Puerto del Callao podrá recibir buques de 15 mil contenedores". El Comercio. 2012-11-27.
- ^ Cruz Fiestas, Darwin (2013-07-30). "DP World invirtió US$6 millones en tres grúas pórtico para el Callao". El Comercio.
- ^ "Muelle Norte tendrá grúas para atender grandes buques cargueros". El Comercio. 2014-08-28.
- ^ "Inauguran muelle y faja transportadora de minerales en Callao". El Comercio. 2014-05-29.
- ^ "MUSEO NAVAL, CALLAO". Marina del Perú.
- ^ "Terminales Portuarios: Callao". Empresa Nacional de Puertos, S.A. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12.
- ^ "Evaluación de los principales puertos de América del Sur: Análisis institucional, técnico y económico" (PDF). UPV — I.I.R.S.A. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-13.
- ^ "APM TERMINALS CALLAO". APM Terminals. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05.
- ^ "DP World Callao S.P.L." DP World Callao S.P.L. Archived from the original on 2018-11-15.
- Gestión. 2011-04-30. Archived from the originalon 2011-04-30.
- ^ "Estadísticas de Movimientos de Contenedores, Carga General y Tráfico de Naves" (PDF). ENAPU S.A. 2009.
- ^ "Memoria" (PDF). ENAPU S.A. 2010.
- ^ "Puertos Hermanos". Empresa Portuaria Valparaíso. Archived from the original on 2008-06-14.
- ^ "Presidentes García y Mujica presenciaron firma de convenios entre Perú y Uruguay". Andina. 2011-01-25. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27.