Container volumes up 10 percent at Panama Ports

The Panama Maritime Authority has released the 2017 statistics of cargo volume handled by ports showing an increase of 10.1% to 6.89m teu, up from 6,27m teu in 2016.

Every terminal registered growth - two of them with double digit- with only PSA-Panama with cargo volume decreasing by 48.4% because of its ongoing expansion to increase capacity to 2m teu. PSA-Panama will begin operation of its expanded terminal in March.

Source: Seatrade