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With the aim of continuing to strengthen logistics integration between Chile and Bolivia and generating new opportunities for regional foreign trade, Empresa Portuaria Arica (EPA) and Puerto Seco de Oruro signed a framework collaboration agreement that will allow the development of joint actions aimed at boosting cargo movement and advancing in the consolidation of the Central Bioceanic Corridor.
The alliance seeks to complement the capacities of both logistics platforms, incorporating Puerto Seco de Oruro as a strategic point for cargo consolidation, storage, and management, connected with the Port of Arica as an entry and exit platform to the Asia Pacific.
The General Manager of Empresa Portuaria Arica, Jorge Cáceres, highlighted that the agreement will expand the alternatives available for Bolivian foreign trade.
"For us, this agreement is very important because it allows us to diversify and expand our logistics chain and, in this way, provide greater advantages and opportunities for Bolivian importers and exporters. We want to join efforts and wills, incorporating Puerto Seco de Oruro into our logistics chain," he said.
The agreement contemplates the possibility of developing different initiatives to promote trade and logistics activity, including the promotion of transport alternatives and exercises to evaluate the logistics chain, its costs, and improvement opportunities. In this context, it also considers promoting the use of the railway as an alternative to strengthen connectivity between Oruro and Arica.
Cáceres stressed that "the agreement will allow identifying concrete initiatives to facilitate the transit of goods and promote greater utilization of the available capacities in both Oruro and Arica."
New Cargoes
For his part, the Executive Manager of Puerto Seco de Oruro, José Antonio Torrico, valued the alliance and the opportunities it opens for Bolivian businessmen, especially for consolidating and storing their cargo in Oruro and subsequently mobilizing it through the Port of Arica.
"It is a very important moment. The union of the Port of Arica with Puerto Seco de Oruro allows promoting trade and giving Bolivian importers and exporters another option to consolidate and store their cargo, to then move it through the Chilean seaports, especially through the Port of Arica," he affirmed.
The Bolivian executive also highlighted Oruro's strategic location, stating that it is a relevant element for the projection of the Central Bioceanic Corridor, "the link between our institutions will allow progress in the activation of this corridor and project the incorporation of cargo from Brazil and Paraguay, including agricultural products, minerals, and other goods with potential for salida to international markets through Chile," he pointed out.
Likewise, he indicated that Puerto Seco de Oruro seeks to advance towards a multimodal platform, taking advantage of its location and strengthening its railway connectivity, with the aim of progressively consolidating itself as a logistics hub in the Andean Macrozone.
For Empresa Portuaria Arica, this agreement is part of the work aimed at strengthening its ties with Bolivia and developing logistics solutions that respond to the needs of its importers, exporters, and productive sectors of one of its main markets.
