Plan de contingencia para los principales puertos marítimos comerciales del Ecuador en época de pandemia

Abstract

The research work entitled Contingency Plan for the main seaports trade of Ecuador in times of pandemic aims to propose a series of strategies to improve the current situation in seaports, in which it was applied a mixed research approach, with an explanatory and descriptive level, using bibliographic sources and field study. The instruments used were a checklist based on parameters that relate to the performance of operations both in the administrative and operational areas. A survey was carried out to the port workers of Esmeraldas, Manta, and Guayaquil to measure the impact on a personal - professional level of the pandemic caused by Covid - 19, which reflected a high level with 51%, medium with 31%, and low with 12%. Some strategies to improve activities in port terminals during a pandemic were developed, which are: Training plans, care in cases of respiratory symptoms, acquisition of biosafety equipment, gauging and signaling, personal protection equipment, and actions for the arrival of international traffic ships according to their level of emergency. It can be concluded that the information obtained from the different bibliographic sources allowed to establish the stages of a contingency plan that are: evaluation, planning, viability, execution, and recovery, which allowed taking into account internal factors and external activities that take place in the port facilities due to the activities carried out by both the personnel of the operational area that is in charge of carrying out the handling of the load and the administrative area. It is recommended to consider the present degree work without sparing costs for implementing the proposed strategies.