Before discussing the strategic importance of the so-called “Chancay megaport”, that is, its logistical value in the configuration of a world that is becoming decentralized, based on a multipolar global reality and the deepening of commercial activities between Latin America and China, “the Asian giant,” it is essential to understand that the construction of ports has as its primary objective the creation of structures that favor the transfer of passengers and goods between sea and land, and vice versa. These are infrastructures that are of vital importance for the development of logistical flows, as they are connectors of the entry and exit of goods, serving as strategic points of international production, distribution, and transportation systems.

As these are points that enable the departure and arrival of maritime transport, mentioning just one example of their logistical function, ports have a great competitive advantage in maximizing the management operations of manufactured goods, enhancing commercial processes. The tasks of loading, unloading, transfer of passengers and cargo, storage, and deposit are essential for the effective operation of the activities that make international trade possible. Their logistical function transcends even handling, manufacturing, and distribution processes, exhibiting a multifunctional character that permeates the productive and logistical sphere, expressed in tourist, industrial, and business activities that go beyond the traditional idea of a mere facilitator of modal exchange processes and globalization processes.

Before referring to the strategic importance of the so-called “Chancay Megaport,” that is, its logistical value in the configuration of a world that is becoming decentralized, based on a multipolar global reality and the deepening of commercial activities between Latin America and China, “the Asian giant,” it is essential to understand that the construction of ports has as its primary objective to create structures that favor the transfer of passengers and goods between sea and land, and vice versa. These are infrastructures that are of vital importance for the development of logistical flows, as they are connectors of the entry and exit of goods, serving as strategic points of production, distribution, and transportation systems at the international level.

As these are points that make possible the departure and arrival of maritime transport, mentioning just one example of their logistical function, ports have a great competitive advantage when it comes to maximizing the management operations of manufactured goods, enhancing commercial processes. Loading, unloading, transfer of passengers and cargo, storage, and warehousing are essential for the effective operation of the activities that make trade between countries possible. Its logistical function transcends, even to handling, manufacturing, and distribution processes, exhibiting a multifunctional character that permeates the productive and logistical sphere, expressed in tourism, industrial, and business activities, which go beyond the traditional idea of a mere facilitator of modal exchange processes and globalization processes.

To get a closer look at the activities carried out in these immense structures, it is important to know that they integrate three large areas or zones: the maritime zone, the land zone, and the connectivity zone.

The first of these refers to the physical infrastructure that makes it possible for vessels to access the port itself. The second is related to the maneuverability tasks at the dock level, the boarding and disembarkation of passengers, and everything related to equipment and mechanics of cranes, winches (lifting equipment), suction devices, pumps, and all types of storage for receiving goods. Finally, the third is related to different infrastructures that allow the operations of land transport means (railway and road transport). Specifically, it is about towing equipment for loading or unloading goods from vessels and parking lots and access roads and platforms that connect with storage areas.

The above reflects that the construction of ports translates into a type of truly costly and ambitious engineering work, which requires the deployment of planning and logistical strategies, manpower, and resources that allow the creation of facilities and equipment necessary to facilitate the transport and commercialization of goods.

Now, regarding the possibility of materializing the thesis, in which Peru is seen as the main logistics center of the Pacific in Latin America, through the operation of the Chancay Megaport (called the Shanghai of South America), under the responsibility of the Chinese company Cosco Shipping, opinions of experts begin to circulate, indicating that its construction

To make this mega port the main logistics center in South American Pacific, it is important to specify its constitution. Let’s take a look at its three main components:

● The port operating zone: composed of pier-type docks (which extend from the land to the sea, perpendicular or with a slight incline), maritime entry channels, maintenance and storage areas for containers.

● Entry complex: which includes the vehicle anteport, with entry gates and an area for customs inspection; other areas for logistics services and administrative and support offices.

● The underground tunnel: which will function as a connector between the entry complex and the port operating zone. With a length of 1.8 kilometers and a depth of 18 meters, it will form an exclusive road corridor for cargo transit, linked to port operations and integrated by three vehicular lanes, two strips for solid bulk transport, and pipelines for liquid bulk.

As can be seen, it is both a global initiative of the Chinese state and a strategic development north of Lima, which will undoubtedly constitute a fundamental ally in logistics, port and industrial matters, exhibiting a construction of great magnitude, through which an attempt will be made to move one million containers per year.

The Chancay mega port, in its two dimensions: the port and the logistics complex, adds to an advanced initiative focused on free trade, achieving greater financial integration, greater investment in infrastructure, and of course, greater connectivity of the Chinese state worldwide, whose support, in this new opportunity, is executed with the collaboration of the Peruvian government.

Latin America continues to advance as the emerging market with the greatest potential in the world. The Chancay port represents an opportunity in the continent that will positively transform commercial exchange and the development of a variety of industries, which will have alternatives to expand and accelerate their operations in the region.