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Port of Guayaquil phase 1

Sector: Water Supply and Storage • Location: Ecuador

Source: World Bank Group

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The project entails the construction of a new 800,000 TEUs deepwater, multi-purpose port terminal that will be located in Guayaquil, Ecuador. SPV is DP World Posorja, a wholly owned subsidiary of DP World. Financing of the project is secured by consortium of three development banks Proparco ($ 50 million), IDB Invest ($ 247 million) DEG ($ 30 million) and Chinese Fund for the Cofinancing of the Am

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Prospective
Sector
Water Supply and Storage, Seaport, Government, Commercial
Location
Ecuador
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
World Bank Group

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The project “Port of Guayaquil phase 1” is an infrastructure initiative in the Water Supply and Storage sector, located in Ecuador. Taiyo aggregates data on it from World Bank Group.

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The project entails the construction of a new 800,000 TEUs deepwater, multi-purpose port terminal that will be located in Guayaquil, Ecuador. SPV is DP World Posorja, a wholly owned subsidiary of DP World. Financing of the project is secured by consortium of three development banks Proparco ($ 50 million), IDB Invest ($ 247 million) DEG ($ 30 million) and Chinese Fund for the Cofinancing of the Americas ($ 50 million) managed by IDB Invest . The three banks provided $ 125.67 million each for the construction of the facility. The concession period of the project is 50 years. Financial close took place on November 21, 2018. https://ijglobal.com/data/transaction/44363/port-of-guayaquil-multi-purpose-pipeline-ppp https://www.dpworldposorja.com.ec/ https://www.whitecase.com/news/press-release/white-case-advises-dp-world-posorja-port-project-ecuador https://www.idbinvest.org/en/news-media/idb-invest-finances-construction-new-posorja-port-ecuador https://www.deginvest.de/DEG-Documents-in-English/About-us/Responsibility/Investment-related-information/2018/201811_POSORJA.pdf https://www.dpworldposorja.com.ec/en/2018/11/23/dp-world-posorja-obtains-credit-idb-construction-deepwater-port/

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Ecuador

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Water Supply and Storage, Seaport, Government, Commercial

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2024-09-27

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