A consortium of Van Oord and BAM International has completed the construction of the APM Terminals Moín in Costa Rica.
Last week’s inauguration of the container terminal will enable products to be shipped on transatlantic routes to European and Asian markets without transshipment. The region will attract a very high percentage of the ships that transit through the Panama Canal. The number of shipping routes that reach the APM Terminals Moín is projected to increase by as much as 285 percent.
Terminal on Artificial Island
The project represents a total investment of USD 1 billion and is built on a 40-hectare artificial island. The terminal has a 650-m long quay wall and a container yard with the capacity to hold 26,000 TEUs, including power connection capacity for 3800 refrigerated containers. Refrigeration is essential as Costa Rica is currently the world’s largest exporter of pineapples and third largest exporter of bananas. The terminal has the most modern scanner in Latin America for cargo inspections.
Trailing suction hopper dredger Lelystad dredging for APM Terminals (picture by Van Oord).
Job Creation
One of the goals of the Costa Rican Government is the job creation with a territoriality approach and, with this project, the conditions of competitiveness and economic reactivation are being created for the province of Limón and also for the entire country.
Watch a video of the construction of the Moín Container Terminal below.
Picture: APM Terminals Moín in Costa Rica constructed by Van Oord and BAM International (by Van Oord).
