"The elevator doors leading to the fifth-floor control center open like stage curtains onto a theater-sized screen. This "Operations Productivity Dashboard" instantaneously displays a battery of data: vehicle locations, shipping times, entry times, loading data, unloading data, efficiency statistics. Most striking, though, are the bold lines arcing over the dashboard's deep-blue Pacific-digital streaks illustrating the routes that lead thousands of miles across the ocean, from this unassuming city, to Asia's biggest ports."
"Chancay sits at a curve along the ocean, about 50 miles north of Lima. Until recently, it was best known for its medieval-themed amusement park, a crescent of beach, and a row of seaside restaurants. Now it's home to South America's newest, most technologically advanced deepwater megaport and the epicenter of China's bid to control the flow of goods to and from this commodity-rich continent."
Chancay hosts South America's newest, technologically advanced deepwater megaport equipped with an Operations Productivity Dashboard that displays vehicle locations, shipping and loading metrics, and bold digital routes across the Pacific. The port creates direct shipping lanes from Peru to Asia's largest ports, providing Peru with a long-sought role as a continental transportation hub and launch point for trans-Pacific trade. The facility offers China a faster conduit for critical minerals and agricultural commodities from South America and an expedited channel for Chinese cars, machinery, and electronics into regional markets. The project marks Peru's first involvement in China's Belt and Road Initiative and aligns with Beijing's global access strategy.
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