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Viewing cable 06LIMA2708, PERU PRIVATIZES PORT OF CALLAO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06LIMA2708 2006-07-11 21:01 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Lima
VZCZCXYZ0002
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHPE #2708/01 1922101
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 112101Z JUL 06
FM AMEMBASSY LIMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1346
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 3640
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 0525
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ JUL SANTIAGO 0724
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 9662
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 2512
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC
RUMIAAA/USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS LIMA 002708 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR WHA/AND, WHA/EPSC, EB/ESC/IEC/EPC 
TREASURY FOR OASIA/INL 
COMMERCE FOR 4331/IEP/WH/MCAMERON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
SUBJECT: PERU PRIVATIZES PORT OF CALLAO 
 
1.  (U) Summary.  Following up on a pledge to improve services at 
Lima's Port of Callao, the GOP on June 23 granted to firm P&O Dover 
a contract to build a new container terminal.  Total cost of the 
project is estimated at $617 million over the next six years.  P&O, 
along with its Peruvian partner, Uniport, pledged to reduce rates 
and invest an additional $144 million to improve the port's 
operations.  Improved services at the Port of Callao, Peru's largest 
container port, will enable to Peru to increase imports and exports 
while becoming more competitive with other regional ports.  End 
Summary. 
 
Privatization of New Container Terminal 
--------------------------------------- 
 
2.  (U) The Port of Callao, located at the edge of Lima, is Peru's 
busiest port, handling more than 880,000 TEUs (twenty-foot 
containers) annually.  Due to its central location, Callao also 
processes more than 85 percent of Peru's container traffic.  It is 
the fastest growing container port on the west coast of South 
America, with an annual growth rate of over 14 percent since 2000. 
Despite its fast growth, due primarily to the exponential increase 
of Peruvian exports under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug 
Eradication Act (ATPDEA), many businesses complain about the 
inefficiency and costliness of the port.  Callao does not have 
permanent cranes on the docks; instead, ships coming to port must 
have their own cranes.  Callao's costs are some of the highest in 
the region, at $400 per twenty-foot container. 
 
3.  (U) The Peruvian Government has long talked of privatization as 
a way to reduce costs at Callao, although several port entities 
opposed the proposal.  In May, ProInversion (the GOP Privatization 
Agency) offered a tender to build a new terminal at Callao's 
Southern Pier (Muelle Sur).  A new terminal, complete with 
installation of permanent cranes, would expand Callao's port 
facilities 2,000 feet further out to sea and would allow larger 
ships to dock at the port.  The project also includes dredging the 
port area to increase depth to 16 meters.  According to 
ProInversion, the new terminal would increase the Port of Callao's 
capacity to more than 2 million TEUs, a 100 percent increase over 
current capacity.  Overall investment in the project could total as 
much as $617 million over the next six years. 
 
4.  (U) Four consortiums bid on the project, with ProInversion 
granting British-owned P&O Dover, along with its Peruvian partner 
Uniport, the contract on June 23. (Note: P&O Dover/Dubai World Ports 
is the world's second largest port operator, with two other ports in 
South America: Puerto Cabello in Venezuela and Port of Buenos Aires 
in Argentina.  End Note. )  In its winning bid, P&O Dover offered 
rates of $90 for twenty-foot containers and $135 for forty-foot 
containers, while also pledging to invest an additional $144 million 
in projects to improve the overall operation of the Port of Callao. 
P&O expects that the new port facility will be operational by 2009. 
The concession contract lasts ten years; after that, the facilities 
revert back to the Government of Peru. 
 
Benefits of the New Port 
------------------------ 
 
5.  (SBU) The Ministry of Transportation predicts that, once the 
project is completed, Callao's port costs will drop by $200 million, 
making it more competitive with Valparaiso and other ports on South 
America's west coast.  With lower costs per container movement, the 
Peruvian Government hopes to increase both imports into and exports 
from Peru, as well as container traffic from third countries.  The 
project should also create new up to 400 new jobs annually, enabling 
the port to improve its overall efficiency while meeting its customs 
obligations under the U.S.-Peru free trade agreement. 
 
Comment 
------- 
 
6.  (SBU) Peru's exports and imports have increased dramatically in 
the past few years; this trend is expected to continue, particularly 
once the U.S.-Peru FTA takes effect.  The GOP expects exports in 
2006 to total more than $20 billion, an increase of 17 percent since 
2005.  The Port of Callao desperately needs an upgrade, as it is 
currently working near capacity and is labeled one of the most 
inefficient ports in South America.  This concession is an important 
step in the implementation of the U.S.-Peru free trade agreement and 
will make Peru more competitive. 
 
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