The Colon-to-Cartagena ferry service that was announced in an April edition of The Visitor has not yet commenced. According to representatives of the ferry, the delay is due to a requirement needed in order to launch the service. The ship, which was announced to be operating overnight transits between the busy Caribbean ports of Panama and Colombia, remains in Europe until the matter is settled. It will take about ten days to make the voyage [...]
July 6th, 2012:
Maritime Chamber President optimistic but gives warnings
In his address to members of the Panama Chamber of Shipping on taking office, the President of the guild, Willys Delvalle, made some encouraging predictions on Panama as a logistics hub and, at the same time, issued some warnings.
Mr. Delvalle is general manager of the shipping company APL in Panama.
He said 89% of executives of the leading US retail companies such as Walgreens, Target and Wal-Mart have said that Panama Canal expansion will [...]
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