Panama's Balboa, Cristobal ports see recovery in container transit

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22/06/2026 16:36

    PANAMA CITY, June 22 (Reuters) - Panama's Ports Authority on Monday said that container transit along its Balboa and Cristobal ports saw a positive trend towards recovery following the slump in transit seen in February after the government annulled key contracts and took control of the administration of the ports.
The Balboa port, on the country's Pacific coast, saw container transit reach 221,536 moves in May from the 153,840 registered in March, while the port of Colon, on the Atlantic coast, saw container transit hit 71,096 in May compared to March's 46,408.




 (Reporting by Elida Moreno, Editing by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez)
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