Yilport unveils new container berth and yard at Puerto Bolívar

Türkiye-based port and terminal operator Yilport announced the inauguration of Container Berth #6 and a new container yard at Puerto Bolívar in Ecuador on 31 July 2024.

The total investment of over US$400 million represents the first step in an ambitious phase of strategic development aimed at enhancing the operational capacity of the Latin American terminal.

Alfredo Jurado von Buchwald, Regional General Manager of YILPORT LATAM, highlighted
the magnitude of the investments and the positive...

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New high-performance cranes will strengthen two terminals in Latin America

Konecranes will enhance two Latin America’s terminals with four high-performance Model 8 mobile harbor cranes. Terminals in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala and in Puerto Bolivar, Ecuador, will be equipped by two cranes each one. 

The order by Turkey-based YILPORT HOLDING was made in the first quarter of 2019. The two large Konecranes Gottwald cranes will begin operation n Guatemala in mid-2019, followed by two cranes in Ecudor just two months later.

YILPORT’s new cranes will mainly support the...

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