RFQ for Corozal
NewsThe Panama Canal authority has issued an RFQ for a new 5M TEU terminal at Corozal on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal....
Latin American challenges
NewsWith Latin America’s economic output slowing and trade flows under pressure, these are difficult times for importers/exporters and those a...
Panamanian pulse beats harder
NewsNext year will see the new and larger locks on the Panama Canal commissioned, and potentially the beginning of a new maritime and freight lo...
STS crane wheel starting to turn?
NewsNumbers are steady and look set to rise next year, but the story is in market share....
Two mega ports for Panama
NewsThe government of Panama has announced that it will shortly issue international tenders for the construction and management of two new large...
PPC accused of owing US$28M
NewsThe government of Panama is claiming that Panama Ports Company (PPC), in which it holds a 10% stake, owes the state US$28M in retained earni...
Punta Colonet: tomorrow or mañana?
NewsDoubts remain about the viability and rationale of a megapuerto at Colonet Bay, but meanwhile progress is being made at existing Mexican por...
Panama terminal row
NewsPSA Panamá Internacional Terminal, which won the deal to build the new Rodman port in Panama, will invest US$70M in an initial development ...
Cascading to the second tier of ports
NewsContainerisation is developing in smaller Mexican ports and intermodal distribution has received a new boost....
PPC spending spree…
NewsHutchison Port Holdings (HPH)’s Panama Ports Company SA (PPC) has provided information on its huge equipment spend as part of a previously...
Panama megaport moving forward
NewsThe government of Panama has officially called for expressions of interest in the development and operation of a major new Pacific Coast con...
Cristobal revamp
NewsPanama Ports Company (PPC) is finalising investment plans that will put its Cristobál terminal on a par with its 600,000 TEU/year operation...
Panama windfall for Hutchison
NewsPanama has effectively gifted Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) of Hong Kong more than US$1 bill by its controversial decision to scrap the annu...
More RTGs for Balboa
NewsPanama Ports Company SA (PPC), part of Hutchison Port Holdings, has ordered seven rubber tyred gantry cranes from Noell Crane Systems for th...