Chiquita leaves Cortés

The Government of President Pepe Lobo has announced that on July 8 it will sign a memorandum of understanding with China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd to build a railway to link Interoceánico Amapala island in the Pacific with Puerto Castile in the Atlantic

The Manila-based international contaner terminal operator reports that it has won the bid to develop and operate a new facility at Puero Cortes

Herman Gomez, a consultant with the International Martime Organisation (IMO), has given Honduras’ national ports authority (ENP) until July 2004 to upgrade security arrangements at its ports or face a maritime embargo, which will effectively prevent it from trading with the US.