One month after the inauguration of its first stage with an investment of US$1,300 billion, the Chancay megaport is in full operation within its current phase of “test conditioning” - where efficiency, performance and technology are being fine-tuned - under the watchful eye of the Peruvian authorities, and which will last until next May.

One month after the inauguration of its first stage with an investment of US$1,300 billion, the Chancay megaport is in full operation within its current phase of “test conditioning” - where efficiency, performance and technology are being fine-tuned - under the watchful eye of the Peruvian authorities, and which will last until next May.

The first movements were made in the second half of November with the departure of a ship bound for Shanghai, followed by the shipment of refrigerated cargo - mainly blueberries, giving a signal for the dynamic Peruvian agroindustry - plus minerals packed to China, with which by the beginning of this month more than 1,700 containers had been sent. Then came the turn of the launch of the direct Chancay-Shanghai route of the shipping company Cosco Shipping Lines (subsidiary of the Chinese group that owns the port) with a weekly frequency starting this month.

Four container ships have been allocated for this purpose, which will cover the stretch in 25 days. The Port's top management has held meetings in recent weeks in Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil, with business associations and potential clients. The goal is for transshipment cargo from other countries to represent 65% of the movement, calculations that will be fine-tuned "between this month and January."

The Chilean market is fully involved in the launch phase of the megaport through the commitments of two shipping companies to provide services between this terminal and our country.

Ocean Network Express announced that, starting in December, it would establish a cabotage line from Chile to Peru in a first stage, as well as feeders (ships that transport merchandise to a main port) that would depart from Chilean ports, said Admiral Carlos Tejada, deputy general manager of Cosco Shipping Chancay Peru.

He added that Cosco Shipping Lines “will announce cabotage routes to collect cargo that may come from Chile.”