The world’s largest container shipping line, Moeller-Maersk A/S, won a contract to build and operate a 1.1 billion US dollars pier at Peru’s largest port, the government announced in Lima.
Finance Minister Ismael Benavides said Peru's economy should grow between 8% and 8.5% this year, with inflation ending the year from 2.2% to 2.5%. The Peruvian Central Bank latest forecast was annual growth of 7.5% to 8%.