The arrival of the first car carrier to a port in the Bio Bio Region required two months of work and management by AGUNSA.
It is the MV Viking Sea, operated by the Hyundai Glovis shipping company, which will discharge 2,153 vehicles.
San Vicente Terminal Internacional (SVTI) received the first car carrier ship in the history of the Bio Bio Region ports. The ship has arrived in the area due to the congestion that is registered for this type of vessels in the port complex of San Antonio.
This type of operation could become frequent in the Bio Bio Region given the capacity of the ports and because a large number of new cars, vans and trucks that arrive in Chile are destined for the south central zone of the country.
Seeing that a large percentage of the cars that are discharged in San Antonio also reach the southern area of the country, there is a significant number of cars that go from Talca to Puerto Montt that, perfectly, could be unloaded in the area, although there is an apprehension of customers that there is no armed logistics and everything associated with the treatment of cars, that can be implemented.
The ports are capable of carry out a good operation, San Vicente is a very good alternative like Lirquén port.
AGUNSA's Regional Manager in Bio Bio also stated that his company is trying to deliver all its knowledge to the different terminals so that the Bio Bio ports can continue to be considered for the operation of Ro/Ro ships.
We have been in the business for many years, many years working with this type of car carrier vessel, so we can perfectly transfer our knowledge to the ports of the region and this is what we have been doing with Lirquén and San Vicente so that our clients make the decision to operate in the area.
What we want is that our clients have berth upon arrival and hopefully they can discharge their cars and that they be delivered as soon as possible to the car dealers.
