La Asociación Panameña de Ejecutivos de la Cadena de Abastecimiento (APECA) was constituted keeping in mind that it is necessary to improve considerably the services of supply to the ships that pass through the Canal or that transfer merchandise in Panamanian ports in order to comprehensively take advantage of the advantages that the country has as the merchandise transportation hub of the world.

In an article published in Prensa.com, Wilfredo Jordan analyzes that, "there lacks infrastructure such as docks, shipyards, and other adequate installations to be able to provide the service of supplying, among other services, to the maritime industry."

Source: Prensa.com

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