Commision Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma
The Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma (abbreviated: CEPA) is an institution under public law ( Derecho Público con carácter autónomo y personalidad jurídica ) in El Salvador with its seat in the high-rise Torre Roble in the capital San Salvador .
As an autonomous and legally independent company, the CEPA is responsible for the development of the infrastructure and the operation of ports , airports and railways .
history
The state commission was founded in 1952 as Comisión Ejecutiva del Puerto de Acajutla . The Executive Committee was initially only responsible for the planning and construction of the Acajutla port facility; the port was built in 1961.
In 1965 the institution was renamed to its current name and responsibilities expanded: management of the railways of El Salvador, port of Cutuco. In 1976 the institution became responsible for the construction, administration and operation of the El Salvador International Airport , which began operations in 1980.
In 2001 CEPA also took over the management of the former military airfield Aeropuerto de Ilopango . There is also the seat of the Autoridad de Aviación Civil (Aviation Authority ).
Project mega-port
The last known major project of the CEPA was the planning and construction of the port facility Puerto de La Unión Centroamericana, which began with planning in 1994 during the reign of Armando Calderón Sol and was submitted to the government at the end of 2004. In March 2005, the District President Elías Antonio Saca González signed the decision to build. The project is estimated to have an investment of $ 300 million. According to press reports, the Sociedad Portuaria de Santander , a public company of Spanish origin, is to be involved in planning the infrastructure of the mega-port. Storage areas totaling one million square meters will be set up for the interim storage of merchandise. The planning was completed by CEPA in 2008.
Construction began in 2009 and completion is scheduled for 2015. After commissioning, this port will also be managed by CEPA.
Systems operated by CEPA
- Aeropuerto Internacional de El Salvador
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de El Salvador (FENADESAL)
- Puerto de Acajutla
- Puerto de Cutuco
- Puerto La Unión Centroamericana (under construction)
See also
- List of airports in El Salvador managed by CEPA.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ley orgánica de la Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma (art. 1) ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 147 kB)
- ↑ Misión y visión de CEPA ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CEPA Puerto de Acajutla ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
