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Copa Airlines has announced its plans for the coming year. These include an increase in flights to three of its key destinations, an expansion of its fleet, and the addition of a new service between Panama and Boston. Beginning in July 2013, the airline will increase its flight frequencies between Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama and Orlando, Florida, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. To Orlando, flights will [...]
Key projects for the present Mexican administration in the maritime port sector will have an investment of $783.1 million, which will be used to improve and build new infrastructure in six Mexican ports. The Coordinator of Ports and Merchant Marine of the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT), Alejandro Chacón, stressed that it is necessary to invest in strategic sectors, with the saturation recorded in some port terminals. “What we have seen is that Mexico [...]
The seventh version of ExpoLogistica Panama 2013, will take place from September 19 to 21 at the ATLAPA Convention Center. This fair is an initiative of the Panama Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (CCIAP) and the National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT). The aim of the event is to promote the logistic industry of the country. ExpoLogistica is one of the most important logistic fairs of the region attracting exhibitors, investors and [...]
Panama is one of the rising stars of Latin America’s economy. The construction of large infrastructure projects, such as the $5.2 billion Panama Canal expansion and a $1.8 billion subway in the capital city, have boosted the country’s economy to 10.5% growth and reduced unemployment to 4.8% in 2012. It seems that the real challenge for Panama will be to position itself as a world-class logistics hub if it wants to consolidate its recent economic [...]
Can anyone imagine pirates operating in the Panama Canal? Not likely, since US gunboats would be at the waterway within hours. Fighter planes would arrive sooner. Alas, the situation is not the same for Panama-flagged vessels sailing in international waters – the world’s largest flagged fleet. To combat attacks, the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has now hired the AdvanFort Corporation to conduct counter-piracy operations aboard vessels flying the Panama flag. The resulting Resolution No 106-26-DGMM [...]
The race to be the logistics hub of the Americas has already begun with the addition of Jamaica that has revealed its intention to position the island as the rival of Singapore. A similar situation is raking place with the Dominican Republic, while in Panama there is still a debate on the need for a long-term strategy that includes where to locate logistics parks. In a note published in Lloyd’s List it has been reported [...]
The Aguadulce port project, one of the oldest in Buenaventura, is beginning to take shape. The builders expect construction to start before June this year because of the advances in the first phase of the road to the Aguadulce Peninsula in Colombia, the site of the terminal. “The first phase was the access road of 21 kilometers, that is being built by the Sociedad Puerto Industrial Aguadulce,” said Miguel Abisambra, manager of this company. The [...]
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