One of the approved technical standards establishes the chemical, physical, and performance requirements of general and specialty cements for both imported and locally produced products. Ministerial resolutions also include packaging, transportation, storage and use requirements. The standard can be purchased by the interested public at the Standards Information Center of the General Directorate of Standards […]
Changes in legislation restricting the use of disposable plastic containers and packaging force companies to look for other options, some of which could be up to five times more expensive. Although the ban will begin to apply twenty-four months after the law enters into force, companies are already beginning to analyze what the implications of […]
Dive Brief: Ocean carriers are calling on the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) to delay a change to its toll structure taking effect on Jan. 1, 2020, the same day as the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) new sulfur regulations, according to a press release from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) […]
I promised myself I wouldn’t stare. As part of the Caravan tour to Panama, we were scheduled to visit the Embera tribe, a group of indigenous peoples where the women are naked from the waist up. I’m not sure whether I was disappointed or relieved to find them fully clothed–clearly dressed up for the tourists. […]
Costa Rican and Panamanian officials on Tuesday arrested nearly 50 people linked to an international network suspected of smuggling migrants from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean through Central America and toward the United States, prosecutors said. In one of the largest operations against people smugglers conducted in the country, Costa Rican migration police and prosecutors […]
Megan McCormick takes an epic trip through Colombia and Panama: 2 countries that remain refreshingly untouched by mass tourism. Panama, in Central America is a country world famous for its canal, with mesmerizing landscapes and vibrant cultural life. She then travels down to South America and Colombia where – despite its recent troubles – she […]
It’s whale watching season again and we are reserving a private boat for Susie and I to take my daughter Ashleigh on day trip to the islands off of Boca Chica. Another day, another story. Starting August 1 and until November 30, 2019, the Panama Canal will promote the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s […]
The Washington Post wrote an article on the inauguration of the third build over the Panama Canal. Panama has inaugurated the third bridge connecting the country’s eastern and western halves over the Panama Canal. The $380 million bridge built by the Panama Canal Authority two decades after the U.S. turned the canal over to Panama […]
Paraguay plans to turn its remote, sparsely populated northwest into an international transport hub and a key link between ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America, in a proposal its government likens to a latter-day Panama Canal. Investment of over $2 billion in basic infrastructure such as roads and bridges aims to […]
In pre-Columbian times, the white-tailed deer was among the most abundant and frequently consumed mammals in Panama. It was also an icon, represented on thousands of clay vessels. Through an analysis of deer remains in refuse piles at the Sitio Sierra archaeological site, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) discovered signs of “feasting […]