Puerto Exterior is a country project. This is the largest investment at the moment in Chile, with a view to the next 100 years. Its development is in charge of Puerto San Antonio for the benefit of Chile, its foreign trade, the national economy and the sustainable development of San Antonio and neighboring communities.
This important initiative will require an investment of 3,500 million dollars, earmarked for port infrastructure, road planning and urban spaces.
The governments of presidents Ricardo Lagos Escobar, Michelle Bachelet Jeria, Sebastián Piñera Echenique and Gabriel Boric Font have ratified the importance of the execution of this project and the role that San Antonio has and that Puerto Exterior will have as the gateway to Chile.
The Outer Port has been designed to mobilize up to 6 million TEUs (a 20-foot container) per year and receive class E container ships. These ships have a length (length) of about 400 meters and a maximum capacity of 15,000 TEU. This new work will have eight berths for large ships and two terminals of about 96 hectares each.
