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Costa Rica Government Prevents APM Terminals From Putting Container Scanner to Work
Since March APM Terminals in Limón announced they now had the most modern container scanner in Latin America which helps verify all the cargos traveling to the United States and Europe as a tool to battle illegal traffic of weapons, drugs, cash radioactive materials, plagues, etc. The But.....In order to put the scanner to work the Government of Costa Rica has to invest in a monitoring center w...
Costa Rican Authorities Seize Almost Three Tons of Cocaine so Far This Week
In separate police raids, Costa Rican authorities confiscated almost three tons of cocaine this week with a street value of over 33 million USD. Police operations carried out in the South Pacific of Costa Rica concluded with a total 456 kilograms of cocaine seized and four men arrested. Public Police Force located a vessel carrying the load of drugs in the area of Dominical in the South Paci...
The Yearly Boat Owners Tax you Didn’t Know Existed in Costa Rica
As explained in a previous article, December is time for all owners of motorcycles, automobiles, SUVs, Pick-ups and trucks in Costa Rica to pay the MARCHAMO, which is collected by INS (National Insurance Company). We mentioned that the largest amount to pay on the marchamo is a government tax created in 1987, when law #7088 took effect creating a property tax against all vehicles, airplanes and bo...
Moin Container Terminal in Limon Costa Rica Begins Operation
The Container Terminal in Moin, Limon, began operations this past week in a first stage, although officially it won’t be inaugurated until February 2019. The terminal expects to be servicing an average 10 vessels a week by the start of 2019, increasing gradually the number of services offered. “The start of operations of the Moin Container Terminal broadens the scene of our international com...
Moin Container Terminal Will Start Receiving its First Commercial Vessels this Week
As of this coming Friday, the Moin Container Terminal in Limón will be ready to receive commercial boats as its first berth is ready to operate. The Moín megaport, is built over a 40 hectare artificial island,it will be equipped with six port cranes which are unique in the country and will allow Costa Rica to provide for the first time services to Post-Panamex vessels with capacity for 8,500 +...
Public Security in Costa Rica Takes Control of Ports, Airports and Fuel Supply in Response to Strike by Labor Unions
Following instructions given by President Carlos Alvarado, Costa Rica’s Public Security took control this Sunday evening of the ports of Limon and Moin of the Atlantic Zone Development and Port Administration Group (JAPDEVA), the Costa Rican Oil Refinery (Recope) and the Juan Santamaria and Daniel Oduber international airports in Alajuela and Liberia respectively. “With these actions we are gua...
Ferry to Paquera in Costa Rica Resumes Normal Operation
Starting this Friday, December 15, the Naviera Tambor ferry that provides service between Puntarenas and the southern Nicoya Peninsula town of Paquera will resume its operations with normality after working in a reduced scheduled since early October. One of the vessels (Tambor 2) had been out of service and in maintenance in Cartagena, Colombia but has not been fixed. The service will go back t...
Costa Rica’s Pacific Caldera Port Gets $20M Investment in Infrastructure
With an eye to receiving more and larger ships in the near future, the pacific port of Caldera, in the province of Puntarenas, is getting a much-needed boost to its facilities. The US$20 million improvements aim to decrease wait time for ships to load and unload, thus making the port an attractive option by saving ships money. President of the Republic, Luis Guillermo Solís and the First Lad...
Business vs. Nature as Costa Rica’s Planned Interoceanic ‘Dry Canal’ Moves Ahead
A mega rail and road cargo transportation project that would completely bisect Costa Rica east-west through its northern region seems to have the makings of a future conservationist versus businessman standoff. The details of the project's location have been kept nebulous, while those in the shipping, trade and transport sectors tout the economic benefits of a future rapid interoceanic system t...
