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From May 13 to 16 Honduras will be the site of a meeting of the main port operators and authorities in Central America and the Dominican Republic.
The main topics of discussion at this event will include: Efficiency in Receiving Cargo and Ships, Optimization of the Supply Chain Process, Developments in Port Operations, Private Public Participation Processes, Uniform Processes for the Reception and Handling of Ships, Effects of [...]
The new Board of the Panamanian Cargo Agents’ Association (APAC) was sworn-in on May 8 at the Sheraton Hotel in Panama City.
The members of the new Board are: Joaquín Meis, Presidente/President; Rolando Álvarez, Vice Presidente/Vice President; Arturo Abad, Secretario/Secretary; Rolando Stanziola, Tesorero/Treasurer, Horacio Rodríguez, Vocal/Speaker; Carlos Chuljak, Vocal/Speaker; Eduardo Chanis, Vocal/Speaker; Ángel Sánchez, Presidente saliente/Past President; Yadira Almengor, Fiscal y Cristel Cal, Directora Ejecutiva/Executive Director.
– By Marijulia Pujol Lloyd –
The Bulgarian Captain, Lyubomirov Sobadzhiev, accused of drug smuggling, will be heard on Tuesday May 28 at the Second Criminal Circuit Court of Colon, after he has waited almost two years for his day in court. Sobadzhiev’s lawyer, Cesar Enrique Salazar, said that they are prepared.
The Bulgarian captain is accused of smuggling 200 kilos of cocaine on the ship Maas Trader, property of [...]
Not all import containers will have to pay the service fee for the use of a scanner, but only those that are inspected, said the director of the National Customs Authority, Virna Luque.
Luque’s statements were made after the State decided to outsource the maintenance and inspection of this equipment’s loading technique, other detection equipment and infrastructure on operation and storage of goods.
The statement of requirements indicates that the fee to be paid by [...]
Greek shipping companies increased vessel acquisitions to 74 (from 39 last year) which represents a 90% rise in the first quarter of 2013 compared to Q1 last year according to an official study.
Greek businesses bought 533% more container ships, 88% more bulk carriers and 18% more tankers.
The Greeks bought 28% of the dry bulk cargo ships and 17% of tankers that changed hands worldwide. The international total was 345 for Q1.
The Greeks [...]
The Canadian government has finally admitted that one of its ships, crewed by Canadian naval reservists participating in the US-led “war on drugs” last year, broke international maritime law by firing their weapons and intercepting fishing trawlers in Jamaican waters.
This was done without Jamaica’s permission.
The mistake was officially attributed to “bad maps”.
The incident occurred on March 27, 2012. The HMCS Goose Bay and the Kingston were patrolling south of Jamaica as part [...]
The third version of the Seatrade Latin American Cruise Convention, which will take place in May in the Chilean port of Valparaiso, will include finance, tourism, transport and telecommunications ministers of Chile, Pablo Longueira and Pedro Pablo Errazuriz, respectively and the Minister of Tourism of Brazil, Valdir Moysés Simão.
They who be presented at the opening session on May 14.
The three decision makers will touch on issues relevant to the cruise industry in Latin [...]
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