Costa Rican police officers yesterday (Thursday 14 June) re-opened two docks at the Port of Moin on the Central American country’s Caribbean coastline following a strike by workers, according to local media reports.
Operations resumed with six vessels docking at the port after riot teams and members of specialised units from the Ministry of Public Security took control of the two main roads in the Limón province which provide access to the port for almost 80 per cent of Costa Rica’s trade, reports said.
The dock workers from the unions of the Atlantic Port Administration (Japdeva) were apparently protesting the government’s decision to grant a new dock concession to Dutch logistics group APM Terminals.
Local media said dock workers refused to load and unload containers during the two-day standoff, effectively paralysing the loading and unloading of containers on both docks.
APM was last year awarded the concession to build and manage a terminal port at Moín through a project worth almost US$1bn.
