Meanwhile, the most important concessionaire of the Port Authority (APG), Contecon, suffered a slip and last year let out one of its best customers, CMA-CGM.
Last year, the installation of two huge cranes brought from China to the Trinitaria island brought the future in focus, which is confirmed today. TPG-Guayaquil Port Terminal-went from 210,000 to more than 588,000 20-foot containers, between 2016 and 2017, according to the latest Port Statistics Bulletin.
But TPG was not the only one that grew. The private Bananapuerto, of the multinational Dole, and Fertisa, of the Wong Group, built a business based on the most important cargo the country has: bananas. These two business groups are the two largest banana exporters in Ecuador and ship their fruit through their own ports.
Bananapuerto handled about 37,000 more containers, which in volume equals a growth of 381,430 tons. In total it reached 299,390 TEUs. And more investments were announced, at the end of last year, of 22 million dollars to expand its docking front.
