PORT REHAB

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The project's objectives are to (i) strengthen Empresa Puertos de Colombia S.A. (COLPUERTOS) managerial, financial, administrative and operational capabilities to improve port services and reduce operational costs; (ii) upgrade port capacity by restoring port installations and increasing port productivity so as to enable the public port system to cope with future traffic demand and endure adequate support to Colombia's foreign trade. The project consists of (a) civil works to rehabilitate existing port installations and to upgrade port utilities; (b) provision of heavy cargo handling equipment, workshop machinery and tools, second-hand tugboats, training equipment and material, and computer hardware; and (c) management, operational, engineering and training consulting services.