In 2013, Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana (OPC) won the concession to operate the Puerto Cortés Container and General Cargo Terminal in Honduras.

From the beginning, Puerto Cortés was conceived by OPC as a regional project. To date, the terminal is the main Atlantic container movement port for CA-4 and Belize.

The company has always believed in the region and its potential, understands logistics development, and visualizes the opportunity it can provide for the benefit of Central American countries. For this reason, the terminal has a robust investment plan for the modernization and development of the terminal, which is already offering the most efficient, productive and competitive regional port operation for imports and exports in the region.

This investment has generated efficiency, productivity and competitiveness in the port, and therefore, in the region. This has allowed us to offer very competitive rates at a regional level.

To date, the dock occupancy rate does not reach 50%, which means that the port has the capacity to increase the cargo moved through the terminal in the Atlantic.

The terminal offers highly efficient services and is an excellent alternative for moving cargo via the Atlantic, offering unique benefits for its international clients, among them:

• Puerto Cortes has state-of-the-art Super Post Panamax gantry cranes, this development of new infrastructure and equipment for the movement of containers in docks and yards generates regional economic growth and volume demand.
• Puerto Cortes has state-of-the-art equipment that allows high productivity and efficiency in the processes.
• Offers competitive rates - which are available on different platforms.
• Average clearance times of 3.8 days.
• Cargo in transit to the countries of El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Belize is not subject to inspection by the authorities at OPC. It is important to clarify that all containers are scanned, that is to say. there is a non-intrusive inspection. The only reason an intrusive inspection of the container is requested is if what is declared does not match the cargo or if weapons are found inside a container, and only if something is found inside the container.
• And only if something abnormal to what is declared or weapons are found in that scanning operation would the authorities request an intrusive inspection of the container.
• Puerto Cortes is part of the CSI program (U.S. Customs) and mega port, which allows cargo leaving for the U.S. not to be subject to inspection.
• The terminal operates 24/7 including holidays at no extra cost.
• The port has the Navis N4 system, which identifies where the cargo is located within the terminal.
• Puerto Cortes has more than 1,800 plugs for reefer cargo.
• Customers can monitor their cargo through the public berthing plan on the OPC website.
• Invoices and VGMs can be downloaded without the need to send emails or contact OPC staff.
• It is feasible to handle triangulations, you can enter an export and withdraw an import, avoiding false freight.
• The OPC driver App guarantees elimination of paperwork.
• Invoices and payments can be made in US dollars through UNI transfers.
• There is equal treatment and transparency with all our customers.

Translated by: A.M