The Walmart supermarket chain plans to expand and remodel its distribution center located in the municipality of Villa Nueva, department of Guatemala.
According to the interactive platform "Construction in Central America" of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, Operadora de Tiendas S.A., submitted to the Ministry of Environment the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to develop the project called, "Distribution Center of Guatemala."
The President of Panama ordered the Social Security Fund to suspend the award of the contract for the service of storage, distribution and final dispensation of medicines at the national level, for a four-year period.
The Social Security Fund of Panama granted the Consorcio Salud en Control the contract for the service of storage, distribution and final dispensation of medicines at the national level, for a period of four years.
Although several companies have been affected by the measures implemented by governments in the context of the Covid-19 crisis, Costa Rican exports of coffee, pineapple and bananas have so far not faced difficulties with logistics.
Directors of the Coffee Institute of Costa Rica (Icafé) indicated that so far there have been no problems with the availability of containers and that sales abroad are proceeding normally.
Faced with the advance of the coronavirus epidemic, businessmen in the region are asking citizens to follow only official recommendations to avoid giving way to disorienting versions that only contribute to generate instability and uncertainty.
In Central America, two countries have registered people infected with the virus. Costa Rica was the first to report cases of COVID-19 (also known as coronavirus) and so far the nation has registered nine infected people. Panama made its first case official on 9 March.
In the municipality of Villa Nueva, Nestlé began the construction of a new distribution center of 12 thousand square meters.
The construction of the new industrial park, which will have logistics services for import and export of finished products, storage, distribution of products to supermarket chains, wholesalers and retail, will be completed in August 2020.
A distribution center for refrigerated and frozen food products is planned to be built on an 8,780 square meter site in Zone 12 of the country's capital.
According to the interactive platform "Construction in Central America" of CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence Unit, Innovafoods, S.A. submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to develop the project called, "Bajo Cero."
Investment in more sophisticated equipment, preparing human capital for knowledge generation and coordinated decision making between government and business, are some of the areas that Panama has to work on in order to continue competing globally.
The country depends largely on the economic activities of the logistics sector, as it contributes about 33% of the Gross Domestic Product. However, the intense competition at a global level has forced Panama to face multiple challenges.
The Social Security Fund of Panama tenders the service of updating, implementation and integration of the processes of storage, distribution and final dispensation of medicines at the national level, for a four-year term.
Panama Government Purchase 2019-1-10-0-99-LV-356528:
The Empresa Nacional de Energia Electrica de Honduras tenders the services of customs clearance, nationalization, transport and logistics of the distribution of LED light bulbs from Puerto San Lorenzo to the different warehouses of the institution at the national level.
Villa Nueva, Villa Canales and San Miguel Petapa, are the municipalities in Guatemala that have a high commercial opportunity for new developments of warehouses and industrial parks.
Although the greatest potential for developing new warehouse-office parks in the country is located in the southern municipalities of the metropolitan area, there are also growth opportunities in the El Naranjo sector, in Mixco, and also in the Atlantic exit.
Building specialized docks for the auxiliary marine industry and increasing the capacity to deliver quickly by air are some of the challenges that Panama will face in the coming years.
The Panamanian economy depends heavily on the logistics sector, but currently faces new challenges because of the increasing competition from other regional players who offer better costs in managing cargo on a large scale.
Urbano Express, dedicated to parcel services, storage, outsourcing of couriers and delivery of valuable products, reported that it bought the PCH Cargo company.
Representatives of Urbano Express explained that with the acquisition of PCH Cargo, will become the first integrated logisticscompany in El Salvador, from import, customs formalities, storage, order preparation, delivery of the last mile, to the collection of this.
Delays in the attention of containers in the terminal in charge of APM Terminals, congestion in the yards, cuts in the electrical flow and the computer system, are some of the complaints of the exporting sector of Costa Rica.
Complaints of delays in the port in Limon and in charge of APM Terminals are not new, because in early April, five weeks after the start of operations of the Moin Container Terminal (TCM), reported delays of at least 25 hours of work, which was due, according to the authorities, to the demarcation work of the road between San Jose and Limon.
In order to successfully market fresh food, in addition to an attractive presentation to the market, good logistical performance is essential, which is expressed in terms of freshness, availability, and reasonably low logistical costs.
The fresh food sector is booming within the general food trade. For the success of its commercialization, besides an attractive presentation for the market and being able to offer a wide variety of products, also a good logistic performance is very important, which is expressed in terms of freshness, availability, and reasonably low logistic costs.
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