Seaports Overview
The seaport complex specialized in containerized cargo that includes three terminals in the Atlantic side and two in the Pacific side handled 9.9 million TEUs in 2025. A high level of connectivity between the port complex and the main centers of production and consumption involves a total of 52 liner services mainly dedicated to the transshipment operations. Transshipments represent approximately 89% of the yearly throughput of the complex.
The Atlantic conglomerate consists of SSA Marine MIT, Colon Container Terminal (CCT), and Cristóbal, which together have a total of 22 docks, 45 gantry cranes, and 90 RTGs1. Meanwhile, the Pacific conglomerate, consisting of Balboa and the new PSA Panama International Terminal, has 10 docks, 37 gantry cranes, and 56 RTGs.
With more than 8,000 refrigerated connectors, these five ports position Panama as the number one country in Latin America in terms of gantry crane count (82 in total). The Pacific ports can accommodate up to 5 Neopanamax and 3 Panamax vessels simultaneously, while the Atlantic ports can handle up to 5 Neopanamax and 8 Panamax vessels at the same time.
Containers can be transferred between the Pacific and Atlantic either by rail or road. However, inadequate road infrastructure conditions limit the logistical performance of trucks between different ports and other destinations.
1 RTGs: Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (Rubber-tired yard cranes)
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