A bill is promoting the transfer of powers of the National Council of Port Concessions, to a Maritime Port Council.

The project, presented by Victor Granados, entitled, “Ports and Maritime Law”, proposes the establishment of a Maritime Port Council, which would have as its responsibilities planning issues and sea-port policies in the country. The Maritime Port Council would become the new port authority under the command of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT).

“Today operation and port concession schemes are disconnected. On one side, the power to grant public works concession, including port expansions, lies with the National Concessions Council (CNC). It is a body which is fully decentralized from the MOPT and has an instrumental legal identity. There are two authorities for port administration: the Costa Rican Institute of Pacific Ports (Incop) in the case of Caldera, and the Board of Port Administration and Economic Development of the Atlantic (Japdeva), in the Caribbean province of Limon”, writes Gerardo Ruiz for Elfinancierocr.com

If approved the initiative would be consolidated into a single entity for concessions and port management.

Source: El Financiero