The MOL Majesty — the first container ship to reach Miami after passing through the expanded Panama Canal — was greeted with a water cannon salute on July 9 and a dockside celebration. Speaker after speaker extolled Miami’s arrival in the big-ship era before settling down to an all-American barbecue. The Miami celebration echoed the […]
The Panama Canal expansion has now been completed and so far it has made little difference to grain shipments, but it may lead to more US, Colombian and Canadian coal transiting through the canal, sources said. The new neo-Panamax locks were officially opened at the end of last month and the expanded canal can now […]
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) took nine years to deliver the expansion project that was once touted as a game-changer to the world trade in liquefied natural gas (LNG). It was thought when the project was conceived that the expanded canal, capable of allowing the passage of a typical 170,000 cubic metre, long-haul LNG carrier […]
The first cargo of liquefied natural gas set to pass through the newly expanded Panama Canal locks will be American. Shell set to send tanker carrying U.S. LNG through canal BP scheduled to send second tanker through the following day Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Maran Gas Apollonia vessel is scheduled to pass through the canal […]
Two University of Oregon geologists walked into a bar. And a fight broke out. OK, wait. There was no fight. But a legendary professional boxer did stop by their table to see if they had enjoyed their dinner. Ray Weldon immediately recognized the visitor as Roberto Duran, the former world champion with titles in four […]
In June, thousands of people celebrated the opening of the new and wider Panama Canal locks, doubling the canal’s capacity and allowing vessels half again as large as before to cut across Panama between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Panama marked the long-awaited opening of the expanded canal with a cocktail party hosted by the […]
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Jim Dobson an “Ultimate Luxury Experience” writer contributed this piece to Forbes about the newest addition of luxury resorts coming to Bocas del Toro. Viceroy Hotel Group has announced plans for Viceroy Bocas del Toro Panama, a resort and residences set to open in 2019. The destination, located above crystal-blue Caribbean waters on the edge […]
Tender documents are being prepared for the construction of the new center in the province of Chiriqui, which will have an area of 4,000 square meters and capacity for 2,000 people. From a statement issued by the Tourism Authority of Panama: The first green convention center in Central America will be built in Boquete, Chiriqui […]
Dunkin’ Brands, parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, has announced that Grupo Tagaropulos has acquired 13 Dunkin’ Donuts stores and seven Baskin-Robbins shops in the Central American country of Panama. This makes the group the brands’ sole franchisee in that country, according to a press release. Grupo Tagaropulos has decades of experience in Panama-based food and retail concepts. […]