Environmental impacts of China’s Chancay Port persist five months after its launch in Peru – May 3, 2025

...The Chancay Port has been operating since November 2024 with the Multipurpose Port Terminal of Chancay, managed by Cosco Shipping Ports Chancay Peru, a company under the Chinese regime and primarily controlled by the Chinese firm Cosco Shipping...

Infobae Peru has been reporting for several months—since before the inauguration—on issues in the area related to the construction of the Megaport, demographic disruptions, and also the environmental impact.

In an interview with this outlet, Vladimir Cantoral, president of the citizens' association Frente de Defensa por la Dignidad y Libertad de Chancay (Freddlich), revealed that not only is the Santa Rosa Wetland—located next to the port terminal—receiving less and less sand, but the situation at Chorrillos beach remains unresolved...

As previously reported in February, the association of Chancay residents filed a complaint against the Chinese company Cosco Shipping for environmental crimes with the Provincial Environmental Crime Prevention Prosecutor’s Office in Huaral.

The latest developments at Chorrillos beach reveal a situation directly linked to the actions—or lack thereof, according to Cantoral—surrounding Chancay Port. Cantoral reports that due to ruptured pipelines from local fish-processing factories, much of the beach has become contaminated...

The breakwater being referenced was built by Cosco at the Chancay Port, according to the president of the Chancay association. “The breakwater acts like a barrier. It prevents sediment that would naturally travel from the southern to the northern part of Chancay from moving. The company’s environmental commitment was to transfer sand,” Vladimir adds.

He also claims that the beach is increasingly eroding because Cosco has not yet carried out the necessary sediment transfer...