Representatives from the Maritime Chamber of Panama, the event organizer, said to Prensa.com that "... The aim this year is to unite the bunkering sector agencies, shipping companies and their service providers, and present the problems of the sector to the various authorities in the country ".

The event will be held at the Tryp hotel Albrook and among the topics to be discussed are:

- Regional Economic Analysis
- The Bunker cluster, 10 years later.
- Neo-Panamax on Bunker operations
- Deliveries outside the breakwater in the Atlantic area.
- Oil Market Forecast for next year.

Source: Prensa.com

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