The Moín Container Terminal (MCT), located in Costa Rica and operated by APM Terminals, serviced more than 1,100 ships, around 1.2 million TEU and achieved improvements in productivity, sustainability and the training of 1,000 employees from the province of Limón in its first year of operations.
“During this time [in the year to 28 February 2020], we’ve reached very important milestones, such as the opening of new direct trade routes, increased port efficiency, the steady improvement of direct services from Limón to China and the attraction of ships with greater capacity,” highlighted Hartmut Goeritz, Managing Director of APM Terminals Moín.
During its first year of operations, APM Terminals says APMT Moín has become one of the most productive terminals in Latin America. The company has reduced berthing time from 30 hours to just 10, while on average, the terminal performs 26 moves-per-hour per crane.
APM Terminals emphasizes that APMT Moín works with a safety program focused on the top five causes of incidents in the port industry:
- transportation
- working at heights
- suspended loads & lifting
- stored energy
- control of contractors
“In the short term our focus is on further increasing these productivity levels and working hand-in-hand with our customers and authorities to continue simplifying, through digitization, foreign trade processes, an area where we see an important opportunity,” added Goeritz.
Furthermore, the company is focused on maximising the use of its artificial island built in the Caribbean, a billion dollars infrastructure project. The next phase of expansion will commence when the Moín Container Terminals reaches an annual volume of 1.5 million TEU. This is projected to be achieved within a period of 4 to 6 years, according to APM Terminals.
“Without the expansion of highway 32 and the consequent connections with Panama and Nicaragua, the Terminal alone will not be able to offer all the benefits that the country laid out in their master plan to become a logistical hub,” commented Leo Huisman, Head of Latin America Portfolio.
