Panama: Petroleum dock urgently need for thermo-electric plants

Apsa is proposing the construction of a new petroleum pair in Balboa and improvements for the installations at Cristobal.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The lack of a petroleum dock at Port Balboa and Port Cristobal are putting the supply of electric energy at risk during the dry season when only a fraction of the plants work, warned Idis de Castillero, president of Atlantic Pacific, S.A. (Apsa), a bunker storage company.
Apsa has an investment project worth over $20 million and it includes the construction of a new petroleum dock at Balboa and improvements at Cristobal.

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