Panama is a country on the move. The completion of the new set of locks has been part of a much larger transformation. Long known as an important transit corridor, it is now becoming a vital logistics hub. The construction of the new airport terminal will not only modernize the old structure, it will […]
More than 230 Cruise Ships to Transit the Panama Canal’s Panamax and Neopanamax Locks The Panama Canal announced that it expects to receive approximately 235 cruise ships through the Panamax and Neopanamax Locks during the upcoming 2017-2018 cruise season. Beginning in October, this will be the first full cruise season to welcome vessels through the […]
Michele Labrut writes in Seatrade Maritime News about the new record. Fourteen months after the inauguration in June 2016, Cosco Yantian became 26 June 2017, the 2,000th neo-panamax vessel to transit the expanded waterway, an example of the continuous impact on maritime trade and the industry’s confidence in the safe, reliable and efficient service the […]
After many promises and delays, the US has finally lived up to it’s word to destroy the cache of chemical weapons they used in Panama during training exercises. San Jose Island is a beautiful island that could not be used in the affected areas because of this. The United States has started destroying a stock […]
Just drink one more shot and then I’ll give you the antidote,” Chen Gangliang, the founder of China’s only camel milk company, slurs at me. We are in the sandy desert of western China but in the middle of a fish banquet, harvested from the area’s two freshwater lakes, which were supposedly formed from the […]
Chinese and Panamanian companies make up the consortiums that submitted offers ranging between $76.7 million and $77.4 million to build a new prison complex in Colón, Panama. The government ministry received the three proposals on September 18 in the best value tender for the project “Study, Design, Construction and Equipment of a New Penitentiary Complex in Colón”, which will be […]
After being postponed twice, the Panamanian government has announced that the date for opening proposals in the tender to design and build a fourth bridge will now be October 4. A statement from the Presidency states that “ …The Fourth Bridge over the Panama Canal must meet a number of requirements such as: gauge or minimum height over navigation channel of 75 […]
In 2016 countries in the region exported 41,208 tons of beef to the US, 7% more than in 2015. Figures from the information system on the Fresh, Refrigerated and Frozen Beef Market in Central America, complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: Variation of regional exports Between 2015 and 2016, the export value of fresh, chilled […]
A new Gender Parity Task Force is being established in Panama to increase the number of women entering and progressing in the labour market. Applying a model of public-private collaboration on workplace gender parity developed by the Forum and being taken forward in Latin America in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Panama […]
Another import from the US is embraced by Panama! After a weekend of ”super offers” in the main shopping centers of the country, Panama Black Weekend closed with profits that exceeded 50 million dollars, it was reported here today. Visitors from Argentina, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Peru, among other countries, benefited from discounts […]