Port Advisory · Business Growth

Specialized consulting for the port, maritime and logistics sectors

DUAGA advises port authorities, operators, financial institutions, investors, multilateral organizations, government agencies and companies connected with port and logistics development. The firm supports projects, operations and institutions at different stages of development, bringing together market analysis, capacity and operations, investment and financing, contractual and institutional structuring, and modernization alternatives.

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About DUAGA

International experience and specialized sector knowledge

DUAGA is a consulting firm headquartered in the United States with experience built across 24 countries in the Americas and the Indo-Pacific. The firm has taken part in port, maritime, logistics and multimodal projects for public, private and financial sector clients.

Its track record covers new projects, expansions, operating assets, concessions, investment and financing processes, restructurings, logistics corridors, free trade zones, shipyards, digital systems and international technical assistance programs. Engagements bring together the disciplines each project and its stage of development require.

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Services

Seven service lines

DUAGA's offering brings together analysis, planning, structuring, assessment, operations, regulation and sustainability capabilities that can be combined according to the requirements of each engagement.

Strategy and market

Markets, demand, cargo flows, hinterlands, corridors and competition.

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Planning and infrastructure

Master plans, capacity, functional layout, connectivity and investment phasing.

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Structuring

Projects, concessions, PPPs, operating models, investment and financing.

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Due diligence and ITA

Independent assessments for lending, investment, expansion and restructuring.

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Optimization and digital

Capacity, processes, simulation, automation, data and port systems.

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Governance and regulation

Port policy, regulation, contracts, governance and institutional strengthening.

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Sustainability and resilience

Sustainability, continuity, adaptation, value chains and risk management.

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Selected experience

Projects delivered across different markets and stages

The published experience brings together studies, technical advisory, structuring processes, independent assessments, development plans and modernization projects that show the scope of DUAGA's practice.

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Proprietary methodology

CRECE methodology

The Strategic Cycle of Resilience and Business Growth (CRECE, its acronym in Spanish) organizes work into five stages under an iterative and incremental approach to project management. Applying it makes it possible to revisit the assessment, the planning, the implementation and the performance as the conditions of the project, the operation and the market evolve.

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Assessment

Current situation, constraints and opportunities.

Planning

Objectives, alternatives, priorities and resources.

Implementation

Rollout and coordination of actions.

Optimization

Performance review and adjustments.

Monitoring and control

Tracking of results and external conditions.

Iterative and incremental management

Professional capacity

Professional experience for highly specialized projects

DUAGA assembles multidisciplinary teams according to the scope, location and disciplines required. Its network brings together senior consultants and specialists with executive, advisory and technical experience in ports, transportation and logistics, including professionals with more than four decades of professional practice.

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Markets and demandProfessionals with more than 40 years in port consulting and accumulated experience across more than 50 market studies, cargo forecasts, international trade and maritime economics.

Planning and developmentSpecialists with experience in more than 60 port and intermodal projects, from feasibility studies and master planning through design, asset management and phased development.

Operations and intermodal systemsExperience in terminal operations, freight transportation, supply chains, road and rail systems, simulation, productivity and automation.

Finance and investmentExperience in structuring, financial modeling, due diligence, financing, valuation, sensitivity analysis and debt restructuring.

Design and spatial planningExperience in GIS, CAD, UAV, spatial modeling, land use planning, concept designs and technical visualization.

Technology and resilienceExperience in TOS, PCS, automation, digital architecture, data, cybersecurity, continuity, electrification, decarbonization and analytics.

Juan Andrés Duarte, Founder and CEO of DUAGA — Founder and CEO
Juan Andrés Duarte

“Port and logistics projects require connecting market, capacity, operations, investment, financing, regulation and technology. At DUAGA we work on that interaction to structure analysis and solutions that match the conditions of each market and each asset.”

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Institutional relationships

Clients, institutions and partners

DUAGA has worked and collaborated with port authorities, operators, international financial institutions, multilateral organizations, government agencies and specialized firms.

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