ICTSI takes over at Guayaquil

The Port of Guayaquil, located in the province of Guaya, is Ecuador’s major port, handling around 75% of the country’s international trade and over 90% of its container traffic. Its annual container throughput is currently over 600,000 teu. General cargo traffic includes the banana trade, in which Ecuador is the world’s number one exporter.

ICTSI, via its new wholly-owned subsidiary, Contecon Guayaquil SA (CGSA), has embarked upon a comprehensive reorganization and modernization of the port’s container and general cargo handling facilities. Two new Gottwald HMK 6407 mobile harbour cranes have been commissioned, providing the first specialised container handling capacity available in the port.

The introduction of the MHCs will be followed up with an order for three post-Panamax ship-to-shore quay cranes and eight 1-over-6 high, 16-wheel RTGs, the first of their type to be deployed in Guayaquil. Orders have also been placed for 10 new reachstackers, four empty handlers and 18 terminal tractors from Kalmar and 27 from Dutch Lanka. Scheduled IT investment includes state-of-the-art systems for vessel planning and yard and gate management.