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Antonio Franca,
Project Implementation
Director APM Terminals
Antonio Franca is the implementation direc-
tor of the Callao Port Project. He has been
working for APM Terminals since 2007,
although it was not until 2012 that he joined
the project shortly after the work began on
the remodelling, enlargement, and upgra-
ding of the Puerto de Callao project being
executed by the FCC-JJC consortium.
Tell us about your work.
As the project manager, I am in charge of
supervising the project and its objectives in
accordance with the provisions of the Con-
cession Agreement, providing the physical
assets to bolster the overall capabilities of
Callao Port.
How did the project come up?
The Port of Callao was built between 1930
and 1060. At that time, it was an impressive
infrastructure but 70 years later, it had rea-
ched the limit of its useful life.
After bidding for the Concession of the Port
of Callao, North Pier in 2011, APM Termi-
nal won the concession for the operations
of the North Terminal for a 30-year period.
One of the obligations contemplated in the
Concession Agreement was the develop-
ment and preparation of the port infrastruc-
ture for the next 50 years.
The development plan pursuant to the
Concession Agreement contemplates the
development of fie phases in which, the
two first phases will be completed in the
first quarter of 2016.
In Phase 1, 560 metres of new pier walls
were built, new buildings, a new access
was built, with 4 STS cranes (downloading
at the pier) and 12 cranes, jointly with other
equipment. Phase 2 calls for the develo-
pment of a multi-purpose 278 metre long
pier for bulk loads with a transporter sys-
tem.
Objectives of the project?
•
Improve the level of service by buil-
ding new pier walls and storage areas
and by acquiring state-of-the-art
equipment.
•
Build an infrastructure that is prepared
to handle the expected growth and
development of Peru over the next
50 years where the FCC-JJC Consor-
tium is playing an important role.
•
Improve the operational processes: we
have increase the movement of con-
tainers twofold, from 800,000 to 1.5
million tons.
•
Build and operate, which implies mi-
nimising the interruptions in current
operations as well as the construction
activities.
What have been the main challenges?
The main challenge in a project of this na-
ture is the fact that the construction work
is being carried out simultaneously as the
current operations. This, without any dou-
bt, is a work involving coordination and lo-
gistics to ensure that the different tasks are
executed on time, minimising the impact on
current operations.
How would you rate, as the client, the
work executed by the consortium, spe-
cifically by FCC?
The Consortium did a good job and execu-
ted the work successfully. The project did
not begin as had been expected; we faced
some challenges in the mobilisation period.
Nevertheless, we can assert that the initial
problems were overcome week by week.
We recognise the efforts made to complete
the project successfully.
Thanks to the good collaboration and
coordination, the Consortium was able to
minimise the impact on current operations
and that is something for which we are very
grateful.
FCC contributes experience, technical
knowledge, engineering solutions; it is clo-
se to and interrelates with the communities,
respects people and is committed to local
development.
Furthermore, its contribution in Occupatio-
nal Safety and Health has been very impor-
tant, reaching excellent safety standards at
the project. I believe that FCC has the best
team for the project, living up to the expec-
tations, challenges, and requirements.
In the image, Fernando Herrera and Antonio
Franca.