SHIPPING SERVICES
Colon Free Zone is home to much of the service industry companies
owners, operators and shipyards. Mercansa’s range includes fresh and frozen provisions, bonded stores, deck and engine stores, cabin stores, ropes, marine chemicals, gases, safety products, electrical products and much more. It is a marine rope and hawser specialist in addition to thousands of different products from stock. Mercansa Panama’s strategic
geographical position gives it a logistical advantage facilitating opportunities for continued growth, allowing it to expand its services to other countries, export its products across Latin America and the Caribbean and also to diversify services. The group is at the threshold of further expansion and is constantly exploring possibilities. Ocean Safety, Mercansa’s liferaft
service station in Panama, is growing steadily as customers learn about its expanding range of life rafts, immersion suits, CO2 systems, fire extinguishers, escape sets, breathing apparatus inspections and other equipment. Ocean Safety stocks a wide range of approved safety equipment of the best quality. Mercansa-Dominicana represents many of the leading marine brands
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providing the same services as Mercansa in Panama: deck and engine stores, cabin stores, electrical, ropes, paints, marine chemicals and many more. Mercansa-Dominicana also has a life raft station with approvals for servicing many different brands and boasts a wide range of safety equipment. Mercansa services many of its Caribbean customers from this office and exporting goods to other countries is a normal activity for their staff on a daily basis. Mercansa plans to expand its activities
to other Latin American countries. MISHAL S.A., located in the Colon free
Zone, provides provisions but also bond, cabin, deck, engine, electrical, safety and material lashing on a 24/7 basis to the vessels waiting for transit or in transhipment. It represents brands such as Conseal, Devcon products, Scaling Machines Kanjl, MacGregor, Seck and Peck & Hale. Proveedora Tecnica S.A. (PROTECSA) was established in Panama 30 years ago and is one of the most experienced companies in the supply, installation and service of hydraulic systems, industrial hardware, marine electronics and marine systems. The company
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specialises in installations and customer support for marine electronics as it is an authorised agent for Sperry Marine, Anristu, Koden, Leica, Magnavox, Newmar and a large number of other renowned international brand names. It can import and deliver spare parts locally and can export equipment to any part of the world on a duty free basis. Protecsa offers repair and service support for all its product lines. Its factory-trained technicians are available 24/7 with service support offered locally and internationally. It operates in facilities spread over 7,600sq ft offering hydraulic, hose assembly, marine electronics, machining, welding, wire rope rigging and sailboat rigging. Tagaropulos International, was the
first ship chandler to launch such a business in Panama and its creation dates to the opening of the waterway in 1914. From a small operation at that time, it has today become one of the largest ship suppliers with a 1,500sq mtr three-story building in the Colon Free Zone where this company operates on a 24-hour basis. In addition, the company offers some 1000sq mtr of dry, frozen and fresh storage capacity.
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