February 13th, 2012:

Free Zone wins innovation award

The Colon Free Zone won the Innovation in Government Award 2012 given by the National Authority for Government Innovation.

A total of 11 projects were submitted to a jury, of which eight were selected from these including that of the Free Zone that has been promoting successfully “Paperless Panama”.

This program allows the entity to streamline procedures and documents within the Free Zone, making processes easier for businessmen and traders.

The assistant manager of the [...]

PANAMA PORTS COMPANY S.A., CONTINUES ITS INVESTMENT IN NEW EQUIPMENT FOR THE PORTS OF BALBOA AND CRISTOBAL

Early in the month of March 2012 7 Hybrid RTG gantry cranes from China, manufactured by Noel will be arriving at Panama Ports Company, SA (PPC). They have a capacity of 41 tons under the spreader and will allow the stacking of containers 6 high.

In addition to this equipment, during 2012 PPC will be receiving the following equipment:

• 13 RTG Power gantry cranes for the Port of Balboa, manufactured by ZPMC. These container [...]