パナマ運河庁;ACP(la Autoridad del Canal de Panama)は、パナマ運河拡張工事の資金難による契約違反の1´6000´000´000＄の追加工事資金拒否による運河企業合同体;GUPC(el Grupo Unidos por el Canal)(スペイン企業のSacyr Vallehermoso会社とイタリア企業のImpregilo会社など)の工事停止問題で、早くともパナマ運河拡張工事は、予定されていた2014年6月ではなく、2015年12月にズレこむ予想。問題が解決されなければ、もっと工事はおくれる公算が大きい
La ampliación del Canal de Panamá se retrasa hasta diciembre de 2015
Panamá dejará de ganar 95 millones de dólares por los atrasos causados por la crisis en la gestión de las obras
José Meléndez San José (Costa Rica) 13 FEB 2014 - 04:18 CET
The Panama Canal expansion is delayed until December 2015
Panama will win $ 95 million for delays caused by the crisis in the management of works
José Meléndez San José (Costa Rica) 13 FEB 2014 - 4:18 CET
Although the financial crisis on the project to expand the Panama Canal en route to settlement, surf the conflict begins to emerge : the expansion of the waterway completed in December 2015 and not in June of that year, with a delay six months for the impact of that work are paralyzed from the previous 5 February. And if the card next Tuesday negotiations between Grupo Unidos por el Canal ( GUPC ) crumbles , the consortium led by the Spanish Sacyr Vallehermoso and Italy's Impregilo and the Panama Canal Authority (ACP ) , the delay will more prolonged .
To tarnish the stage, Panama suffer a "loss of earnings " of more than $ 95 million for six months because it is inhibited to use two locks that since 2009 , began to be built by GUPC in Panamanian coastline on the Atlantic and Pacific .
That and other messages left Panamanian Jorge Quijano, ACP Administrator , in its thorough hearing on Wednesday to account for the crisis before a packed plenary session sparsely National Assembly ( unicameral Congress). After winning in 2009 the tender to build the locks of the canal expansion , with an offer of 3,118 million dollars, and sign a contract that year to begin the work , undertook to conclude in October 2014 , but in 2012 it emerged and completion delays first passed June 2015.
Quijano made it clear that the parliamentary full $ 400 million are essential
Now everything is expected to begin operations in December next year.
The delay also will impact that Panama also may offer and sell the services of new locks to customers and other users with larger vessels than can currently transit the route opened in 1914 and hoped to start receive first in October 2014 and then in June 2015 .
Quijano said that the expansion that began in 2007 with a budget of 5,250 million dollars, will be ready in 2015, " with or without " GUPC , under contract to both parties or with other options.
The trouble broke out on 1 January, when he announced GUPC ACP and rejected - that January 20 would suspend the work if the state agency refuses to pay 1,600 million dollars missing from her cash flow for expenses incidental additions in the lock construction to expand the path . Although the deadline of January 20 was accomplished without agreement , ACP and GUPC continued to negotiate with a limit to 31 the previous month ran to February 4 . The talks concluded the night of February 4 beyond repair and the next day, the group suspended work on the locks, main stretch of enlargement.
Still, optimism Quijano also led legislators to explain that the settlement of the dispute is that the insurance plan Zürich America accept a cofinancing agreement between ACP and GUPC . The manager, who has calculated that the works are more than 65 % complete, was confident that the response of the insurer is positive.
At the junction of proposals and counterproposals , the ACP remains an offer that raised the 7 January anticipate $ 100 million , in exchange for GUPC contribution of $ 100 million advance . But the key is under the insurer agrees to inject $ 400 million , which are as performance bond and a loan will become the Group, and to grant a moratorium of two months to repay the consortium cancels a 748 million anticipated that the Authority.
At the negotiating table is the " solution" and "one dollar out of the contract is not negotiated ," he said , to point out that if there is an agreement of the three parties, the work may be resumed in two days. However, the ultimate financial architecture for the revival of the works are still subject to negotiations and to refine the details .
Quijano made it clear that the parliamentary full $ 400 million are essential , because without those resources , calling it essential for the co-financing mechanism , agreements between the two parties " may fall " . The administrator of the Authority was quick to stress that the two sides " have not yet concluded the agreement in writing , we do not say that ( the current process ) have been successful until captured " in a document.
In spite of that real and possible solutions to the looming conflict with GUPC , Quijano told the deputies , the dispute should be resolved next Tuesday, in one or another way, and that " patience has an end." " These negotiations are to be concluded by next Tuesday . If not, we will have to take another course. If for some reason (the agreement ) is dropped, it will not be for us and therefore we should make a hostile move , "he warned .
Quijano also forgot to tell lawmakers that although the possibility of terminating the contract would open protracted litigation , " is still on the table."
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