{"id":4330,"date":"2012-02-14T15:18:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T20:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=4330"},"modified":"2012-02-14T15:18:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T20:18:57","slug":"further-investment-in-logistics-needed-in-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/further-investment-in-logistics-needed-in-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"Further Investment in Logistics needed in Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/port-of-colon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4331\" title=\"port of colon\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/port-of-colon-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/port-of-colon-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/port-of-colon.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Panama is fifth in the world in port infrastructure it is 51st as a logistics hub and facing competition from other ports in the region.<\/p>\n<p>In a blog from the <a title=\"Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centralamericadata.com\/en\/search?q1=content_en_le:%22Chamber+of+Commerce%2C+Industries+and+Agriculture+of+Panama%22&amp;q2=mattersInCountry_es_le:%22Panama%22\">Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama<\/a>,  Albert White Aguila writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the World Economic Forum\u2019s Competitiveness Report for  2011-2012, Panama is now the fifth country in the world with the best  quality port infrastructure. The challenge now is to improve our  position as a <a title=\"logistics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centralamericadata.com\/en\/search?q1=content_en_le:%22logistics%22&amp;q2=mattersInCountry_es_le:%22Panama%22\">logistics<\/a> center, as we currently occupy position 51 worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Panama has made significant investments in its port terminals; its  capacity will increase to 7 million TEUs a year when the expansion and  construction of so-called mega <a title=\"Ports\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centralamericadata.com\/en\/search?q1=content_en_le:%22Ports%22&amp;q2=mattersInCountry_es_le:%22Panama%22\">ports<\/a> is completed. However, given the growth of investment in other Latin  American ports, Panama\u2019s logistics sector and all other elements should  be especially dedicated to maintaining a constant growth rate,  technological upgrades, improvements in industry support and  administration of Customs Apparatus in order to achieve short-term  growth numbers greater than estimated.<\/p>\n<p>We are taking the right steps to make this important journey, the  creation of a Logistics Office and the union of groups from the private  logistics sector, will allow us to create state policies to maintain the  competitiveness of our port terminals and develop as Americas&#8217;  multimodal logistics center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Panama is fifth in the world in port infrastructure it is 51st as a logistics hub 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