The IDB will help finance the dredging of the port basin and slips; and works to reclaim land from sea by depositing the material dredged from the harbor. The new space reclaimed from the sea will accommodate a new container terminal, and serve as a future expansion area, and an area for the future organic bulk terminal.

The project will support the construction of the container terminal on the reclaimed land as well as the acquisition of specialized equipment and the provision of in-port storage yards, improving port operations and preventing interference with urban transit. The project will also support training and technical assistance for the Honduran Port Authority to strengthen its management and supervision of port activities.

Construction works financed by the project will reduce operating costs and delays in vessel and cargo handling, and enable the development of logistics operations typical of specialized container terminals…continue Dredging Today article.