Overview:

Panama City is the capital of Panama and the capital of Panama Province. It is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal. The area is 106.5 square kilometers. The population is 831,000. It was originally an Indian fishing village. The ancient city was built in 1519. The pirates destroyed the ancient city in 1671. In 1674, a new city was built 8 kilometers west of the city. Panama became the capital after independence in 1903. With the completion of the Panama Canal in 1914, the city developed rapidly and became the national economic center. The economy mainly depends on the transportation industry of the canal and the service industry that provides services for the employees of the canal. Industries include oil refining, steel rolling, shoemaking, clothing, food, tobacco, cement and wood processing. There is a deep-water wharf and an international airport for berthing large ocean ships . Railway and highway can reach the port of Cologne at the north entrance of the canal, and there is a Pan-American highway connecting South and North America. The city has a clear functional division. The old city is an upscale residential area and a tourist area, the new city is a cultural area with Spanish architectural style, and between the two is a prosperous commercial area.

Panama City Port is the Panama Canal transshipment port and Panama City trading port. Located at the south entrance of the canal, it is only 3 kilometers east of the center of Panama City. It is 433 nautical miles from the east port of Christoba District, Hebeikou in the north. 7690 nautical miles from Sydney in the southwest, 6510 kilometers from Auckland Port in New Zealand, 4680 nautical miles from Horununu, Hawaii in the northwest, 9,000 nautical miles from Shanghai Port, and 3250 nautical miles from San Francisco; there are 3 jetties extending to the canal in the harbor basin, each with 4 berths , For oil tankers or bulk carriers for shipment. The middle part of the east bank is where the ship repair yard is located, which occupies piers 8-14; the 7 berths of the 4th, 6th and 7th berths in the south of the shipyard and the 10 berths of the 15th, 16th and 18th piers in the north of the shipyard are all for ocean-going vessels For cargo loading and unloading, transshipment, and supplementary supplies, the 3 berths at Pier 7 are container terminals . The port has more than 30 berths for ocean-going vessels with a water depth of 9.4-12.4 meters. It is a well-equipped port.