The very best logis/cs infrastructure of the American Con/nent
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Scenario
Guatemala
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Scenario
Demography Surface Country
Guatemala Honduras
El Salvador
Last Census (thousands people)** 15.090
GDP Per Capita
PPP GDP Per Capita
108.890
Popula<on Density (inhabit./km2) 135
$3,368.49
$5,100.07
112.492
62.2
7.927
$2,264.09
$4,193.61
21.040
313.4
6.262
$3,777.25
$7,069.29
(km2) *
(*) Source: Geoins/tutos – Plataforma Ins/tutos Geográficos Iberoamericanos (**) Anuario Estadís/co CEPAL de América La/na y Caribe
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Scenario Central zone of the Central American isthmus highly needed of economic, industrial, technological, agricultural and logisDcs acDvaDon as well as social stability and improvement in comparison with its immediate neighbors Great potenDal in: Ø Land. Ø Legal frame. Ø Human Resources. Ø +50% young acDve labor force. Ø Emerging Economy. Ø Private Investment ProtecDon by the Guatemalan PoliDcal ConsDtuDon. 5
Mission ContribuDng as a driving force to the creaDon of an integral development belt (green economy) within the area by developing, establishing and implemenDng intermodal port, transport, logisDcs and service infrastructures by means of opDmizing its excepDonal bi-‐ oceanic posiDon and own resources through connecDng two new ports (one in the AtlanDc and the other in the Pacific) by a railway and pipeline crossing system in a 372 Kms. long strip. It represents itself an ambi<ous new commercial and eco-‐social development model, ac<ng as backbone of the Central American economic rela<onships whose effects will be highly appreciated within the most underprivileged zones of the American Con<nent
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Vision The three fundamental pillars by which the project is based on:
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Geographical Context
1 …66% of the US commerce and the 26% of the global commerce has place in the east coast of North America …
US Landbridge
Corredor Interoceánico de Guatemala
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Panama Canal
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Basis Geographic Posi<oning
o OpDmum proximity to the large consumer and industrial markets of the northern hemisphere: Mexico, USA and Canada (800 nauDcal miles north of the Panama Canal) o ReducDon of distances among Asia and the East Coast and Central part of the U.S. compared with the Panama Canal
Strategic Posi<oning o Necessity of opening new transport alternaDves to make more dynamic the commercial interchanges within America according to the internaDonal trade growth rates forecast for the region
o Bi-‐oceanic unique posiDon at an internaDonal level with global access to markets: • • •
North and South America Asia Pacific Europe and Africa
o To allow the operaDon of large vessels (up to 22,000 TEU’s) beaDng the current and future limitaDons of the alternaDves exisDng in the
o For all types of traffic o
Oil
o o o
Gas Shipping Containers Etc.
area
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CompeDDveness Shanghai – Nueva York Cost per TEU
Prom. Velocity 15 knots Guatemala Interoceanic Corridor Corredor Interoceánico de Guatemala saves <me versus the Panama Canal and costs versus both routes.
US Landbridge Panama Canal
Distance (nm) 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000
Time (days) 10,493
9,681
35.00 30.00
7,940
25.00
Costs ($) 30.30
28.50
$2,000.00 $1,600.00
22.77
$1,400.00
20.00
$1,200.00
15.00
$800.00
10.00
2,000
5.00
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-‐
$1,798
$1,800.00
$1,157
$1,264
$1,000.00 $600.00 $400.00 $200.00 $-‐
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Concept Infrastructures -‐ Basic elements:
• Intermodal Corridor, with two new ports that will allow the docking of vessels up to 22,000 TEU and a 372 kms. double track railway connecDon. This corridor will allow the passage of containers, cars, dry bulk and liquid bulk other than oil as well as the traffic of passenger with train staDons along Corridor. • Energy Corridor, with four independent systems for pumping crude oil and gas and strategic storage areas. • Mul<-‐Ac<vity Areas with crossing reserves for electrical grid, water and fiber opDc. • PlaUorms for Economic development with more than 3000 hectares for the development of industrial, agro-‐industrial, logisDcal and technological parks all in a duty free regime. • CreaDon of the first bi-‐oceanic Ecological Corridor worldwide. • Revitalizing economic ac<vi<es throughout the Corridor surroundings specially related to agriculture and agribusiness. • Intensive development of improvement programs focused in infrastructure , social services and environment.
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Demand Types of possible traffics 1. Crossing traffics Pacific-‐AtlanDc and vice versa 2. Transshipment traffics from the North to the South of the ConDnent in both sides of the Corridor, long and short distance (short sea shipping) 3. Import/Export exisDng traffics 4. New Import/Export traffics induced by the presence of the Corridor
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Container Market Growth • Increased transshipment traffic. •
Increased containerized freight.
• Increased consumpDon. • GlobalizaDon •
RelocaDon of industries.
• Economies of scale. •
Cost ReducDon 13
Container Traffic in Guatemala
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Overall Advantages A Unique Integrated Transport and LogisDcs Infrastructure Model ü
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Excep<onal bi-‐oceanic geostrategic loca<on: ü
800 nau<cal miles North of the Panama Canal (proximity to NAFTA market)
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Unique capacity to operate all kind of traffics
Unique Integral Infrastructure model worldwide capable to integrate 6 blocks of ac<vi<es related to logis<cs and high capacity specialized transport in one unique development
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100% Private Promo<on Project (non specula<ve model) with long term lease agreements
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Private Property: simplicity in nego<a<ons
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Local Support and Alliances (Communi<es, Man communi<es and Municipali<es)
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Public-‐Private Alliance
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Na<onal Support and Agreement with the Government
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Mul<-‐lateral Support to the Project
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Advanced Social and Environmental Model 15
Business Model Intermodal Corridor Energy Corridor MulD AcDviDes Plakorms for Economic Development FoundaDon: Social and Environmental Projects Socio-‐economical Projects for the Corridor surroundings 16
Business Model Intermodal Corridor Two new ports (one in the Pacific and other in the AtlanDc) and a double railway connecDon network of 372 kms. AcDviDes: o o o o o
Containers crossing Automobiles crossing Bulk solid crossing Liquid bulk crossing different to hydrocarbons MulD-‐purpose terminals
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Business Model Intermodal Corridor Long-‐term leases: o
o o o
o
Two crossing points for containers: 1 terminal in each port (3 + 3 berths respecDvely) together with railway operaDon Short Sea Shipping crossing Crossing for solid bulk with 1 or several terminals at each end Crossing for liquid bulk different to hydrocarbons with 1 or several terminals at each end Integrated mulDpurpose Terminals
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Business Model Intermodal Corridor Investment (approximate amounts): o
o
Infrastructure o 4100 million USD Superstructure, paving, equipment, buildings and systems o 1800 million USD in charge of the operators
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Business Model Intermodal Corridor Other acDviDes: o
“Virtual Corridor “– Integrated management System (“paperless”) for all the documentary exchange flows within the Corridor
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Bunkering Terminal
o
Tug and pilot services
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Comprehensive system of mariDme traffic control
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Customs control systems and customs 20
Business Model Intermodal Corridor The Eastern Railway
OpDmizaDon of the rail infrastructure for transport of passengers as socio-‐ economic backbone, socially connecDng the country and acDvaDng transport infrastructures with the neighboring countries (intermodal terminals for connecDon with Honduras and El Salvador)
Users: o o o o o
InterconDnental terminals are owners of the railway managing company. Other users have the opDon to use the corridor Short Sea Shipping terminals Other terminals: Automobiles, solid bulk and liquid bulk different to hydrocarbons Passengers (labor, social and tourisDc needs) Intermodal truck -‐ railway 21
Business Model Energy Corridor o Four independent systems for hydrocarbon crossing: heavy crude oil, light crude oil, petroleum products and gas. o Investment in infrastructure and superstructure: 3200 Million USD o Each crossing comprise: 2 buoying system, 2 tanks for operaDve and strategic storage and pipeline. o The implementaDon of petrochemical industry will posiDvely impact in economic and energy savings within the surroundings of the Corridor and in neighboring countries. 22
Business Model Mul/-‐Ac/vi/es o High capacity crossway of opDcal fiber by connecDng underwater cables from side to side of the Central American isthmus o Water network o Electrical network o Own electrical energy producDon, green energy specially, (biomass, etc.) o Own TelecommunicaDon System o Virtual Corridor for the management of informaDon flows o Integral Security system o Cargo Airport
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Business Model PlaTorms for Economic Development o 3608 hectares located at each end and at the central zone of the Corridor. o Leases in large blocks on which investors develop their own urbanizaDon. o All plakorms consDtuted under free trade zone laws. o AcDviDes: " " " " "
Industrial Agro industrial LogisDcs Technologic EnergeDc 24
Business Model Founda/on: Social and Environmental Projects o Development of social projects in coordinaDon with municipaliDes and local enDDes. o CompensaDon and miDgaDon projects. o Bi-‐oceanic Ecologic Corridor.
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Business Model Socio-‐economical projects for the Corridor surroundings o Funds for the development of socio-‐economical acDviDes in Central America. o Environmental acDviDes. o Agricultural acDviDes. o Social venture capital. o Integral land planning. o Social housing. o Integral free trade zone plakorms network for Central America.
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Land Leasing Model BOT ( Build, Operate and Transfer ) Contract that integrate and regulate the condiDons of construcDon, operaDon and transfer of infrastructure and / or transport systems, also as business condiDons and the relaDonship between the grantor and the operator services. It also establishes the mechanism of return of shares at the end of the period of operaDon by the operator.
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Land Leasing Model
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Business Model Advantages Terminals with the lower operaDve costs worldwide ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü
Op<miza<on of <me and cost in commercial mariDme routes Port Design according to the needs of vessel maneuvers Auto-‐management of port services Own telecommunica<on management system “Virtual Corridor” – Integrated management System (“paperless”) for all the documentary exchange flows within the Corridor Possibility to develop a proper system of bunkering Low manpower and maintenance costs Own structure for electric produc<on and storage (compeDDve costs) Low cost of fuel for train movements Free Zone Regime in all the Corridor Highly compe<<ve tax condi<ons Low port opera<ve costs Strategic storage of hydrocarbons Value Added industrial and technological ac<vi<es
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Financial Model Investment Structure Promo<on/Feasibility Studies/Land
Intermodal Corridor
Energy Corridor
Million USD
Infrastructure
500
4100
500
Suprastructure
1800
2700
500
5900
3200
9,600
Investment Distribu<on
Total
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Financial Model Country Risk Coverage o Legal Basis from Guatemala ConsDtuDon. o Public-‐private alliance “from the local” o Community parDcipaDon (12% of the capital) o DeclaraDon of the Project as “NaDonal Interest & Public UDlity” by the Central Government (Governmental Agreement 270-‐2013) o Processing the PoliDcal risk coverage by MIGA o Future parDcipaDon on the capital or funding by mulD-‐lateral organizaDons. o Foreign Investment ProtecDon Law. 31
Financial Model Comprehensive Economic and Financial Study o Demand Model, comparaDve with the Panama Canal and the American Land Bridge. o Cadastral topography. o Preliminary technical project determining the level of investment. o Plosng study at scale 1:20000 (December 2012) o Strategic Environmental Study and Projects on MiDgaDon and CompensaDon. o Comprehensive economic and financial model. o Environmental Studies. o General and specific legal studies.
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Financial Model Licenses and agreements •
Most part of the licenses and authorizaDons required have been applied.
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Agreements have been signed with the General Registry, Cadastral Registry and the General Procurator.
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Municipal Agreements. AuthorizaDons given by: • •
Ministry of Economy. Ministry of Environment. • •
• • •
CONAP INAB
Ministry of CommunicaDons. Ministry of Defense. Ministry of Energy.
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Financial Model Warran/es • • • •
Land Project Future rights on land Commercial contracts
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Legal Model The legal feasibility of the project depends on the ability of the developer to ensure the ownership of lands where the railway line of the Corridor runs and the ones where ports are located This Dtle, which guarantees the legal viability of the project was achieved as follows: It has been agreed with all landowners vehicle through municipaliDes and associaDons of municipaliDes to which they belong This agreement guarantees the sale of land to the Corredor Interoceánico de Guatemala, at a price previously agreed with each of the owners, who have previously and legally documented willingness to sell The whole land will be registered and deeded as a single property, taking place at the Dme that the payment is made to all owners in a single act. It is planned to procedure with the Investment Trusts, administraDon and guarantee, to ensure the interests of owners and investors. 35
Corporate office in Guatemala . International office in Barcelona Representative offices: Miami . Washington . Hong Kong . Tokyo . London www.corredorinteroceanico.com For more information: info@corredorinteroceanico.com 36 Â
REPORTE DE SOCIEDADES INSCRITAS EN EL REGISTRO MERCANTIL GENERAL DE LA REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA. CORREDOR INTEROCEANICO GUATEMALA, S.A. NOMBRE DE LA SOCIEDAD OBSERVACIONES OFICINA DE ENLACE Y NEGOCIOS PARA Inscrita en el Registro Mercantil el 17 de AMERICA LATINA, S.A ODEPAL. noviembre del año 2001. Se efectúo la conversión de acciones el 01/08/2013, en el sistema solo indica que la orden esta emitida. Representante Legal: Guillermo Francisco Catalán España. CENTRO FRANCO INDUSTRIAL COMERCIAL Inscrita en el Registro Mercantil el 25 de LOGISTICO Y DE SERVICIOS DE GUATEMALA enero del año 2000. SAN JORGE, S.A. Se efectúo la conversión de acciones el 01/08/2013, en el sistema solo indica que la orden esta emitida. Representante Legal: Guillermo Francisco Catalán España CENTRO FRANCO INDUSTRIAL COMERCIAL Y Inscrita en el Registro Mercantil el 25 de LOGISTICO DE GUATEMALA SAN LUIS, S.A. septiembre del año 2000. Se efectúo la conversión de acciones el 01/08/2013, en el sistema solo indica que la orden esta emitida. Ejecutor Especial : José Eduardo Catalán Alvarado PUENTE TERRESTRE DE GUATEMALA, S.,A. Inscrita en el Registro Mercantil el 25 de enero del año 2001. Se efectúo la conversión de acciones el 01/08/2013, en el sistema solo indica que la orden esta emitida. Representante Legal: Guillermo Francisco Catalán España. CORREDOR INTEROCEANICO GUATEMALA, No se encuentra inscrita en el Registro S.A. Mercantil General de Guatemala.
INTERNACIONALES: ODEPAL INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Entidad constituida al amparo de las leyes Del Estado de Islas Vírgenes Británicas. Representante: Guillermo Francisco Catalán España.
CORREDOR INTEROCEANICO DE GUATEMALA,
Entidad constituida al amparo de las leyes del Estado de Antigua & Barbuda. S.A. Presidente Ejecutivo: Santiago Bassols Villa Representante: Guillermo Francisco Catalán España.
They will be paying Q2 billion for the land
The landholders of the plots in several departments in the country, where the Inter oceanic Corridor will pass will receive Q2 billion at the end of the year for purchasing their lands, the plots are 372 kilometers long and 140 wide. The properties to be acquired are 3,533 properties by Holding Corredor Interoceánico de Guatemala. The project construction will begin in May 2014, after having been declared of public benefit and national interest by the Executive through Governmental Agreement 270-2013, published yesterday in the official daily.
The first phase of the project will be made in 3 years, it will have two ports, a railroad for the transfer of containers from one ocean to the other, a pipeline for the transportation of hydrocarbons and its derivatives, electrical energy transportation services and telecommunications. Guillermo Catalán España, President of the Directors of the Inter Oceanic Corridor, stated that they hope that in April 2014 this study will be concluded, so that the cornerstone of the $8 billion construction can be placed in May. The project puts together capital from Norway, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Spain, reported Gustavo Martínez, General Secretary of the Presidency. The length of the project will cover 46 municipalities in Izabal, Chiquimula, Jutiapa and Santa Rosa. This corridor hopes to increase the world trade that connects via water through the Panama Canal by 37%. ( By: SIGLO 21, Rudy Tejeda , 18/07/2013 )
State prioritizes the Inter Oceanic Corridor
The Government declared the process, promotion, construction and operation of the Inter Oceanic corridor of Guatemala of “public benefit” and “national interest”, considering that this project will give the country a strategic advantage before global trade. “The project will attract foreign investment, generate direct employment and greater income for the State, from taxes, as well as improving the quality of life and the development of all Guatemalans”, declares the agreement, presented last night at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, before many businessmen and officials. The President of the Board of Directors of the Inter Oceanic Corridor, Guillermo Catalán, stated that in four or five months they will begin developing the studies to establish the value of the infrastructure that has been calculated to be at US$7 billion and US$8 billion — around Q54.9 billion and Q62.8 billion-. “With this declaration of public benefit and national interest, we consolidate the benefit for all Guatemalans at an institutional level with a framework that ties and includes everything the mayors have been promoting”, said Catalán. First investor The first group of foreign investors that contributed to the project of the Inter Oceanic Corridor was EUROGAS Enterprises. The Executive Director, Jan Blichfeldt, said that the corporation puts together capital from different countries – among them Denmark, Finland and Holland, and which experience is directed toward developing infrastructure linked to communications, transportation, energy, petroleum and its derivatives. “The coherence of the business model with the needs of the country and world trade allows us to believe that the inter oceanic corridor will become one of the links in the global logistics chain. Our presence in this project is the consequence of having validated it, which gives us a deep conviction that this will be a project that favors the country with world trade”, the director explained. Catalán stated that before the end of this year, they will have paid all 3,533 landholders for the land that this project covers.
Satisfaction President Otto Pérez Molina declared: “It gives me satisfaction to announce that the inter oceanic corridor has been declared of national interest, a condition of support and commitment for all the activities that this private project can develop”. Pérez Molina added: “The government has seen this project as having a high impact on the future of our nation, where there is great hope for social and economic development for the country”. Initiative ·
The project covers 46 municipalities in seven departments and 19 municipal associations. · 3,533 plots of land will be bought, which will be paid for in full at the end of this year. · The project will cover a surface area of 140 meters wide by 372 kilometers long. · The corridor will join the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. · Two new ports will be built where the latest ships will dock. · There will be a railway to transport the containers from port to port in four and a half hours. The construction of the project will benefit the east coast of the United States.
Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua are promoting similar projects to transport merchandise from port to port and therefore compete with the Panama Canal.
Progress in preliminary Interoceanic Corridor
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The identification and registry of 3 thousand 533 properties where the Interoceanic Corridor runs, are the progress of the megaproject announced this Wednesday by President Otto Pérez Molina in Teculután, Zacapa. Two days from the first anniversary of the presentation of the project, the directors said that the land that will be used for the railroads and highways, as transit points, would add up to approximately 21639 hectares. In a press conference, Pérez Molina highlighted the results obtained by private and public initiative; in addition, he said that the next step is the purchase of the right of way, with an investment of $370 million (Q 1,886 million). “The efforts made by private initiative must be highlighted, and as the Government we support this, it will be an important investment for the region", declared the head of state. He also estimated that the purchase of the properties means an investment and direct support to at least 30 thousand families, foreseeing the creation of similar amounts of employment. He also explained that the verification process of the selected places and the mapping took at least ten years; in about 20 days, it is expected that the documents will be taken to the Property Registry to be legalized in favor of the project, as well as for the payment of the taxes for each. The Interoceanic Corridor will be a joint highway, railroad, bridges and transportation infrastructure to shorten time and the costs for goods exchanges between the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans, in addition to being an alternative for the Panama Canal. This project will be made up of 9 local authority associations, 46 municipalities from the eastern part of the country; it will be 372 kilometers long and have an oil pipeline, among other transfer systems for products; including the creation of two new ports. (By: Secretariat for Social Communication of the Presidency, 04/24/2013 ) ( By: Secretaría de Comunicación Social de la Presidencia , 24/04/2013 )
Negotiating land purchase for the Interoceanic Corridor At the moment, consortiums are looking for resources of US$450 million to purchase the land in the mapping. Within six months, they are expected to begin working on building the Interoceanic Corridor that will have a cost of US$7 billion. It is expected to be finalized in 2020. The project representative and President of the liaison and business office for the region, Guillermo Catalán, stated that for the moment, three consortiums are negotiating the paperwork in order to obtain 450 million dollars to purchase the land where the corridor will run.
“The property must be titled, but it is not only about paying the owners, but the taxes and the registry values”, stated Catalán. According to the information received, the project will pass through five departments to join both oceans. There are agreements with at least two thousand 919 owners". “The main idea is to position the country in the economic scenario”, said the representative. According to Catalán, the benefits for our nation will translate to greater foreign investment, sources of employment and sustainable development".
The project The Interoceanic Corridor of Guatemala (CIG) is infrastructure made up of a strip of land, three thousand three hundred thirty-six kilometers long and one hundred meters wide, between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. An interoceanic railroad for the transportation of containers, a paved road with four lanes and an oil pipeline will be built. This will be complemented with the creation of industrial parks along the length of the zone, with two port complexes at both ends of the corridor. We foresee economic growth and employment sources. PUBLINEWS ( By: PUBLINEWS , 10/26/2012 ) ( By: PUBLINEWS , 26/10/2012 )
Interoceanic Corridor to become a reality through land purchase During the verification of the progress of the Interoceanic Corridor in Teculutan, Zacapa, this Thursday, President Otto Pérez Molina, said that in the next 20 days the purchase of 3 thousand 533 properties where the project will become a reality, are being negotiated.
BY PRENSA LIBRE.COM GUATEMALA GUATEMALA CITY – For the purchase of land that will be used to make railroads and highways, they have established US$370 million (Q2 thousand 960 million) from private and public funding. The verification of the properties and the drawing of maps required at least 10 years work; notwithstanding, there is a requirement of at least five years of work so the project can become a reality. The objective of the project is to become a place to exchange goods between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans as an alternative to the Panama Canal. With the purchase of the land, they expect to benefit at least 30 thousand families directly. The Corridor will go through 46 municipalities of Izabal, Zacapa, Jutiapa and Chiquimula; it will be 372 kilometers long and 140 meters wide. In February of this year, Pérez Molina began a work tour in Spain, looking for investors for the project. *With information from Geovanni Contreras ( By: Prensa Libre.com , 24/04/2013 ) ( By: Prensa Libre.com , 24/04/2013 )