Monthly Archives: January 2018

January 22, 2018

Over the past decade, Panama’s strategic location and its integration into the world’s economy have converted the country into the fastest growing economy in Latin America and the Caribbean; transforming it into the ‘Hub of the Americas’. 

Therefore Panama took the leading role to organise a conference held in Amsterdam  featuring the following prominent Panamanian authorities: The President of the Republic of Panama, Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Canal Affairs-General Director and President of the Board of Directors of the Metro de Panamá, S.A., Minister of Agricultural Development, General Manager of the TOCUMEN International Airport.

Our Managing Director Erik A. de Koning discussed with the President of Panama, his excellency Juan Carlos Varela, the positive progress of the Panama Ship Registry and congratulated him with the 100th anniversary of the Registry.  Various topics were discussed and a comprehensive report with suggestions for the Registry was agreed to  be  submitted. 

On Friday, January 19, the sixth part of the series Beautiful ships and jobs in the port of Rotterdam was published. This book also shows how diverse the ships and jobs are: from a cruise ship to a ro-ro ship, from a director of a vessel registration company to director of a waste processing company. Special attention is paid to writers Cees de Keijzer and Piet van Dijk this time to marine environments and the offshore.

The book is made by two board members of the Rotterdam branch of the World Ship Society. Chairman De Keijzer, responsible for the texts about the ships, wrote the first books together with harbor journalist Hans Roodenburg. He did the interviews with the portrayed people from the port. Roodenburg stopped after five parts. WSS secretary Van Dijk took over from him.

We are proud to announce that the director of Hubel Marine, Erik de Koning has been interviewed for this unique publication and appears on page 96. A publication was handed over to De Koning by De Keijzer and Van Dijk.

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PANAMAINVEST AND PANAMAFEST CONFERENCE- AMSTERDAM 22-01-2018

A conference featuring the following prominent Panamanian authorities: The President of the Republic of Panama, Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Canal Affairs-General Director and President of the Board of Directors of the Metro de Panamá, S.A., Minister of Agricultural Development, Minister of the Maritime Authority of Panama, General Manager of the TOCUMEN International Airport.

Over the past decade, Panama’s strategic location and its integration into the world’s economy have converted the country into the fastest growing economy in Latin America and the Caribbean; transforming it into the ‘Hub of the Americas’. The country seeks to continue being competitive by amplifying services and forming clusters to improve the interconnectivity between all sectors.

 PANAMA-INVEST

The conference will provide insight in one of the fastest growing economies in the world and showcase a range of possibilities to companies of the Netherlands looking for business opportunities in Panama, among others; investments in the public and private sectors, developments in commercial and tourist areas and financial management services.

 PANAMAFEST

Panamafest is a festival celebrating Panamanian culture by presenting local food, agricultural products, music and videos, promoting Panama as a great tourist destination.

• Date and time: January 22 from 17.30 pm – 22.00 pm
• Venue: Okura hotel, Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, 1072 LH Amsterdam
• Attending the conference is free of charge
• Please subscribe on : http://www.tradecounsellors.nl/panama-invest-and-panamafest-2018/registration