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Project involves an investment of US$300 million and will multiply its container capacity by 900
Chimbote Port. ANDINA / Dissemination.
The Private Investment Promotion Agency (ProInversión) announced today that it will present the declaration of interest for the Chimbote International Port Terminal this month, moving up its scheduled timeline and realizing one of the country's most important port projects.
With this declaration, the State recognizes the strategic importance of the project and showcases it globally for more investors to prepare their proposals.
Likewise, this opens the way to accelerate its award under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) modality.
The project involves an investment of approximately 300 million dollars and includes the comprehensive modernization of the current pier, the construction of a specialized container pier, modern gantry cranes, and new storage yards.
This infrastructure will allow the terminal to increase its annual cargo movement from 60,000 tons to 550,000 tons and generate containerized cargo up to 450,000 TEUs in an optimal scenario, considering that in the last 10 years, an average of only 500 TEUs per year has been moved, thus multiplying its operational capacity and strengthening the country's commercial connection with the Asia-Pacific market.
"Now ProInversión plays a more active role in accelerating strategic projects for the country. We not only promote investments, but we also intervene from early stages to streamline processes, build confidence, and ensure that projects like Chimbote advance faster and become real infrastructure that drives development and employment," said Luis Del Carpio, executive president of ProInversión.
The New Chimbote Port Terminal, located in Ferrol Bay, in the province of Santa (Áncash), is projected as a multipurpose port that will boost fishing, agro-industrial, and mining activities, in addition to strengthening the northern port axis and its connection with logistics corridors towards the Peruvian jungle.
It is expected to generate around 2,000 direct and indirect jobs during its construction.
In the last two decades, Peru has modernized its port system with investments exceeding 5 billion dollars, developing self-sustaining infrastructure without compromising state resources.
Today, the country has 9 concessioned port terminals, which have allowed Peru to consolidate itself as one of the main maritime and commercial connection points in the region.
The growth in demand and the need to strengthen connectivity require expanding and modernizing the national port network.
Therefore, ProInversión has prioritized an investment portfolio of over 400 million dollars for 2026 to modernize strategic ports such as those in Loreto (Sinchicuy and Saramiriza), Pucallpa, and Tacna, consolidating a more efficient and competitive logistics network for the country.
Source: apam_nacionales
