The world’s largest container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk is teaming up with IBM to create an industry-wide trading platform it says can speed up trade and save billions of dollars. The global shipping industry has seen little innovation since the container was invented in the 1950s, and cross-border trade still leaves an enormous trail of […]
This is a great article that shows how we are very fortunate to be living in this age. What A Time To Be Alive John D. Rockefeller was the richest man the world had ever seen. But for most of his adult life he didn’t have electric lights, air conditioning, or sunglasses. And he never […]
In the first semester of 2017, Central American countries imported $376 million worth of electric cables, 59% more than in the same period in 2016. Data from the Central American Market for Wires, Cables and Other Electricity Conductors in Central America compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: Click to interact with graph Explore […]
As a new attempt to recover some of the activity lost in recent years, companies in the Colon Free Zone intend to approach importers in Peru. For the Colon Free Zone the South American country is attractive, since it is an importer of equipment, machinery and accessories for the production of machinery. It is also a […]
Between January and October 2017, premiums grew 4% compared to the same period in 2016, explained in part by a 9% increase in health insurance and 14% in collective life insurance. Figures published by the Comptroller General of the Republic indicate that premiums in the Individual Life insurance sector registered an increase of 4.4%, while […]
A wastewater treatment system, a cruise terminal and road works are some of the projects planned for the coming months in the country. Data from the interactive information system “Construction in Central America“, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData. Details of some projects: The National Aqueduct and Sewer Institute submitted an EIA to […]
In its new warning system for tourists, the US government included Panama and Costa Rica at the lowest risk level, Nicaragua at level 2 and Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, in the category “Reconsider Travel”. The US Department of State has announced modifications to its system of travel alerts and recommendations to citizens considering traveling […]
Kaya Larerman writes in The New York Times of a new trend for seniors in expensive rent districts. This could work anywhere, even here. Like many older Americans, Shazzi Felstein recently found herself in an unexpected financial bind. About a year ago, she noticed that her savings had dwindled. To her horror, she realized that […]
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 […]