International Merchant Marine of Belize Company Profile
The International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize (IMMARBE) is under the Ministry of Finance, with its Head Office located in Belize City. The Registration of Merchant Ships Act, 1989 as amended in 1996 governs the merchant fleet. Highway Belize – Guatemala to be CompletedTuesday, March 1, 2011 The Government of Belize awarded a $ 20 million contract to complete 37 km of highway connecting the south of the country with Guatemala. The project is being financed by the Kuwaiti Fund for Economic Development and the Development Fund of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Vitogaz Acquires Chevron's CA AssetsFriday, November 19, 2010 U.S. corporation Chevron agreed to sell its assets in Central America and the Antilles to Vitogaz. The sale includes a network of 174 Texaco service stations, a stake in a refinery, terminals and aviation facilities as well as Chevron's commercial operation in the region. The Real Estate Market in Central AmericaFriday, April 17, 2009 Market data are usually the basis for decision-making in order to develop, build, buy or sell real estate. In Central America, there is no unified database to view the regional real estate market as a whole to compare and make decisions on investment. This report collected data from Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua and Panama, and it includes national economic indicators to help situate the investment climate in each country. Tourism: Crisis Worsened in 2020Wednesday, February 3, 2021 The amount of visitors arrivals to Central America and the Dominican Republic shows a downward trend since 2016, which was consolidated in 2019 and worsened in 2020, a phenomenon that is explained by the events recorded in the extra-regional market. Between 2015 and 2019, the countries of the SICA region, the average growth rate of visitor arrivals was 4.9%, where only in 2019 there was a negative rate of -0.2%, highlights a document of the Secretariat for Central American Tourism Integration (SITCA) published in January 2021. Panamax 2010: Defending the CanalWednesday, July 21, 2010 Events like the Panamax military exercise show the commitment of the international community in assuring the operation of the Panama Canal; this is an implicit guarantee for investing in the country. The Canal's strategic importance in global trade has grown to such levels that 21 countries engage in military exercises to defend it. The latest addition is Germany, which joins the countries that participate in the Panamax exercises, intended to prepare military forces to combat diverse threats against the Panama Canal. Playing it Safe with Citrus PestsMonday, March 4, 2013 Given the great threat to citrus fruits posed by the Huanglongbing plague, a project is being planned to strengthen control of the pest and for the implementation of integrated pest management for citrus fruits. From a statement from the International Regional Organization for Animal Health (OIRSA): Central American Port Meeting 2015Thursday, June 4, 2015 From June 16th to 19th representatives from the region's port industry will be meeting in Panama at the XXXVII Port Meeting of the Central American Isthmus. From the website of the Central American Commission on Maritime Transport (COCATRAM): Coffee Rust: Official Damage CountWednesday, February 27, 2013 Central America's losses in the 2012-2013 harvest have been estimated at 20%, with a cost of about $500 million. From a statement by the Central American Agricultural Council (CAC): Furniture Industry Trade ShowTuesday, June 20, 2017 A call is being made to manufacturers and distributors of furniture in the region to take part in a business conference that will be developed within the framework of ExpoMueble 2017, from July 11 to 16 in Guatemala City. From a statement issued by Agexport: Banana Plague AlertMonday, July 15, 2019 Because of the suspicion that exists in Colombia about the presence of the pest known as "wilt by fusarium", an alert was issued in the countries of Central America. The International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA), reported that because of the suspicion of the fungus in Colombia, the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) issued a resolution on June 25, which declares in phytosanitary quarantine the farm Don Marce, located in the municipality of Riohacha in the department of La Guajira, for the presence of symptoms associated with the pest Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 4 tropical. |
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