The USS Portland squeezed through the Panama Canal on Tuesday on the way to its home port of San Diego and commissioning ceremony in Portland on April 21. Transiting the canal was challenging. It is 110 feet wide. The ship, a San Antonio class amphibious landing dock, is 105 feet wide. The maximum ship width […]
Tailor made tourist packages, modifications in hotels, and learning the Mandarin language, are just some of the aspects that companies must work on in order to receive tourists from China. The bilateral tourism promotion agreement signed between the governments of China and Panama, after they reestablished diplomatic relations in June 2017, involves much more than […]
Obtaining precise and reliable figures to make better projections is the objective of the new economic council created by the builders’ union. The Economic Advisory Council for Construction (COCEC) is a new body of the builders’ union that will seek to specify data such as volumes of square meters built, housing programs, commercial, industrial, road, […]
Rail experts suggest the best train journeys across Mexico, Central America and South America for 2018. 1. Machu Picchu Train, Peru The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu was once famously lost, but is now found by more than 2,500 tourists a day. Most of them arrive by rail, on the services of either Peru Rail […]
Ileanna Hoffman writes in the HuffPost about Panama. Costa Rica touts its exotic rain forests, (Ah the power of PR) but did you consider that the exact same terrain can be found in Panama, with the added bonus of visiting the historic Panama Canal – an artificial waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Panamanians […]
American couple Suzanne and Dave Smith are selling off their Casa Cayuco Eco Adventure Lodge, in Bocas del Toro, Panama. But instead of listing their island getaway for sale, they are offering the chance for anyone who buys a $10 ticket. Dave and Suzanne have spent five years turning a former rustic lodge into one […]
More on the Park improvements slated for this year. With a loan from the IDB, several works will be carried out to improve the infrastructure of Coiba National Park in Panama. Renovation of interpretation trails, improvement of the facilities at Gambute station, adapting the potable water supply and sewage system, and overhauling of the dock […]
In 2016, the average cost of 1 kWh in Central America was 13.48 cents, while in Costa Rica, it was 18.47 cents. A report from the CEPAL indicates that in 2016, the average cost of one kilowatt hour (kWh) in Central America was 13.48 cents, while in Costa Rica it was 18.47 cents; 37% more […]
Plans are underway to build a water treatment plant in the Ancón district of the province of Panama that will include a raw water adduction line and potable water pipeline. According to the interactive platform “Construction in Central America” complied by CentralAmericaData, the National Aqueduct and Sewer Institute of Panama (Instituto de Acueducto y Alcantarillados […]
The Panama authorities have started the process of cancelling the registration of two vessels linked to trading with North Korea. The Panama Maritime Authority of (AMP) has begun cancelling the registration of the Orient Shenyu (also known as Glory Hope 1) one of 10 vessels the US called on the UN to blacklist for trading […]