GLOBAL ENABLING TRADE REPORT

PILLAR 4: AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF TRANSPORT

INFRASTRUCTURE

PILLAR 5: AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF TRANSPORT

SERVICES
 PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Definition of the sub-index
Description of each pillar

REPORT
INDICATORS
Available airline seat kilometres millions

PILLAR 4
Quality of air transport infrastructure
Quality of railroad infrastructure

CONTENT
Liner shipping connectivity index
Quality of port infrastructure
Road quality index
Quality of roads

INDICATORS

PILLAR 5 Ease and affordability of shipment

Logistics competence
Tracking and tracing ability
Timeliness of shipments to destination
Postal service efficiency
Efficiency of transport mode change
 PILLAR
AVAILABILITY
AND QUALITY OF

04
TRANSPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE
 Rank 46/136

AVAILABLE AIRLINE SEAT

Evalue 439.8

It refers to how many seats and for how many

KILOMETRES
kilometers an airline has for sale (available)
on all the routes it operates. To calculate
them, the available seats (for each aircraft
model) are multiplied by the number of
kilometers that the plane will travel on a given
flight

At Tocumen International Airport alone, 18 airlines

operate to and from 72 destinations. The only
airline in Panama is Copa Airlines and serves 69
destinations.

tocumen international airport 360 daily flights

Mobilizing 33 million people

Luis Burgos
 EXAMINING COUNTRIES OF
AMERICA

Luis Burgos
PANAMÁ

UNITED STATES

Luis Burgos
 01
The basic airport infrastructure consists
QUALITY OF AIR TRANSPORT of runways, taxiways, aircraft parking
areas, boarding bridges, passenger and
cargo terminals and ground transport
interchanges.
INFRASTRUCTURE

02
PANAMÁ

Rank 6

Evalue 6.2

03
Air transport has been characterized
as one of the fastest growing
sectors This significant growth
represents a challenge for airport
infrastructures in terms of capacity and
management.

Luis Burgos
 60
%
3 of 5
Luis Burgos
Laura Staff
QUALITY OF RAILROAD
IFRASTRUCTURE
 RAILD
INFRAESTRUCTURE OF
PANAMA
Panama has a railway line that consists of a single 47-mile
track linking the areas of Balboa and Colón with through-roads
available at strategic locations allowing two-way traffic. Trains
can operate continuously between the Atlantic and Pacific
Intermodal Terminals with capacity for 10 trains in each
direction every 24 hours, with the possibility of increasing to
32 daily trips.

Laura Staff
RAIL TRANSPORT IN JAPAN IS ONE OF THE MAIN
MEANS OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT, ESPECIALLY FOR
Panama
HIGH-SPEED AND MASS TRAVEL BETWEEN MAJOR

VS
CITIES AND FOR COMMUTER TRANSPORT IN URBAN
AREAS.

Japan

Rank Value

Panama 27 4.2

Japan 1 6.7

Laura Staff
 Laura Staff

CONNECTIVITY INDEX
LINER SHIPPING
The Maritime Connectivity Index or
LSCI is a calculation carried out by the
United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD) with the
purpose of evaluating the capacity of
the ports of a country to transport
containers of 20 feet by sea to other
destinations.
 LINER SHIPPING CONNECTIVITY INDEX IN PANAMA

01
AS WE KNOW, PANAMA IS A LOGISTICS
HUB, WHICH ALLOWS US TO POSITION
OURSELVES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE
WORLD AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE
MARKET.

02
THE PANAMA CANAL RECEIVES INCOME
FROM THE TOLL TO CROSS ITS 80
KILOMETERS, IN ADDITION TO OTHER
SERVICES AND THE PRODUCTION OF
DRINKING WATER AND ELECTRICITY.

03
SINCE BEFORE ITS OWN
INDEPENDENCE, PANAMA ALREADY HAD
VITAL IMPORTANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL
LOGISTICS AND THE RISE OF
INTERCONTINENTAL TRADE, GIVEN ITS
GEOGRAPHICAL AND STRATEGIC
LOCATION, IN ADDITION TO ITS ALMOST
EXCLUSIVE MARITIME OPENING.
Laura Staff
 COMPARISON TO CHINA
rank 25 1

value 53.4 167.5

number of
8,621,927
containers per +34 million
approx.
year

approx
amount of +142.3 million
2,090,435
TEU's per year TEU's
TEU's

Laura Staff
 Rank 5/136

INFRASTRUCTURE
QUALITY OF PORT
Value 6.3

For over a century, Panama has managed to maintain itself as an

important point of transit and international trade. The Panama Canal
and its expansion has been the key to the development of the
Panama maritime port hub, as it unites it competitively to all the
markets in the world.

Manzanillo PSA Panama

Port of Balboa International International
Terminall Terminal

Colon
Colon Port
Port of Cristobal Container
Terminal (CPT)
Terminal

Ariel Díaz
 COMPARISON TO NETHERLANDS
Comparing our score with that of the Netherlands
we are not that far apart, however, what sets us
Panama Netherlands

apart is that the Netherlands invests billions of

dollars for the growth and development of each
Rank 5/136 1/136
port, being in a state of continuous improvement
that does not stop. Furthermore, this country has
the longest and largest port in all of Europe, which
Value 6.3 6.8
gives it a serious additional advantage.

Ariel Díaz
 QUALITY OF ROADS AND
ROAD QUALITY INDEX
Rank 48/136

Value 4.5

The road infrastructure is constituted by the Pan-American Highway, the

Northern and Southern Corridor of Panama, Colon and the crossroads that
connect the main urban areas.
In addition, it has 3 main roads in progress:
The Pan American Highway expansion
The extension of Omar Torrijos
The third and fourth bridge over the Panama Canal

Ariel Díaz
 These benefit not only the transportation of the

Rail transport Panama City residents, but also in reducing the costs
15%
of transportation of goods.

Movement of people
30%

However, Panama’s roads are in good condition around

Panama City and other urban areas but need
improvements in more rural areas. The quality of roads
varies quite a bit street to street, but they are
constantly improved and regularly maintained. In
Road freight transport
55% addition to this some paved roads are in such poor
condition that a dirt road would be an improvement at
this point.

Ariel Díaz
 COMPARISON TO UAE

Panama UAE

Rank 48/136 1/136

Value 4.5 6.5

Comparing our score with this country we realize that we are far
below. But why is that? Well, about roads this country takes it very
seriously. Using predictive maintenance programs along with
performing extensive evaluations. In addition to this, this country
uses sophisticated technology and long-term planning for every
stretch of road.
Ariel Díaz
 PILLAR
AVAILABILITY AND
QUALITY OF
TRANSPORT
SERVICES
 EASE AND AFFORDABILITY
OF SHIPMENT (RANKING 63)

The transportation of land cargo through the movement

of containers between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific
Ocean in the transshipment activity.
The railroad is not far behind since, thanks to its
innovation, it offers an intermodal connection between
the Pacific and Atlantic ports.
Air transport annually moves an average of 120 thousand
tons of mail and air cargo.
Between 80% and 90% of international trade is carried out
through maritime transport, due to its convenience, versatility
and cost.

Raiza Martínez
 Raiza Martínez

FROM THE EAST COAST OF THE FROM THE EAST COAST OF THE

U.S. TO ASIA U.S. TO THE WEST COAST OF

38% CENTRAL AMERICA
5.6%

FROM THE EAST COAST OF THE

EUROPE TO THE WEST COAST OF U.S. TO THE WEST COAST OF
SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA
6.5% 12,7%
 #1 LUXEMBOURG

LUXEMBOURG
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
IS ONE OF THE MAIN
CARGO AIRPORTS IN
EUROPE.
 LOGISTICS (RANKING 45)

COMPETENCE
Panama is a country where more than 35% of its economy
depends directly or indirectly on logistics and services activities.

INDICATORS

Customs efficiency

Quality of infrastructure

Competitiveness of international cargo transportation

Competition and quality of logistics services

Timeliness of cargo transportation

Raiza Martínez
 #1 GERMANY

Raiza Martínez
 AND TRACING
IN G

AB
TRACK

ILITY
There are very few companies that implement a
technology for the transportation service sectors for
Track and Trace Capability.

Panama lags far behind the world's major countries, ranking 63rd in
the world.

Raiza Martínez
 #1 SWEDEN

Intelligent Transport Systems have been rapidly developed in the area of transport of goods, since the fleets of vehicles, trains or
other devices are identified and may be easily equipped. In addition to navigation systems installed in vehicles, freight (containers,
pallets, packages, etc.) can also be equipped with tracking systems to allow more effective management of traffic and logistics.

Raiza Martínez
 TIMELINESS OF
SHIPMENTS IN
REACHING
DESTINATION
Panama is rank in the number one
position of countries on Central
America in timeliness off shipments.
Panama have six ports and four
airports with international features.

Naila Cajar


POSTAL SERVICE
EFFICIENCY

Nowdays Panama has improved in the

postal service efficiency with the
inauguration of the Postal Treatment
Center located in the cargo terminal
of the Tocumen International Airport.

Naila Cajar
EFFICIENCY OF
TRANSPORT
MODE CHANGE
Panama is a transshipment center that
cannot be oblivious to the pressures
and requirements of international
trade, which is why it has one of the
terminals most modern and
competitive port companies in Latin
America.

Naila Cajar
Naila Cajar TIMELINESS OF SHIPMENTS IN REACHING DESTINATION

PANAMA LUXEMBOURG

Rank | Value Rank | Value

41/136 | 3.7/5.0 1/136 | 4.8/5.0

RANKS AND POSTAL SERVICE EFFICIENCY

VALUES
PANAMA JAPAN

Rank | Value Rank | Value

112/136 | 3.4/7.0 1/136 | 6.8/7.0

EFFICIENCY OF TRANSPORT MODE CHANGE

PANAMA HONG KONG

Rank | Value Rank | Value

10/136 | 5.5/7.0 1/136 | 6.3/7.0