The Canal’s leadership and industry representatives in Singapore, Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan renewed their commitment to boost regional and global trade A Panama Canal delegation led by Administrator Jorge L. Quijano recently returned from Asia following meetings with customers and maritime, commerce, energy and infrastructure organizations to discuss the waterway´s operations and further […]
Vessels transiting the Panama Canal can now take advantage of HullWiper Ltd’s innovative and eco-friendly hull cleaning solution, with the establishment of the first HullWiper operations base in the Americas, in partnership with leading provider of subsea services Talleres Industriales, S.A. The agreement forms part of HullWiper’s global leasing program introduced in 2017, which works […]
At the end of last year, the Panama Canal had a problem: too much water. Torrential rains had swollen its main water source, the artificial Lake Gatún, beyond capacity, forcing the canal authority to open the floodgates to evacuate the excess out into the Atlantic. But in a twist of meteorological fate, amplified by climate […]
Open Blue is an example of the progress here in Panama in the aquaculture industry. A fishery improvement project (FIP) is driving the Panama small pelagic fishery toward full certification to the IFFO RS standard, according to a press release. The fishery has transitioned onto the new IFFO RS improver program (IFFO RS IP) procedures against V2.0 of […]
The New York Times associates, Ben Protess and Steve Eder report on the never ending Trump story in Panama. The owners of a luxury hotel in Panama City that ousted the Trump Organization as property managers last year accused it on Monday of evading taxes in Panama and creating a “false light” around the hotel’s […]
It is time to start planning for the next Boquete Jazz and Blues Festival. Tickets go on sale June 15, and it looks like we are back in Valle Escondido again this next year. Check out the great line up for next year.
OMG!!! It’s Chris’s famous Jalapeno Popper Burger!! Chris Young and team are in a race with David Care, another wonderful chef here in Boquete to see who can open more dining venues. We now have a dozen fine dining places and another dozen casual dining venues to choose from. People ask me about the cost […]
Newsroom Panama reported on this years Best of Panama Coffee competition. Panama’s Lamastus family has again been crowned the royal family of geisha coffee produced in the highlands of Chiriqui. with a score of 95.25 out 100, Elida Geisha Green Tip Natural, from Lamastus Family Estates, won the first prize in the geisha category with […]
Acciona Construcción, S.A.’s proposal was the best qualified in the tender for the construction and equipment of the new Children’s Hospital in Panama. The CAMCE Consortium’s proposal totaled $613 million and that of Consorcio Acciona Construcción, S.A. was $614 million, both presented at the public ceremony held on April 15. See “Two Proposals for Hospital […]
Thanks and a hat tip to Mike Traynor for this “on point” video.