Scheduled maintenance at the Panama Canal’s Miraflores Locks Aug. 29-Sept. 10 could severely impact canal capacity and extend transit delays for “days, if not weeks after completion,” shipping sources have said. Shipping agents working with tanker owners recommended their customers apply for an early transit booking to avoid delay in a message to its customers […]
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) shipped 37 tons of humanitarian aid to Haiti from Panama on Thursday, five days after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake left nearly 2,000 dead and tens of thousands of families homeless in that impoverished Caribbean nation. The plane transporting emergency supplies from the federation’s humanitarian warehouse […]
On July 29, 2021, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Tax Division, and the IRS Commissioner all announced that a federal court in New York had entered an order “authorizing the IRS to issue summonses requiring multiple couriers and financial institutions […]
The number of migrants trekking through one of the world’s most dangerous jungles to reach the U.S. has surged nearly twentyfold since the start of the year, overwhelming towns along the route and threatening to aggravate the crisis at the U.S. southern border. More than 19,000 migrants walked to Panama from Colombia last month, compared […]
With the same ticket and at no additional cost in their airfare, the traveler will be able to visit 2 destinations for one, by staying in Panama between one and six nights. The Panamanian Copa Airlines and the Tourism Promotion Fund (Promtur) announced this Thursday the resumption of the Panama Stopover program, which offers […]
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he Panama Canal reaches 107 years this Sunday as a “facilitator of world trade”, despite the impact of the covid-19 pandemic, which accelerated changes and forced sanitary practices to save the well-being of its human team and the crews of its clients, highlighted the waterway. Since its inauguration on August 15, 1914, the interoceanic highway […]
Officials of Panama and Colombia agreed Friday to restrict the growing flow of migrants, mainly Cubans and Haitians, who have been crossing the Darien Gap that marks the border between the two countries. The foreign ministers of both countries said they will announce a target number for migrants this week. The figure will be determined […]
The tender was called five months ago and Astican subsidiary Astilleros Puerto Balboa (Astibal) is to pay Panama $14.4m as a fee during the 20 years of concession The fee is higher than the $12m which was the official price of the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) modified by addendum to the bidding terms, since it […]
Panama renewed an agreement on maritime transport with China, granting more advantages for ship owners who have registered their vessels under its flag, the Panamanian Embassy to Korea said in a statement.The agreement, which was first signed in May 2018 for three years, was renewed and came into effect July 20 after negotiations between the […]