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Port of Acajutla Secures Three Hundred Million Dollars in International Financing for Major Expansion

The Autonomous Executive Port Commission of El Salvador has finalized a three hundred million United States dollar financing agreement with regional development banks to expand container capacity and logistics infrastructure at the Port of Acajutla, aiming to capture growing Pacific trade and nearshoring manufacturing demand.
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