Having just returned from our cruise at the Port of Colon, I can say that the new port location on Amador will give Panama a huge edge on the WOW factor upon passengers arriving to the City. I am afraid the Colon will always remain the same no matter how many parks they try to build in the City.
The consortium formed by China Harbor Engineering Company Limited and Jan de Nul Panama has been awarded a contract to design, build and operate a cruise terminal in Amador.
The Panama Maritime Authority has awarded the consortium Cruceros del PacÃfico a contract to design, build and operate a cruise terminal on Perico Island, in the Amador Causeway. The tender, in which only the winning consortium participated, was postponed several times, at the request of the companies who had expressed their interest during the approval process.
Prensa.com reports that “…The Costa Rican company Meco had shown interest in the project and its representatives attended the act for delivering proposals, but before the time expired to deliver their documentation, they withdrew leaving only the consortium Cruceros del PacÃfico.
“…Â Hugo GarcÃa, coordinator of the Special Projects Unit at the AMP commented that the consortium will make adjustments to the design submitted, but will respect the guidelines of the specifications.
Tom,
The big story that remains untold in Panama City is the construction [or lack there of] of the replacement bridge for the Bridge of the Americas. The daily traffic jams at the Bridge of the Americas are mind boggling with huge…….HUGE back ups from the wee hours in the morning and the wee hours at night! Residents at the City of Panama Pacifico were told the new bridge would be completed by now and yet construction has not even been started all these years later. What is going on? Please see what you can find out and let us all know. You might start by contacting the big office of the URS Corporation downtown that has designed the new bridge. With all the new construction going on in Panama what has happened to it’s most important bridge project?