APM Terminals confirmed that the container loaded with bananas from Costa Rica, with 1,600 kilograms of cocaine that were seized in a port in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, passed through the Terminal de Contenedores de Moín (TCM) –Moín Container Terminal– in Limón.
According to the company, although the terminal’s modern scanner was fully operational from the day it opened the terminal, it has not been put into operation because the Government of Costa Rica has not yet prepared the necessary monitoring center to carry out the task.
“We were ready that our scanner to serve the country from the day we opened the terminal. Although we have all the permits and technology available, at the moment the scanner is not operational, because the monitoring center has not yet been completed from where the government authorities will analyze the images,” Kenneth Waugh, general of APM Terminals, said in a statement.
He adds that the scanner acquired by the TCM, with a value of US$2.6 million dollars, is unique in its class in Latin America, allowing the detection of products or substances such as weapons, drugs, money, radioactive material or pests that are inside the containers.
The scanner has the ability to broadcast images in real time to the monitoring center and to countries such as the United States.
Source: qcostarica.com
