{"id":26877,"date":"2020-04-28T13:53:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T11:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aivp.org\/newsroom\/port-of-san-antonio-on-the-frontline-against-covid-19-solidarity-and-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2021-05-03T14:54:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T12:54:40","slug":"port-of-san-antonio-on-the-frontline-against-covid-19-solidarity-and-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aivp.org\/en\/newsroom\/port-of-san-antonio-on-the-frontline-against-covid-19-solidarity-and-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of San Antonio on the frontline against Covid-19: solidarity and cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social responsibility is a matter taken very seriously by the Port of San Antonio. In response to Covid-19, and in permanent cooperation with the city council and neighbourhood councils, the port authority has conducted several decontamination actions, and is committed to support in different community facilities: hospitals, rural clinics, food markets, fishermen’s facilities, and even the city’s penitentiary centre.<\/p>\n

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The Port of San Antonio<\/a> is an active member of AIVP since 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

AIVP \u2013<\/span> How does Covid-19 affect your territory? What are its main consequences on the port\u2019s activities, especially on the logistical and economic aspects?<\/em><\/h2>\n

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Carlos Mondaca Matzner, Head of Public Affairs \u2013 Puerto San Antonio, Chile – <\/strong>In the first two months of the year, we have seen a decline of the freight traffic, adding to the deterioration we have already experienced in 2019.
\nAccording to Customs figures, in the first quarter of this year Chilean foreign trade fell 12% compared to the same period last year. There is no doubt that this situaton is also affecting San Antonio.
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\nAIVP \u2013 <\/span>We reported in one of our recent special Covid-19 newsletters the help given by the port of San Antonio to the city to disinfect some of its hospitals. Can you mention other actions that you have launched to contribute to the fight against the virus?<\/em><\/h2>\n

Carlos Mondaca Matzner, Puerto San Antonio, Chile – <\/strong>In San Antonio, there are around 2,000 port workers and an equivalent number of customs employees, carriers, inspectors and other activities directly related to the traffic of goods in the port area. That is why, in our role as port authority, we took two steps: the first was to develop with our three concessionary terminals (STI, DPWorld San Antonio and Puerto Panul) a prevention plan for their employees. In addition, because of our role in the San Antonio logistics community (COLSA), we are working with the rest of the stakeholders in the supply chain who are not port workers to maintain operations with safety standards that reduce the risk of contagion between them.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Puerto San Antonio <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u00a9 Puerto San Antonio <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Within the port facilities, masks and gloves<\/strong> are systematically provided to all workers who have to work their shift directly on the ships, the number of hydroalcoholic gel<\/strong> supply points in the terminals has been increased, and every machine, equipment and surface that the port worker might come in contact with during his or her shift is disinfected with ammonium. In addition, we check the body temperature<\/strong> of every person who enters or drives a truck into our facilities.<\/p>\n

For more than ten days we have been treating all the trucks<\/strong> entering the port, paying particular attention to the products that are handled by our employees.<\/p>\n