Peru Shipping Report Q3 2012
- Language: English
- Published: July 2012
In August the authors cautioned that future LNG exports from Peru could be at risk if talks between protesters and the country's prime minister, Javier Velasquez, did not resolve the protesters' grievances. Civil unrest, road blocks and the possibility of attacks on a gas pipeline had all jeopardised the new industry in the preceding weeks. The authors expect the Americas to become a central focus for the LNG shipping sector, a view that was reinforced by the earlier opening of South America's first LNG plant, which is located in Peru's Melchorita region, 170km south of Lima. The liquefaction project, known as Peru LNG, has a nameplate send-out capacity of 4.45mn tonnes per annum.
In June, the first LNG carriers set sail from the port of Callao to Mexico's Manzanillo terminal, from where gas will be piped to the US market. The southern provinces are protesting that the natural gas that has begun to be exported to the US and Mexico is not being used to benefit the provinces that produce it. Protestors are also unhappy about the effect the gas extraction is having on indigenous communities and the local habitat - the gas field is located close to a number of national parks. The
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Executive Summary
SWOT Analysis
Peru Shipping SWOT
Global Overview
Container Overview
Dry Bulk Overview
Liquid Bulk Overview
Industry Trends And Developments
Market Overview
Port of Callao
Overview
Terminals, Storage And Equipment
Expansions And Developments
Multi-Modal Links
Port of Paita
Overview
Terminals, Storage And Equipment
Expansions And Developments
Multi-Modal Links
Industry Forecast
Table: Major Port Data
Table: Trade Overview
Table: Key Trade Indicators
Table: Main Import Partners
Table: Main Export Partners
Company Profiles
A.P. MØLLER-MAERSK
Mediterranean Shipping Company
CMA CGM
Neptune Orient Lines (& APL)
Hapag-Lloyd
Evergreen Line
China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO)
CSAV Shipping
China Shipping (CSCL)
Hanjin Shipping
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL)
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK)
- AP MØLLER-MAERSK
- Mediterranean Shipping Company
- CMA CGM
- Neptune Orient Lines
- Hapag-Lloyd
- Evergreen Line
- China Ocean Shipping Company
- CSAV Shipping
- China Shipping
- Hanjin Shipping
- Mitsui OSK Lines
- Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
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