Valparaiso to open second terminal

Valparaiso Port in Chile will double in size by 2017, following an investment from the Spanish company OHL Concesiones of almost R3.5 billion for the construction of a second terminal, according to Valparaiso Port’s website. Terminal 2 will span 33.5 acres of sea and will be able to hold two Super Post-Panamax ships- vessels of 22 containers wide – simultaneously, seeing the capacity of the port increase to 22 million tonnes of cargo annually. The new terminal will also allow the port to hold an additional 1.2 million tonnes of freight cargo and around 950 000 TEUs making it Chile’s largest port. The current terminal can hold 11 million tons.