Latin American Ports Bolster Security, Prevention Practices, an Industrial Info Market Brief

Faced with an explosion in the number of COVID-19 cases in Latin America, regional ports have reinforced their prevention, hygiene and security practices in order to deal with the outbreak.

In most of the ports, significant disinfection operations and rapid testing protocols for workers have been implemented.

The work continues under strict sanitary security measures.

Regarding aid and donations, all ports have reinforced their social responsibility programs to help the most vulnerable communities with food boxes, and bio-safety kits, among other things.

Industrial Info is following 273 operational ports in Latin America and 1,322 port-related capital projects worth $320 billion.