Panama: Maritime freight movement continues to grow in ports
Preliminary figures indicate 4.2 million TEUs moved in Panama's ports up until August Preliminary figures indicate 4.2 million TEUs moved in Panama's ports up until the month of August, 20% more than in the same period last year," said the administrator of the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), Roberto Linares, at a recent World Bank workshop in Panama."Panama is seeking to become the Logistics Platform of the Americas using as a framework the objectives of the National Maritime Strategy (MNEs), which in turn are embedded in the Strategic Government Plan 2010 -2014," said the Secretary General of the AMP and Executive Secretary of the National Maritime Strategy Commission's Advisory Agency on National Maritime Strategy (CICEMN), Maria Isabel Spiegel de Miro.The words of the two were made during the Workshop entitled "Coordination Workshop for Members of the CICEMN," an event attended by the highest level representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama, the Panama Chamber of Shipping, the Panamanian Maritime Law Association, the Panamanian Association of Business Executives, the Secretariat of Science and Technology (SENACYT), the National Customs Authority, the Panama Canal Authority, among other guests.The activity was sponsored by the World Bank through the Spanish Fund for ...
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