USTDA Supports Vessel Traffic Improvements at El Salvador's Port La Union
March 30, 2012
(USTDA)
ARLINGTON, VA – Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded a
grant to El Salvador's Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma (CEPA), to support
a technical assistance program for the development of vessel traffic
improvements at the Port of La Unión. CEPA, the Salvadoran government entity
responsible for developing and managing the nation's transportation
infrastructure, intends to expand operations at the port under a public-private
partnership.
The $216,582 technical assistance grant will help CEPA facilitate the safe
passage of shipping vessels through the port's approach channel by assessing
vessel traffic management and navigation, dredging and maintenance, and tug boat
and pilot boat service. CEPA intends to undertake improvement programs in these
areas to ensure safe access to the port and to promote a successful
public-private partnership.
The grant awarded today supports the Administration's Partnership for Growth
Initiative in El Salvador, which is an innovative approach to bilateral
cooperation that joins the United States and El Salvador as partners in
advancing El Salvador's economic growth.
The opportunity to conduct the USTDA-funded technical assistance will be
competed on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website. Links to the FBO
announcement will be posted on USTDA's website at www.ustda.gov. Interested U.S.
firms should submit proposals according to the instructions in the FBO
announcement. CEPA will select the U.S. contractor that will carry out the
technical assistance.
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