US invests in Peru’s Callao as port battle with China’s Chancay megaport continues

The United States has paid to design a port infrastructure programme at Callao, the US State Department said on Thursday, as Peru moves its main naval base to expand the country’s busiest port, which rivals a Chinese-controlled megaport less than 80km up the coast at Chancay.

The US$4.5 million payment was disclosed in a note on a trip to Peru and Colombia earlier this month by Thomas DiNanno, State Department undersecretary for arms control and international security, whose remit includes...