Maritime Route Guatemala-ChiapasWednesday, April 1, 2020 After the Quetzal Port Company of Guatemala and the Port of Chiapas, Mexico, signed an agreement for strategic commercial promotion, it is expected that in May the short sea route will begin to operate. The potential offered by the Port of Chiapas as a logistic node for commercial exchange from and to Central America, as well as with other international markets, makes it a strategic place for the promotion of the Short Sea Shipping (SSS) project with Guatemala and eventually with other Mesoamerican countries, informed the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT). New Sea Service from Puerto Santo TomásThursday, August 3, 2017 A new service connects the Guatemalan port with the east coast of the United States, Europe and the Mediterranean, through the port of Caucedo, in the Dominican Republic. From a statement issued by Agexport: Ocean Freight Services to Europe and USATuesday, December 10, 2013 Evergreen Line is inviting Guatemalan exporters to a presentation of their sea routes. From a statement from the Guatemalan Exporters Association: Panama: Cargo Movement FiguresThursday, December 12, 2019 Between January and October 2019, the national port system mobilized 77 thousand metric tons of cargo, a figure 11% higher than that reported in the same period of 2018. According to figures from the General Comptroller of the Republic only last October reported a 3% year-on-year increase in cargo movement, rising from 7.5 million metric tons in the tenth month of 2018 to 7.8 million metric tons in the same period of 2019. Santo Tomás Forecasts Increase in Maritime CargoTuesday, April 3, 2018 Due to a recovery of customers and the start-up of a new route, the port terminal in Guatemala expects to mobilize 320,000 containers this year, 8% more than in 2017. Starting in May, the Santo Tomás de Castilla National Port Company (Empornac) will have a new logistics route that will connect the Guatemalan port with the Mexican terminal of Puerto Morelos, in the state of Quintana Roo. Maersk and the Expanded CanalMonday, April 25, 2016 The shipping company has drawn attention to the impact that the Canal expansion will have on its operations noting that there are still only a few ports that can receive Post Panamax vessels. The two routes that the Danish shipping company Maersk Line ceased to operate in 2013 were of great importance for Latin America, whose operations account for 10% of the company's total sales worldwide. TOC Americas 2011 Panama BeginsTuesday, November 15, 2011 The TOC Container Supply Chain Americas conference will be held November 15-17 at the El Panama hotel, Panama City. With the theme of "Redefining the logistics scene in the region," the three-day conference will seek to discover a source of revenue for the much-needed infrastructure improvements throughout the region, to understand the connectivity of land transport networks, and to develop strategies for coping with continuing increases in the volume and size of ships. Meeting of the Maritime Industry in PanamaWednesday, July 12, 2017 From September 27 to 29, companies from the sector will be meeting to discuss issues such as bunkering and environmental impact, ports and shipping lines, cargo transportation and the auxiliary maritime industry. From a statement issued by the Maritime Chamber of Panama: Panama: Port Movement Up 10%Thursday, September 14, 2017 In the first seven months of this year 2.4 million containers have moved through panamanian ports, 10% more than in the same period in 2016. Preliminary figures from the Panama Maritime Authority show that between January and July of this year, 2,357,588 containers passed through Panamanian ports, equivalent to 3.9 million TEUs. Panama: Movement in Ports Up 10% in 2017Wednesday, January 31, 2018 In 2017, Panamanian ports handled 6.9 million containers, 10% more than in 2016. According to figures from the Panama Maritime Authority, the largest growth in container movement was registered at the Cristobal port terminal, increasing from 793 thousand TEUs in 2016 to 1.3 million TEUs in 2017, which is equivalent to an increase of 65%. Panama: Port Works in Isla MargaritaFriday, May 13, 2016 It has been announced that construction will soon start on the next container port concessioned to Panama Colon Container Port, a work which will need an investment of $900 million. An article on Nacion.com reports that "... According to the company, the facilities will include a container yard with a capacity to handle up to 2.5 million TEUs per year, with 4 docks that will take up 1,200 meters of water front and it will be the first with the ability to accommodate Neo Panamax vessels." Costa Rica - China Route: More Frequencies ManagedWednesday, October 23, 2019 Costa Rican exporters are negotiating to change the frequency of the maritime route between Port Moin and Shanghai from monthly to weekly from February 2020. The service began last September 22, when the ship of China Ocean Shipping Company (Cosco), shipping company of the Chinese government, arrived at the Container Terminal of Moin, and left on September 23 after loading products such as pineapple, banana, meat and orange juice. Shipping Routes Return to Panama CanalTuesday, July 14, 2015 One of the routes is operated by Maersk Line from Asia to the US West Coast and the other by the company Hamburg Sud, going from South America to the Caribbean. The Canal Administrator Jorge Quijano, said these two new services will generate "between $25 million to $30 million each." Vessels operating the routes are of medium size and will start going through the canal in the coming months. Cargo Movement Grows Less in 2018Monday, February 11, 2019 After recording a 10% increase between 2016 and 2017, last year the movement of maritime cargo in Panama grew just 2% over the previous year. The most recent figures of the General Comptroller of the Republic detail that during 2018 the movement of containers in the National Port System totaled 7 million TEUs, 1.7% more than the 6.89 million TEUs reported in 2017. Russia Opens Transatlantic Sea Link With South AmericaWednesday, March 24, 2010 Maersk line will open a new sea route: Guayaquil – Panama Canal – Rotterdam – Bremenhaven – San Petersburg. The Danish company will operate 6 container ships in this new route, with a weekly frequency. |
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