**Panama Canal Authority (ACP) ports bring significant revenue to the country's major transport companies.**
The main ports of Panama, entering the port network of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), provide services to shipping companies. The measure applies to major global logistics and shipping companies. The purpose of these ports is to modernize the infrastructure of the ports and increase their throughput, which contributed to the positioning of Panama as a key transshipment hub in the region.
Among the listed ports — ports of Panama, Colon and Los Machos. Participants are required to comply with strict technical requirements, including advanced automation systems, electronic standards and the possibility of increasing the capacity of public ports. According to ACP data, the minimum fee for transshipment must be 500 TEU (standard containers) per year.
«This is not just an auction — this is a strategic step to modernize the infrastructure of the ports,» said the ACP representative, noting that the current port operators are allowed to invest in modernization of container terminals, but also to integrate ports into global logistics chains.
Among the interested companies are such giants as PSA International, COSCO Shipping and Hutchison Port Holdings. Experts note that successful port operators can not only develop container transshipment, but also integrate ports into global supply chains.
One of the participants of the tender, an analyst from one of the logistics companies, noted: «High competition can reduce costs, and technical requirements for the ports require significant investment». He added that these tariffs will be an important indicator of the competitiveness of Panamanian ports to adapt to global logistics.
Tolls are set on a quarterly basis. Their results, in fact, show the demand for cargo transshipment through the Panama Canal, which handles about 14 million TEU per year.
